Women’s Issues
HPV and Cervical Cancer
The National Panhellenic Conference will continue its partnership with Merck & Co. to build disease awareness of HPV and its link to cervical cancer. Maybe you've seen the TV ads that encourage people to "Tell someone," in which women are spreading the word about the virus and its possible connection with cancer. This is the campaign NPC is helping to promote.
In September, all College Panhellenics, Alumnae Panhellenics, and advisors will receive a "Tell a sister" kit full of brochures and post cards. The instructions are to distribute these materials to the Panhellenic chapters on campus - in other words, to "tell someone".
In 2006, the first year of NPC's partnership with Merck, these materials made a huge hit and continue to create quite the talk on campuses. Additional kits can be ordered at no charge by contacting Corey Meek at cmeek@marketingdrive.com.
Have you told someone yet? For more information on the virus and its connection to cervical cancer, please visit http://hpv.com/tell-someone/index.html.
Risk Management Brochure
In 1999, Denver Area Panhellenic published a brochure title, Be Smart, Be Prepared, Be Informed: A Guide for keeping women safe. The brochure provided information concerning the following topics: Sexual Assault, Substance Abuse (Binge Drinking), Depression, Campus Safety, and Eating Disorders. If you wish, we can mail you a copy of this brochure. The following WebSites or toll-free numbers were provided for more information and assistance:
Sexual Assault:
National Domestic Violence: Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE or 1-800-787-3224 (TDD)
Substance Abuse (Binge Drinking):
Hotline: 1-800-622-HELP
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Depression:
Free screenings are available 24 hours perday by calling 1-888-782-1000 or 1-800-242-2211 (TTY, 1-800-855-2881)
Covenant House NINELINE--1-800-999-9999
Mental Health Net -- www.cmhc.com
Youth Crisis Hotline --1-800-448-4663
www.depression.com
www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depres.html
Campus Safety:
Report crime to local police
Eating Disorders:
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, www.bibri.com/home/index.htm
National Eating Disorders Organization, 6655 S. Yale Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74137 (918-481-4044), www.laureate.com
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