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Page 11 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. himim f 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.