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Ahlers Training Evaluation
CMCS Maternal and Infant Health Initiative Webinar
National Campaign Highlights
Young MSM Webinar
IUDs Win the Family Planning Championship
Clinician QFP Implementation
Quick Health Data Online is Shutting Down
Life is Short - Smile!
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March 18, 2015

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Let go of what you can't control. Channel all that energy into living fully in the now.
~Karen Salmansohn
Ahlers Training Evaluation
Ahlers Training Evaluation

 

WMHS hosted five webinar Ahlers trainings in January and February. If you participated and/or watched any of these webinars, we would very much appreciate your feedback. Please complete this short survey on the Ahlers trainings by Friday, March 20th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QNW85CK

CMCS Maternal and Infant Health Initiative Webinar

CMCS Maternal and Infant Health Initiative Webinar
 

The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) will host its third webinar from the Maternal and Infant Health Initiative (PDF) on Wednesday, March 25, from 12: 00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET that will focus on strategies to perinatal payment methods. The webinar will feature national experts as well as state and federal officials who will share promising approaches that are currently being explored. Register today.

  
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Save the Date!

  

The 15th annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy will take place on May 6, 2015. On the National Day and throughout the month of May, teens nationwide will be asked to visit StayTeen.org to participate in our popular National Day Quiz, which challenges teens to think carefully about what they might do "in the moment." The message of the National Day is simple and straightforward: Sex has consequences.

  
Get them while they're hot.

National Day buttons and pens are now available!

Redesigned for 2015, hand out our National Day buttons to the teens you know and encourage them to take the National Day Quiz. Available in bundles of 20. Click here for details and ordering information.

 

National Day pens are red and silver retractable ballpoint pens that say: "How do you score? #StayTeen" Available in bundles of 20. Click here for details and ordering information.

If you are interested in placing a purchase order for National Day materials, please contact Carla Paredes. National Day items sell out year after year, so place your orders early and often!

Young MSM: The People Behind the Epidemiological Term Webinar

Young MSM: The People Behind the Epidemiological Term

March 27, 2015

11:00am-12:00pm PDT
  
Racial and ethnic minority young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are currently experiencing high rates HIV transmission.  This webinar will present research findings about risks in these populations.  Young people who represent these communities will address their personal experiences and contextualize the research by discussing, in their own words, their real-world experiences and personal insights into why these communities of young men are at increased risk.

 

Please join us for this interactive webinar facilitated by Phil Meyer, LCSW and Thomas Freese, PHD, and featuring a dynamic panel of young men.

 

If you have any questions please contact Brandy Oeser at btoeser@ucla.edu or (310) 267-5331.

Click here to register

IUDs Win the Family Planning Championship
March Madness 
Download this family planning bracket to show clients which reversible contraception method works best. Learn more about these and other options in our Contraceptive Fact Sheets.
  
Clinician QFP Implementation
Virtual Conference Focuses on Clinician QFP Implementation

 

Join us for a virtual conference to help clinicians implement the Quality Family Planning (QFP) recommendations. Clinicians will have the opportunity to view video presentations, participate in topical chat sessions, and gain access to valuable tools and resources focused on applying QFP in realistic clinical scenarios.

 
National experts including Susan B. Moskosky, acting director of the Office of Population Affairs, will present the latest critical content in each of the family planning domains and provide insight into how participants can use the QFP in conjunction with other critical guidelines, including the U.S. MEC and SPR, STD Treatment Guidelines, and USPSTF Recommendations.  For event times and topics, view the agenda. Up to six continuing education contact hours are available.
 
Participate in the conference from any Web browser. It does not require special plug-ins or downloads, and we encourage you to participate from the comfort of your home, office, or staff room! This conference is open to both Title X and non-Title X agencies. Special pricing is available for Title X. Register by April 3 to receive early bird pricing ($39 Title X rate; $49 regular rate).
Quick Health Data Online is Shutting Down
Quick Health Data Online is Shutting Down at the end of March 2015 

After many years of hosting Quick  Heath Data Online, the Office on  Women's Health has decided to close down the website. The website, www.healthstatus2020.com, will no longer be available after March 31, 2015. In the meantime, we encourage you to save and download the special features including:

If you have questions, please email us.


  
Life is Short - Smile!

  

                       
                     

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