I just wanted to say thanks to the guys that commented on my blog, you both gave me the little push that i needed to move forward and some good tips to continue with my project! I was a little bit worried about the topic at first thinking that it wasn't a good idea and that i needed to change it, but after my blog post and my post with students in my own class at URI I feel more confident about making my choice to discuss safe sex on college campuses.
I completed my fieldwork over the course of 2 days which i though would take me a lot longer. I printed out a 3 question survey and passed it out to 75 students over the course of 2 days which asked question about student's knowledge and practice of safe sex. I also interviewed one of the nurses at our Health Services office asking her about different methods of contraception offered at URI and how available it is to students. I got some really great information from the students and the nurse I interviewed and incorporated it into my essay that coincided well with the data that i gained from the research i did on the topic of safe sex.
I have a few more things to add to my paper and just a double check of grammar, but I think i'm on the right track with this paper!
I'd be interested in seeing some of the information you are finding--perhaps if you summarized a bit of it to give us a sense of what you are finding out. I'm also curious if there's a big discrepancy between what you heard from Health Services about say the number of STD's treated and what people are saying about their safe sex practices. Also, do you think 75 is a large enough sample. Could you use Survey Monkey or soimething to hit more folks?
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