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Spelman Spotlight
September 1981
"A Guide To A Better You” is a
column dedicated to making you
better from the inside out. Our
articles will focus on nutrition,
health, and beauty. The nutrition
articles will help beautify your
physical self by providing you
with information on diets, health
foods, and basic nutritional
necessities. The health care
section will cover all aspects in
maintaining that healthy glow
through preventive measures.
Major topics will be birth con
trol, sexually transmitted dis
eases, the common cold, herpes
and basic health care tips. The
beauty section will feature ways
of emphasizing your outer at
tractiveness by featuring natural
cosmetics and hair care. This first
article will introduce you to a
special building on the Spelman
College ^campus which offers
health care information.
The MacVicar Hall houses
Spelman’s health care facilities.
These facilities are: The Mac-
Vicar Clinic, Infirmary and The
Family Planning Clinic. Each of
these facilities are dedicated to
obtaining and preserving the
healthy you.
"A Guide To A Better You” is
not only an informational
source; it is a sounding board for
your health care concerns and
comments.
Nurse Jewell checks the blood pressure of student Cindy Anderson.
The administrators of the
MacVicar Hospital would like to
welcome all Spelman students to
the 1981-82 school year. Dr.
Clinton Warner, a graduate of
Morehouse College and
Meharry Medical School, is the
physician on staff at the Mac
Vicar Clinic and Infirmary. Dr.
Warner's office hours are from
12:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Mac
Vicar Hospital. He is on call 24
hours daily if needed. The nur
sing staff is under the auspices of
the head nurse Ms. Jewell, who
has active duty 24 hours a day 7
days a week.
Perhaps you are wondering
what happens at MacVicar
Clinic. MacVicar Clinic is a clinic
for comprehensive “ambulatory
care.” Routine illnesses such as
colds, diarrhea, skin problems,
and trauma injuries, are treated
on an ambulatory basis. The
Infirmary handles problems that
require bed care on a short term
basis. Some problems are too
severe to handle effectively at
MacVicar. In these instances,
patients will be referred to Grady
Memorial Hospital, South West
Community Hospital or other
private hospitals or private
specialists in the Atlanta area.
The Spelman College Family
Planning Program is a resource
center on human reproductive
health for the Atlanta University
Center as well as for the larger
Atlanta community. The
program is designed to provide
educational information and
preventive medical services on
the sociological, psychological,
physiological and medical
aspects of human reproduction.
The Family Planning Clinic
offers patient education,
physical exams, routine lab tests,
pregnancy tests, pap smears,
sexually transmitted disease
diagnosis and treatment, treat
ment of contraceptive related
problems, contraceptive
supplies, counseling, and
referrals.
The physician on duty is Dr.
Andre Williams, a 1973 graduate
of Lincoln University and a 1977
graduate of Howard University
Medical School. Dr. Williams,
and the executive staff members
of the Family Planning Clinic
welcome all Atlanta University
Students to the 1981-82 school
year and hope to aid you on your
journey to a happier, healthier
you.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Your chances of being raped, if you are a female, are about 1 in 12.
• Rapes have been reported on females under 1 year and over 90 years
old.
• 25% of all rapes are committed against females under the age of 15.
• The majority of rapes occur in the victim’s home.
• Most rapes are planned in advance by the rapist.
• Rape victims usually know, have seen or have had some knowledge of
the rapist.
• If you report a rape to the police, you do not have to go to court;
although it is encouraged.
• Most rapists are repeat offenders.
• Men commit rape to control, humiliate, and exert power... not out
of sexual desire or passion.
• Rapists overwhelmingly (83%) attack women of their own race.
• Rape is a crime of violence . . . not passion.
• Many rapists are married men with families, who lead seemingly
normal lives.
• Rape is the carnal knowledge of a woman by a man, without her
consent, when force is used, threatened or implied.
• The SAFE Program has published an informational brochure giving
facts, preventative measures, possible defenses, and treatment
regarding rape. Write or call SAFE at the address shown on page two for
your copy.
• The Rape Crisis Center at Grady Memorial Hospital operates a 24 hour
hotline (659-RAPE) and a rape victim assistance program, which
provides free medical treatment, legal support and sensitive counsel
ing.
• All treatment and counseling at the Rape Crisis Center is strictly
confidential.
• The Atlanta Bureau of Police Services has a special unit for rape
investigations (call 658-6666). This unit consists of male and female
officers who have been specially trained to provide sensitive services to
rape victims.
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The MacVicar Clinic is dedicated to preserving the healthy you. Photo credits: Whitney Young
The clinic is open on Monday and Thursday afternoons and
evenings. For clinic appointments call 681-3643 ext. 288 or ext.
289 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.