Word: health
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Five years ago the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study released its first report, bringing college binge drinking to national attention--not that it had been a well-kept secret until then. Jay Leno joked at the time, "Did it take a team of Harvard researchers to discover that college students drink?" The study did put some numbers on this behavior. Nationally, two in five students were binge drinkers, and half of these binge drinkers did so several times a week. The impact of binge drinking was not limited to the drinkers alone, but also affected others...
...fact that there's not a connection with UHS and not a connection with a primary care physician," Rosenthal said. The survey showed just 15 percent of students were aware of the existence of the patient advocate, who represents patients' concerns, and just 25 percent were aware of the Health Resource Center...
There's no doubt that facts spread rapidly at Harvard--about which classes are easy, or which clubs are cool--but horror stories about students and the care they receive at University Health Services (UHS) appear to travel at the speed of light...
...recently released "Students Attitudes Toward Harvard University Health Services" survey, initiated by UHS and conducted by Axiom Research Company, reports that 47 percent of those surveyed would not recommend...
Although the rumors about UHS continue to rage and the survey confirms some negative vibes about its services, other students find their health care satisfactory...