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Prevention with Positives webinar
Interpreting Trends in Chlamydia Re-Infection Rates
Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Counseling Research Symposium
Request for Proposals (RFP) Opportunity
Costs of Teen Childbearing
Greatest Story Never Told
The Buttered Biscuit
The Birth Control Project
Life is Short - Smile!
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12/10 - Prevention with Positives Webinar
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December 4, 2013

Quote of the Week 

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

~Brian Tracy

Prevention with Positives Webinar 

Prevention with Positives: Clinical and Behavioral Applications Webinar 

 

The Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Bureau (CDCPB) has regularly scheduled presentations from four of the sections within the bureau. The presentations will be conducted via WebEx, recorded and archived on SharePoint on the program pages.

 

Date: Wednesday, December 10, 9 am - 10:30 am

 

Bureau Section: STD/HIV Prevention

 

Topic: "Prevention with Positives: Clinical and Behavioral Applications"

 

Description: This presentation will help you learn strategies for addressing prevalent misconceptions about HIV transmission risk, the most up-to-date knowledge of how viral load, strategic positioning, and post-exposure chemoprophylaxis can affect transmission risk, information your patients need to help them keep their partners safe, relevant prevention messages that can be delivered to all of your HIV-positive patients.

 

Speaker / Leader: Denver Prevention Training Center Team

 

For more information and to register see the attached fliers from DPHHS and Denver Prevention Training Center.  

Interpreting Trends in Chlamydia Re-Infection Rates 
 

Caution Needed When Interpreting Trends in Chlamydia Re-Infection Rates

In this installment of the Research Translation Committee's Expert Commentary series, Lizzi Torrone, MSPH, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses the challenges associated with measuring and analyzing chlamydial re-infection data. Although the calculation of a re-infection rate is mathematically simple, research suggests that the true rate of re-infection is difficult to estimate since most re-infections are asymptomatic and never identified, and trends in rates are continually difficult to interpret.

To read more click here  
Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Counseling Research Symposium 
 

Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Counseling Research Symposium

 

Air date: Monday, December 09, 2013, 8:00:00 AM

Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local

Description:   This trans-HHS research symposium will review the current body of evidence    on screening and counseling research for IPV across the lifespan.

The symposium's goal is to identify gaps in research on screening and counseling for IPV in primary health settings and to shape priorities in this public health research agenda.

Effective IPV screening guidelines and appropriate counseling and intervention tools for health care practitioners also will be explored.

In addition to NIH, participating agencies include: Administration on Aging, Administration on Children's & Families, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, from HHS, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Office of Women's Health. 

Author:         NIH, AoA, ACF, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and HHS Office of Women's Health

Runtime:       9 hours

For more information

Request for Proposals (RFP) Opportunity 

New RFP Posting

 

Attached is a notice letter regarding a new Request for Proposals posted to Montana's State Procurement Bureau Solicitation website:  RFP14-2877P, Services to Pregnant and Parenting Teens.

 

Please only respond that you received this notification. Please note all other communication must be directed to Penny Moon, as she is the single point of contact for this solicitation; Ms. Moon may be reached at 406-444-3313 or [email protected]

Costs of Teen Childbearing 

Costs of Teen Childbearing.

Teen childbearing in the United States cost taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $9.4 billion in 2010, according to an updated analysis released by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

These public sector costs would have been even higher had it not been for the roughly 50% decline in the U.S. teen birth rate between 1991 (the peak year for teen childbearing) and 2010. The estimated national savings to taxpayers in 2010 alone due to the substantial decline in the teen birth rate between 1991 and 2010 was $12 billion.

"Reducing teen pregnancy not only improves the well-being of children, youth, and families, it saves taxpayer dollars," said Sarah Brown, CEO of The National Campaign. "One of the nation's great success stories of the past two decades has been the historic declines in teen pregnancy and childbearing. Even so, the steep public costs associated with teen childbearing are just one reason why policymakers should not let their foot off the gas when it comes to investing in preventing too-early pregnancy and parenthood."

  
Teen Birth Rate is Down Since 1991 

Greatest Story Never Told 

 

Teen pregnancy and childbearing are at historic lows. Most adults, however, are unaware of the historic declines.   Fully 49% of adults inaccurately believe the nation's teen pregnancy rate has increased over the past two decades, according to new survey data also released by The National Campaign. Just 18% of adults believe the teen pregnancy rate has declined.

The Buttered Biscuit
The Buttered Biscuit

 

The National Campaign, in partnership with BET, the Ad Council, and Havas Worldwide, has developed several new PSAs about preventing unplanned pregnancy. Featuring funny and endearing scenarios about "awkward" birth control conversations, the campaign reminds women that moments like these shouldn't stop them from getting important information about birth control. The PSAs encourage young women that Bedsider "takes the awkward" out, by allowing them to explore their birth control options online. The most recent round of work, developed in partnership with BET is an extension of the campaign that launched in November 2011.

The Birth Control Project 
 

 

  

GOOD NEWS!

 

We have recruited

 

160

 

participants in the BCP!

 

Thank you and keep up the great work!

  Please contact Nicole Smith with any questions:

[email protected]

Life is Short - Smile!

     
      

 

      

Please forward this on to any parties that may be interested.