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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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Spotlight on Confidential Care for Adolescents
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In the June issue of AAP News, NCC members Gale Burstein and Abigail English emphasize the need for pediatricians to become familiar with state consent laws for minors and confidentiality protections that apply in the jurisdiction where they practice. The article gives a brief description of consent laws for STI, contraceptive, substance abuse, and mental health services, and also describes the confidentiality concerns that are presented by the billing and health insurance claims process. |
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STD Prevention and the Public Conversation about Sex
|  In the May 27th issue of American Prospect, Phoebe Connelly explores how the U.S., following nearly 100 years of STD awareness and prevention campaigns, struggles to formulate and sustain prevention messages and programs that work.
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Briefing Transcript Available: Health Reform and Young Adults
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Cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund, this May 24th briefing focuses on how the reform law affects young adults, including changes to eliminate coverage gaps for adolescents and the importance of targeting youth to lower the total number of uninsured Americans. |
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CDC Launches HIV Screening. Standard Care.
| | On June 17th, CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention launched a new program called HIV Screening. Standard Care. (HSSC), which aims to assist physicians in making HIV testing a standard part of medical care. HSSC resources, including an annotated guide to CDC's 2006 HIV screening recommendations and patient education materials, are available free of charge for providers on the HSSC website. |
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Research Round-Up
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Research Article of the Month
Chlamydia Screening and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Insights from Exploratory Time-Series AnalysesUsing health claims data from over 200,000 women continuously enrolled in health plans from 2001 to 2006, researchers examined whether changes in monthly chlamydia and gonorrhea screening rates were associated with subsequent changes in PID diagnosis rates.The analysis found that increases in screening rates in a given month were associated with decreases in PID diagnosis rates four months later. These results suggest there are benefits from increases in chlamydia and gonorrhea screening in terms of reducing PID. For a detailed summary of study findings, click here.
Study Finds Chlamydia Treated Sooner When Doctors Use Electronic Medical Records A study in the May issue of Sexually Transmitted Infections found that the use of electronic medical records dramatically reduced the amount of time taken to recall and treat a patient after a positive chlamydia diagnosis. The study examined the records of 100 patients at a sexual health clinic who were treated for chlamydia infection either before or after the clinic stopped using paper records. With electronic records, the median time taken to treat a patient fell by 11.5 days, and the proportion of patients treated within 2 weeks of a positive result rose from 38% to 94%. |
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CDC Position Announcement: Director, Division of STD Prevention
| | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP). The vacancy announcement closes on July 16, 2010. Questions may be directed to Debra Byrd, 404-718-8518, or Alison Johnson, 404-498-3800. |
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It's a Boy!
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Congratulations to Christianne Johnson on the arrival of her son! Logan Earl Johnson was born June 17, 2010. Best wishes to the new mother and baby! |
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