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A5A - Forced Sex, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Consent Among College Women

Monday, June 15, 2015 : 10:15 AM

Title: A5A - Forced Sex, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Consent Among College Women

Room 103 (Long Beach Convention Center)
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC , College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Melissa Sutherland, PhD, FNP-BC , William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Holly B. Fontenot, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC , William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Discipline: Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • The learner will be able to state the incidence and prevalence of non-consensual sexual activity among college women.
  • The learner will be able to state the relationship between alcohol use and sexual consent behaviors among college women.
  • The learner will be able to list 2 counseling strategies to improve sexual safety among college women.

    • Submission Description:
    Female college students, ages 18-25, are significantly more likely to experience sexual violence, compared to women of any other age group, and compared to same women of the same age who are not on college campuses. This presentation will report on the incidence of forced sex, alcohol use, and sexual consent behaviors among a population of female college students.

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