| Calendar of Events |
10/28- Health Education Conference Call
10/29-30- MFPA face to face meeting Helena
11/4- Election day (state holiday)
11/11- Veteran's Day (state holiday)
11/17-19- Libby/Polson program reviews
11/27- Thanksgiving (state holiday) |
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Quote of the Week
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
~Elizabeth Lawrence |
| 2013 BRFSS Annual Report | | |
Montana's 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Annual Report
The BRFSS annual report now includes the results of significance testing to identify significant differences between sub-groups even when the confidence intervals overlap. Further information can be found in the Interpreting the Tables section. |
| Contraceptive Counseling and LARC Uptake | | Dear Colleagues,
I'd like to bring your attention to the next installment in our free webinar series, Contraceptive Counseling and LARC Uptake, led by Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS on Thursday, October 23rd 12:00-1:00 EST. Dr. Dehlendorf, Associate Professor in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco, will identify common approaches to contraceptive counseling and discuss how these approaches may influence a woman's decision to use a LARC method. Dr. Dehlendorf will also discuss potential provider biases that may influence counseling, based on her research examining the relationship of patient race/ethnicity/socioeconomic status with health care providers recommendations for contraceptive methods and the quality of contraceptive counseling. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and is free and open to all (ACOG membership not required).
As always, we would very much appreciate if you passed this information along to any interested colleagues. Thanks so much and please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
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| National Campaign Highlights | |
Return on Investment.
Want more evidence on the benefits of birth control? A new analysis from the Guttmacher Institute is your ticket. Publically supported family planning visits in 2010 prevented 2.2 million unintended pregnancies, 1.1 million unplanned births, 761,000 abortions, and 164,000 pre-term or low birth weight babies. Guttmacher also estimates that publically funded family planning services also results in savings to taxpayers of $15.8 billion.
Stat of the Week.
Another reason not to confuse progress with victory... Despite historic declines, rates of teen pregnancy and childbearing in the U.S. remain far higher than in other industrialized countries.
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| The "Invincibles": Teens, Risk Taking, and the Role of Health Professionals | |
 The "Invincibles": Teens, Risk Taking, and the Role of Health Professionals
When: Thursday, October 30, 2014Time: Noon-1:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Presenters: Carolyn McCarty, PhD and Ashley Maliken, PhD
In this one-hour webinar, Carolyn McCarty, PhD, and Ashley Maliken, PhD, describe current research on the behavioral and neurological factors that contribute to vulnerability in adolescence. They discuss reward-seeking in adolescence, and how it can manifest in healthy versus problematic ways. Finally, the presenters discuss principles of prevention and intervention, and apply them to prevalent adolescent problem behaviors, such as substance use, depression, and risky sexual behavior.
Slides will be available on our website immediately before the session.
Please note: This session is limited to 200 attendees. After 200 people have signed in, no others will be able to connect. If you are not able to join, you may watch the recording after it ends.
Audio: We offer audio for this webinar through the phone or through your computer's speakers. Due to differences in internet quality at viewers' locations, we can't guarantee that the computer audio will be smooth and continuous. If the audio cuts out and is distracting, please call in on the phone line instead.
The Maternal and Child Public Health webinar series provides up-to-date information on topics related to Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) national performance measures. The series is supported by the Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program with a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.
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| Culturally Specific Approaches to Trauma and Domestic Violence | | OCTOBER 27, 2014, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT
Hosted by the Family and Youth Services Bureau's Family Violence Prevention and Services Program and the Women and Trauma Federal Partners Committee
TITLE: Culturally Specific Approaches to Trauma and Domestic Violence
DATE & TIME: October 27, 2014 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
DURATION: 1 hour and 30 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Responding to trauma in the context of domestic violence raises a number of issues for survivors and their communities underscoring the importance of approaches that are culture, DV- and trauma-informed. Research has shown that the impact of experiencing multiple forms of trauma and abuse throughout one's lifetime is significantly higher among multiracial, African American, Latina, Asian and Pacific Islander and Native American/Alaska Native women. This webinar will feature speakers from national and culturally specific community based organizations who will discuss key considerations for implementing trauma-informed domestic violence services as they relate to the ethnic, racial, cultural, and lingual diversity of victims of domestic violence from underserved and historically marginalized communities. The webinar will highlight culturally specific trauma-informed approaches to both individual and collective trauma, violence, and abuse as well as a framework for thinking about trauma in the context of cumulative burden, ongoing risk and coercive control.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
Policymakers; Administrators; Service Providers from health, education, workforce, justice, military, housing, emergency management, domestic violence, and other fields; Federal and State representatives, Employers, Stakeholders with an interest in Women and Trauma, and the general public
FREE REGISTRATION:
https://ncdvtmh.webex.com/ncdvtmh/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=666035508 |
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