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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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NCC Holds Annual Meeting
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The National Chlamydia Coalition (NCC) held its annual meeting on October 28-29, 2010 in Washington, DC. The coalition met to hear new research findings, discuss new initiatives, report on completed and ongoing projects, and allow members and guests to network and coalesce. For a detailed recap of the meeting, please click here. All meeting materials are available here and the speakers' presentations can be viewed and downloaded on Slide Share. |
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NCQA: New Chlamydia Figures | |
 The State of Healthcare Quality 2010 provides updated HEDIS figures on chlamydia screening in health plans for females aged 16-20 years, 21-24 years, and overall. The report also charts overall chlamydia screening rates in commercial and Medicaid
plans from 2001 to 2009. Click here for more information.
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Teens Not Receiving Regular Preventive Care
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A recent paper published in the Annals of Family Medicine reveals that one-third of adolescents with four or more years of continuous enrollment in a health plan had no preventive care visits from age 13 through 17 years. ABC News coverage of the study includes interviews with the study author and several other family medicine physicians. Study findings highlight the importance of using all adolescent clinic visits as an opportunity to provide preventive care services. |
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The European Approach to Teens, Sex and Love |
The online magazine Slate has assembled a comparison of public awareness and advertising campaigns around teens and sex in Europe and the United States. The slideshow includes Dutch, French and German print advertising and videos that emphasize loving, committed relationships and convey honest and humorous messages about sex. The article also highlights findings from research on Dutch and American perceptions of teen sexuality. |
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Funding Announcement | |
CDC recently announced that it is working with AED to expand the reach of the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign with a focus on chlamydia screening for 15-25 year-old women. AED, with funding from CDC, will award subcontracts of up to $20,000 to nine local programs. This funding is intended to support programs in defined communities, with the implementation and evaluation of strategic social marketing plans to promote chlamydia and other STD screening through locally tailored GYT efforts. Proposals are due November 29, 2010. Click here for more information and to view the Request for Proposals. |
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CDC's Division of STD Prevention Has a New Look | |
The Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) recently updated their website to a cleaner, fresher, more modern format. Although the look is new, readers can still access high-quality, helpful information about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). |
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Disparities Research Webinar Series | |
AcademyHealth is offering a series of webinars that provide insight into policymaking and methodological challenges and opportunities for disparities research. To see the archived recording of "The Affordable Care Act (Part I): Impacts and Opportunities for Disparities Research," click here. For more information, and to register for parts 2-4 of the four part series, click here. |
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