Team AwakeningCandace Smith-Team Leader

Laurrin BatesBethany Williams

Edward HoyRebecca Chavez

HPV/Cervical Cancer

HELP PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST DISEASES CAUSED

BY HPV

TEAM AWAKENING IS A PR GROUP ON THE UNF CAMPUS SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT HPV AND CERVICAL CANCER.

THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24 ARE BEING AFFECTED.

Each day in the US, 30 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer (about 11,000 women per year.)

You can get the virus through any kind of genital contact with someone who has HPV--intercourse isn't nessary.

Many people who have HPV don't even know it, because the virus often has no signs or symptoms. That means you can get the virus or pass it on to your partner without knowing it.

INTRODUCTION

Cervical cancer forms in the cells cervix. Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted disease plays a role in causing cervical cancer.

Risks for cervical cancer are:  Many sexual partners Early sexual activity A weak immune system Cigarette smoking

mayoclinic.com

RESEARCH

What is Cervical Cancer? Cervical cancer is a cancer of the cervix. Unlike some other cancers, cervical cancer is not

considered to be passed down through family genes. When a woman is infected with certain types of HPV and

the virus doesn't go away on its own, abnormal cells can develop in the lining of the cervix.

If these abnormal cells are not found early and treated, precancers and then cervical cancer can develop.

UNF Health Services Department

Research

THE CERVIX

GOALS

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE UNF STUDENTS AND OTHER MEN AND WOMEN AWARE OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HPV/CERVICAL CANCER.

OBJECTIVE 1:  TO REACH ABOUT 100 PEOPLE BY DECEMBER 2, 2011. 

OBJECTIVE 2: TO MAKE 50 MEN AWARE OF HPV/CERVICAL CANCER.

OBJECTIVE 3: TO MAKE 50 WOMEN AWARE OF HPV/CERVICAL CANCER.

OBJECTIVES

TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF HPV/CERVICAL CANCER THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS SUCH AS: SOCIAL MEDIA RADIO TELEVISION FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS

STRATEGIES

WE USED SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES TO SPREAD AWARENESS FACEBOOK- www.facebook.com/TeamAwakening1 TWITTER- www.twitter.com/TeamAwakening YOUTUBE

WE USED OSPREY RADIO TO BROADCAST OUR TEAM AWARENESS PSA WE USED OSPREY TV TO BROADCAST OUR TEAM AWAKENING COMMERCIAL PSA We Conducted 50 face to face interviews while making this commercial where we asked each person

what they knew about HPV/Cervical Cancer and then we shared 8 important facts with them.  By the time they left us they were aware of:

1. What is Cervical Cancer?2. What are the causes of Cervical Cancer?3. Prevention.4. Statistics.5. Protection

TACTICS

TACTICS CONT.

AT THE END OF EACH FACE TOFACE INTERVIEW EACH PARTICIPANT RECEIVED A TEAL HPV/CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS RIBBON TO SHOW THEIR AWARENESS.  WE ASKED THEM TO WEAR IT PROUDLY DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY: CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Our objective was to reach 50 people through  Social Media from October through Novemeber 2011 Twitter- gained 15 followers Facebook-45 likes YouTube- Our YouTube site will run our PSA

commercial in support of Cervical Cancer Month which is January 2012.  Commercial is in production stage. 

Evaluation

EVALUATION

Our radio PSA was broadcast on Osprey Radio with unlimited  potential through its streaming radio over the internet and  cable tv at UNF.

Our commercial PSA will also have unlimited potential within the UNF community because it is expected to run on Osprey TV.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS A CLASS ASSIGNMENT TEAM AWAKENING SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A GREAT GRADE BUT ALSO TO MAKE A GREAT  CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNF STUDENT BODY.  IN THE ONE MONTH PERIOD WE'VE HAD TO PLAN AND EXECUTE THIS ASSIGNMENT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED OUR GOALS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND CREATED THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR UNF STUDENTS TO MAKE THEMSELVES AWARE OF HPV/CERVICAL CANCER.  

CONCLUSION

I'M AWARE...AND NOW YOU ARE TOO!