{"id":57413,"date":"2015-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-research-professor-colleagues-launch-campaign-to-fight-cervical-cancer\/"},"modified":"2015-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"uri-research-professor-colleagues-launch-campaign-to-fight-cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/07\/uri-research-professor-colleagues-launch-campaign-to-fight-cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 research professor, colleagues launch campaign to fight cervical cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tHPV vaccine offered at Dr. Annie De Groot\u2019s Clinica Esperanza, Aug. 14<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 30, 2015 \u2013 When a 溏心vlog免费B站 research professor and her colleagues launch a campaign to fight cervical cancer next month volunteers will be wearing colorful handmade scrubs.<\/p>\n


\nLook closely at the medical tops and you\u2019ll see images of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that can cause the deadly cancer. The scrubs are African storytelling cloths, which are helping to wipe out the disease in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\nThe first of three shots of the HPV vaccine will be offered for free to uninsured men and women, ages 19 to 26, from 2 to 7 p.m., Aug. 14 at Clinica Esperanza\/Hope Clinic, a free clinic at 60 Valley St., Providence. <\/p>\n


\nDr. Annie De Groot, clinic founder and director and a 溏心vlog免费B站 vaccine researcher, has been working closely with health officials in the West African country of Mali to screen women for cervical cancer.<\/p>\n


\nWith input from De Groot, Eliza Squibb, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, designed an African storytelling cloth with images of the virus that men and women in Mali are wearing to show the connection between HPV and the prevention of cervical cancer. The project, funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been a big success.<\/p>\n


\nNow the African cloth is making its debut in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\nValerie Joseph, full-time nurse director of Clinica Esperanza, came up with the idea to launch the HPV prevention campaign at the clinic \u2013 and use the African cloth as a special touch. Joseph and other nurse volunteers giving the vaccine will wear scrubs made from the fabric.<\/p>\n


\nIt was a family affair: Valerie\u2019s mother, Marguie Joseph, a respiratory therapist, sewed five shirts with the cloth, a bold blue and yellow print of uteruses surrounded by a near-invasion of HPV viruses in abnormal cancer cells.<\/p>\n


\nThe top has two front pockets and sleeves with slogans in French \u2013 \u201cJe me prot\u00e9g\u00e9,\u201d or \u201cI am protected\u201d \u2013 to spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated. In Africa, cloths are like social media, conveying political and cultural messages.<\/p>\n


\nJoseph says she decided to create the HPV program after realizing that many of her patients, both men and women, had not been vaccinated. She attributes that to lack of knowledge about how HPV can cause cancer and the stigma attached to the shot.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSome parents thought the vaccine was a green light allowing their kids to be sexually active, but nothing is further from the truth,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nDe Groot has a longtime interest in fighting cervical cancer. Two years ago, 溏心vlog免费B站 pharmacy students volunteering at the clinic researched and wrote a report on the HPV vaccine, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 scientist has made many trips to Mali to oversee the campaign there. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in Africa.<\/p>\n


\nThe Clinica Esperanza HPV initiative comes as the Rhode Island Department of Health moves to vaccinate adolescents against HPV. Boys and girls in the state are now required to start the HPV vaccine series before entering 7th grade. That\u2019s when children have the strongest immune response to the vaccine.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to 11 and 12 year olds, the state recommends HPV vaccination for males up to 21 years old (if they were not vaccinated when they were younger), and females up to 26 years old (if they were not vaccinated when they were younger).<\/p>\n


\nRhode Island\u2019s push is part of a nationwide drive by doctors and health officials to get more people vaccinated after studies showed that many young people are not getting the shots. One way to increase the numbers is to make the vaccine more accessible, especially to men and women without health insurance.<\/p>\n


\n\tTricia Washburn, chief of the Office of Immunization in the Rhode Island Department of Health, praises Clinica Esperanza\u2019s HPV program and the work of De Groot, Joseph and others at the clinic.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cDr. De Groot is a true immunization leader in Rhode Island, and she\u2019s proving it again with her work on HPV,\u201d says Washburn. \u201cBy being such a strong advocate for HPV vaccination and working so diligently to eliminate barriers when it comes to access to vaccine, she is helping keep young people in our state safe from a very serious virus.\u201d

\nPatricia Stout, an associate clinical professor in nursing at 溏心vlog免费B站 who is pursuing her doctorate in nursing practice, plans to volunteer at the clinic Aug. 14. <\/p>\n


\n \u201cThe clinic\u2019s vaccine program is a great way to prevent a very serious disease,\u201d says Stout. \u201cWe have a vaccine available to protect people against a deadly cancer. We\u2019d be remiss not to administer it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe vaccine is given in three shots. Patients at Clinica Esperanza will return for their second shot Oct. 16 and third one Feb. 12, 2015.<\/p>\n


\nHPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Most infections clear up. When HPV doesn’t go away, it can cause serious health problems. Besides cervical cancer, the virus can lead to cancers of the throat and mouth.<\/p>\n


\nJoseph says awareness about HPV and its link to cancer and other HPV-related cancers is lacking among low-income people with no insurance. She and De Groot are confident that the local campaign will make a difference.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s so important to provide health services and preventive care to people who don’t have insurance, for whatever reason,\u201d says Joseph. \u201cWe have a responsibility as a society to help those less fortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRegistration to get the vaccine is required by calling 401-952-1571. <\/p>\n


\nClinica Esperanza is a free, largely volunteer clinic in Providence\u2019s Olneyville neighborhood. The clinic offers treatment for chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It also offers classes on chronic disease management and nutrition, as well as support groups for victims of domestic violence. The walk-in clinic staffed by nurses is open Monday through Saturday.<\/p>\n


\nClick here for more information about the clinic or to donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto above: Valerie Joseph, nurse director at Clinica Esperanza who organized an HPV vaccine campaign at the Providence clinic. Photo by Nora Lewis.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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