"The condom project is designed to stress not only prevention, but preparation," Sussner said. "You never know what might happen."
He added that one difficulty the condom distribution project has faced is students who hoard condoms.
The program only works, he said, if students take only a few condoms at a time.
PCC has a hotline for students with questions or concerns "about any issue," and provides counseling to students and educational outreach to first-year students, said Angela L. Peluse '01, PCC's co-director.
"There's no one foolproof way to prevent STDs," Peluse said. "We try to counsel and educate people about them."
Health educator Michael A. Hoyt from UHS' Center for Wellness and Health Communication said Harvard's best chance for preventing the spread of STDs lies in supporting condom distribution and informing students of the danger of the infections.
"We are trying to lower the risk of and educate people about STDs," Hoyt said.