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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the first issue of NCC News. This online newsletter was created to keep you up-to-date on all things Chlamydia, and related areas of interest. We hope you will find it useful and informative. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues who may also find it of use.
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Chlamydia Screening HEDIS Measure Update |
Partnership for Prevention has submitted a letter to the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), on behalf of the NCC, to request that the Chlamydia screening HEDIS measure be added to the set of accreditation measures. The letter was circulated earlier this month to ask for support and encourage endorsements from NCC member organizations and other partners. The Division of STD Prevention at CDC also submitted a similar letter to NCQA.
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National STD Awareness Month |
 Mark your calendars--April is National STD Awareness month. MTV, Planned Parenthood, Kaiser Family Foundation, and CDC are teaming up to get the word out to young adults about the importance of getting tested for STDs. The campaign will launch April 1st. Print materials and PSAs will be available to download on CDC's website. We will notifty you through this newsletter when the website is updated with the 2009 information. To have your STD awareness month special event (such as extended clinic hours, health fairs, or community education) posted online, visit www.cdcnpin.org/stdawareness. |
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Institute of Medicine Issues Report on Adolescents |
The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine conducted a study on health services for adolescents 10 to 19 years of age. The study focused on critical health needs of adolescents, promising models of health services, and components of care that could strengthen and improve health services for adolescents and contribute to healthy adolescent behavior. The expert panel calls for coordinating primary care; focusing on disease prevention, health promotion and behavioral health as a major component of routine services; coordinated, linked and interdisciplinary services including healthcare providers and community service agencies; maintaining confidentiality; and additional preparation of providers.
Copies of the report, Adolescent Health Services: Missing Opportunities are available for sale from the National Academies Press at (888) 624-8373 or (202) 334-3313 (in the Washington, DC metropolitan area) or via the NAP homepage, www.nap.edu. |
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Hidden STD Epidemic Among California Youth |
 With assistance from the California Department of Public Health STD Control Branch, the Public Health Institute issued a report in 2007 that concludes the annual number of newly acquired STDs among California 15 to 24 year olds is much greater than previously estimated and that treatment costs could exceed $1 billion each year. Costs for treating chlamydia among California young people were estimated at $29 million. HIV and HPV accounted for a substantial portion of the $1 billion treatment cost estimate. The study's authors, Petra Jerman, Norman Constantine, and Carmen Nevarez, point out limitations in existing reporting systems posed methodological challenges that are likely shared with other states and counties. The methods used in this study, which built on prior work by CDC, potentially could be employed by other jurisdictions to get a more complete picture of the extent and potential costs of STDs among young people. The article appeared in the Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2007, Volume 5, Issue 3, pages 80-91. Full text of the article can be accessed at: http://www.csuchico.edu/cjhp/5/3/080-091-jerman.pdf
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Issue Brief on Healthcare Reform and Adolescents |
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health urged Congress in a November 2008 issue brief, Structuring Health Care Reform to Work for Adolescents, to address the needs of adolescents in healthcare reform. The brief calls for a "health home" for adolescents, training for the pediatric workforce, and payment structures that compensate providers to offer health promotion and risk reduction counseling and ongoing care management. The issue brief can be accessed at: http://www.incenterstrategies.org/jan07/issuebrief2.pdf. |
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New URL for California Chlamydia Action Coalition Materials. |
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The older "toolbox" page link is no longer active.
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