House Parties of fiVe (HPVs) mix girl talk with lessons that help women become more comfortable discussing their sexual health.  Hosts invite at least five of their friends over for the evening or afternoon, and while chatting about love and relationships and playing risqué versions of party games, women learn about situations that may put them at risk for the human papillomavirus and learn how to recognize the symptoms of the virus and cervical cancer.  Not meant to be lectures, themes have ranged from poetry to karaoke, and each host is free to choose her theme.  At the end of each party, hosts encourage guests to pass what they have learned to family and friends, and many of these women pledge to visit their gynecologists for Pap tests and/or HPV screenings.