Word: pcc
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...major advantage to this proposal is that it eliminates the intimidation factor that is tied to the HIV test. According to members of AIDS Education and Outreach (AEO), Peer Contraceptive Counselors (PCC) and Contact, the current system may deter students who want and need HIV tests seeking them. Such students would like to receive an HIV test but fear having their names taken down--even for a supposedly confidential file. This possible intimidation is a serious problem. In this day and age, the need for more HIV testing is simply too important to be put at risk for no clear...
Though the exact date seems to be lostin a file cabinet on the third floor of UniversityHealth Services (or at least in the memories ofthe Blondie generation), in the early 1980s PeerContraceptive Counselors (PCC) became the firstpeer counseling group to begin doing outreaches.According to Nadja B. Gould, a social worker atUniversity Health Services and a supervisor of thepeer counseling groups, PCC started theiroutreaches after hearing of a similar program thatwas successful at Dartmouth. There, outreachessurrounded kegs at fraternities. PCC went tofirst-year entries, where kegs were absent andCoke and pretzels took their place...
...outreaches themselves are the topics ofconversation among many first-years and they havea tendency to make appearances in the pages ofcampus opinion magazines. PCC and Contact have twoof the most famous, or infamous, presentations...
...CASE OF PCC...
Probably because of their use of Woodythe Wooden Penis and Patty the Plastic Pelvis intheir skits, PCC has one of the best knownoutreaches. PCC designs its outreach to provideimportant information about contraception tofirst-years who may not necessarily have it. Formany first-years, college is a time of sexualawakening and many do not know how contraceptivesare used or what contraceptives are there to beused. "It's important that [first-years] go intothis change of lifestyle well-equipped," MatthewB...