Dear Colleague,
Welcome to 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 Added to HEDIS Set of Accreditation Measures
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 Chlamydia screening has been added to the 2010 HEDIS (Health Care Effectiveness and Data Set) measures required as part of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation process for commercial and Medicaid health plans. The members of the National Chlamydia Coalition requested this change along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the April 17, 2009 MMWR report, among health plans collecting HEDIS data, chlamydia screening among sexually active females aged 16-25 increased from 25.3% in 2000 to 41.6% in 2007. It is hoped that the increased emphasis on this clinical preventive service among health plans seeking NCQA accreditation will further improve screening rates. This is a great accomplishment for the NCC, CDC, and sexual health.
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Intern Position Available with NCC |
Partnership for Prevention is accepting resumes for an intern to work the National Chlamydia Coalition project and other adolescent health and health communications projects. For more information and how to apply please see the job description. |
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NCC Update
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An updated version of Why Screen for Chlamydia? is now available for download on www.prevent.org/NCC. It has been updated to reflect the new members of NCC and minimal content changes.
Next year, the NCC will be taking a closer look at issues related to expedited partner therapy (EPT). If you have encountered a specific issue that impedes partner therapy, please let us know. Send an email to smaloney@prevent.org or cjohnson@prevent.org.
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Funding Announcement: AHRQ |
The AHRQ Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Awards support health services research on comparative effectiveness, health IT, patient safety, prevention and care management, value, and healthcare innovations. There are three deadline dates each year for applications. For more information visit http://tiny.cc/FEozb. |
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Adolescent Immunization Resource Available |
The American College of Preventive Medicine has a new fact sheet, Vaccines for Adolescents: Help Keep Adolescents Healthy and Safe with Immunizations
available. The fact sheet is a template so you can tailor it to your own organziation. Scroll to the bottom of the page under "Coalition Products and Resolutions" to download the MS word file. |
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Research Update
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A new Child Trends study commissioned by the Council of Chief State School Officers finds disparities between poor, at-risk children and more advantaged children as early as 9 months of age -- extending prior research that primarily focuses on disparities at kindergarten entry and beyond. The study, Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort, identifies low income and low maternal education as the factors most strongly associated with poorer cognitive, social-emotional, and health outcomes among very young children.
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