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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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Adolescent Health Risk Behavior and Preventive Care | |
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health has issued a report highlighting new research on multiple risk behaviors among adolescents and their underutilization of preventive services. The report also addresses effective strategies for improving clinical and community-based services and opportunities through health reform implementation to strengthen preventive care.
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Study Finds Setbacks in Women's Health
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The National Women's Law Center and Oregon Health and Science University released their latest health report card for women last month. Overall, the United States was deemed "unsatisfactory," failing to meet many of the goals set by Healthy People 2010. The study reports that more women are binge drinking, obese, diabetic and hypertensive. Also, nationwide, fewer women are being screened for cervical cancer and more are testing positive for chlamydia. As of 2007, 84.8% of women ages 18-64 were screened for cervical cancer. Just three years later, this number has dropped to 78%. To read more about the report card's findings, click here.
To learn more about the topics and specific objectives established for Healthy People 2020, click here. |
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Research Spotlight: Chlamydia Epidemiology Update |
In this chlamydia epidemiology update, Catherine Satterwhite from CDC's Division of STD Prevention provides a summary of recent CDC research on chlamydia trends and prevention strategies. Also included is a discussion of findings from the 2008 CDC Chlamydia Immunology Consultation. For the full update, click here. To see Ms. Satterwhite's epidemiology slides from the 2010 NCC meeting, click here.
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Youth Won't Admit to Having Sex | |
A recent study conducted by researchers at Emory University reports that young people may not be telling the truth when it comes to their sexual history. 14,012 young adults in their early 20s were interviewed, and subsequently tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis. Of this sample, more than 10% who tested positive did not report having penile/vaginal sexual intercourse in the prior year. And 6% reported no lifetime history of sexual activity. This reveals that merely relying on self-reported sexual history to indicate STD-risk is not satisfactory and routine screenings are necessary. To read more about this study, click here. |
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Teens Wary of Internet for Sexual Health Information | |
A new exploratory study by the Guttmacher Institute concludes that very few teens consider the Internet to be a main source of sexual health and contraceptive information. Interviewed teens indicated a distrust of online (potentially user-generated) information. They also noted that they would probably have to sort through an abundance of sexually explicit material to find factual information. The teens stated that they are more likely to trust family (parents), educators, medical professionals and friends instead. This research suggests that these trusted relationships will need to be utilized to convey information to teens. |
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CDC Announces New STD Division Director | |
Congratulations to NCC member, Dr. Gail Bolan, who was recently named the Director of the Division of STD Prevention at CDC. We wish Dr. Bolan the best of luck in her new role and look forward to working with her in 2011 and beyond. |
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Find the NCC on Facebook! | |
The National Chlamydia Coalition is now on Facebook. The new page will be updated frequently with news and interesting information on chlamydia and other STDs, preventive services, adolescent health, and related topics. To follow the NCC on Facebook, simply visit our page and click the "like" button. Don't forget to share it with your friends and colleagues! |
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