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4/23-24- Montana Family Planning Training
4/29- Health Education Conference Call
5/21-22- MFPA Meeting |
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when one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
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The National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy | | |
National Day 2014
This May 7th, we recognize the 14th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and we would like to ring in this year's event and celebrate the extraordinary declines in teen pregnancy over the past two decades with a very loud Thunderclap! Please help our message be heard by joining our Prevent Teen Pregnancy Thunderclap campaign to show your support for the National Day and teen pregnancy prevention.
If you've never heard of Thunderclap, it is an online tool that allows causes to amplify a specific message by organizing hundreds of people to share the same message with their social networks-via Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr-at a single, common moment boosting the message's volume and creating more mass awareness.
Thunderclap is all or nothing and that is why we need your support. Our campaign needs at least 250 supporters to sign up to share our message before 12pm EST on Wednesday, May 7th or the message won't be sent. When we meet our goal, the message that will be shared on the National Day is: "Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy! Take the quiz at StayTeen.org and start talking. #ND14 http://thndr.it/1elygjV"
It only takes a minute to sign up, so please show your support by joining to our Thunderclap campaign! |
| Human Trafficking Webinar | |
Webinar Hosted by the National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse
Webinar: Human Trafficking: The Role of the Health Care Provider
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
12:00-1:30pm PDT/ 1:00-2:30pm MDT/ 2:00-3:30pm CDT/ 3:00-4:30pm EDT
To register, click here.
What can healthcare providers do to help victims of human trafficking? Many healthcare providers, who interact with human trafficking victims, are unaware that these crimes occur and often are not prepared to respond to victims, survivors, and those at risk. This webinar will provide clinicians with knowledge on trafficking and give specific tools for screening, assist victims in the clinical setting, and understand reporting requirements. Participants will have
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the background and statistics of human trafficking.
2. Describe ways in which health care providers can identify and assist victims and survivors.
3. Identify screening tools and understand reporting requirements.
4. Understand how programs and services can be designed to be more supportive and avoid re-traumatization. |
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New Posters from Bedsider
Wondering about the effectiveness of different methods of contraception? What about the relative risks of each method? Confused about emergency contraception? Bedsider's new poster series answers these questions and more in a stylish, fun, and informative way. Visit the Bedsider online store to see all six new posters and learn how to get your hands on them.
PS: While you're at it, check out everything the Bedsider online store has to offer, including our Real Stories and Fact or Fiction DVDs and our brand new "Hello, Beautiful" tees.
Help from HHS.
The very good people at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have a terrific new resource and an upcoming webinar of interest to egram subscribers:
- The Administration for Children and Families recently released a brief titled How States are Implementing Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Through the Personal Responsibility Education Program. To learn more, check it out here.
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| Stop Bullying Now Materials | | |
Last Call for Stop Bullying Now!
In the next couple of months HRSA will be winding down this operation, and will discontinue the distribution of these materials. Between now and then, our goal is to ensure that partner organizations have the opportunity to secure mass quantities of our resources for upcoming conferences, workshops and general use. Please take a moment to consider placing an order for your own needs and/or spreading this message to your networks. We are encouraging orders in multiples of 1,000.
As a reminder, the materials available are:
- DVD Toolkits - animated webisodes that teach children lessons about what bullying is and how to prevent it; public service announcements; video workshops for professionals in education, health and safety, mental health and other related fields; and an instructor's guide adults or older youth can use to help teach children about bullying.
- Activities Guides - a small booklet of creative ideas that youth and adults can use to implement bullying prevention and response efforts
- TIME for Kids Comic Books - a series of three volumes, plus an instructor's guide, that illustrate the scenarios presented in the animated webisodes
How to Order:
-Call 1-888-ASK-HRSA.
-Email your order to ask@hrsa.gov.
-Visit ask.hrsa.gov and connect with support via the Life Help chat function.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about HRSA's Bullying Prevention resources. Please note that the Stop Bullying Now! webisodes will remain available on the Web via www.StopBullying.gov/kids, and our Bullying Prevention Training and Community Action Toolkit remain accessible at www.StopBullying.gov/training.
Thanks for your support,
Erin
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Erin Reiney, MPH, CHES
Director, Injury & Violence Prevention Programs
Division of Child, Adolescent and Family Health
HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18A-39
Rockville, MD 20857 |
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