MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

Mereck & Co, Inc. (2008). Gardasil. Retrieved May 24, 2008, from http://www.gardasil.com/.

Gardasil, produced by Mereck & Co., Inc. is the leading vaccination against HPV. This website provides general information about HPV and what the vaccination can do to prevent HPV. Another helpful point about this website is that there is a information for parents with answers to questions that they might have about vaccinating their daughters. Another unique part about this website is that it provides video clips of real-life stories from patients. The website promotes awareness by encouraging women to tell someone else about HPV and its link to cervical cancer. This website it could be especially helpful to someone looking getting vaccinated against HPV. It would also be useful to someone looking for a personal approach to HPV as it provides videos and real life accounts.

The Digene HPV Test. (2008). HPV and Cervical Cancer-The HPV Test. Retrieved June 7, 2008, from http://www.hpvtest.com.

This multimedia website provides a combination of video and text. Doctors explain what HPV is and how to prevent it, because it is preventable. The website includes patients testimonies of how the HPV test saved their life. The website offers information about HPV and includes and audio clip explaining the information as well. The website provides information on the HPV test and how you can get the test, insurance coverage, and if you have HPV it provides some ways of coping. This website would be especially helpful to someone considering getting the HPV test because it provides a multitude of important and pertinent information. The website also would be helpful to anyone who does not know much about the HPV test.

YouTube. (2008). Planned Parenthood: HPV and Cervical Cancer Awareness. Retrieved June 7, 2008, from http://youtube.com/watch?v=nqmYC7AEQvg.

This video from YouTube is a message from Cecile Richards, the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. This video was broadcasted in January, which is National Cervical Cancer Screening Month. Richards explains that HPV causes cervical cancer. She also says that the best way to prevent getting cervical cancer is to have a routine pap test and use a condom every time during sex. Also, the best way to protect your daughter is for her to get the vaccine. She encourages the watcher to take five minutes to learn about HPV. This video would be useful to someone interested in Planned Parenthood. It would also be very helpful to someone who is not very aware of the link between cervical cancer and HPV because it encourages awareness.