Women's and Men's Health Section provides Plan First and Title X Clinic outreach materials, not the Plan First office, to Title X clinics in Montana. Please let A.C. Rothenbuecher know how many of the following you would like for your clinic(s) by Wednesday, August 5. arothenbuecher@mt.gov

 

Plan First Poster (increments of 5)

Plan First Mailer - Blonde youth (increments of 100)

Plan First Mailer - Mother & daughter (increments of 100)

Plan First Mailer - American Indian youth (increments of 100)

Plan First Postcard (increments of 100)

Plan First business card (increments of 100)

Plan First tri-fold brochure (increments of 100)

Title X clinic listings (increments of 100)

  

  

 

As colleges strive to improve student success and completion, helping students delay pregnancy and parenting (or having additional children) means one less factor that can interfere with their college education. This fact sheet provides an overview of unplanned pregnancy among college students, as well as low- and no-cost strategies faculty can use to help students prevent pregnancy until they have completed their educational goals. New info includes:

• How Phi Theta Kappa members and chapters can address the topic of preventing unplanned pregnancy;
• Working content about preventing unplanned pregnancy into programming at college dorms;
• Bedsider.org/studentsexlife, a one-stop source of information for college students, faculty, and health care providers;

Action at the state level in Mississippi and Arkansas that will help prevent unplanned pregnancy among college students.

  

 

Declines in sex among teens has leveled off in recent years, according to new data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. In the period 2011-2013, 44% of teen girls and 47% of teen boys report having had sex. Other findings from the report include:

• The percentage of teens who have had sex has declined dramatically over the past 25 years; down 14% for girls and 22% for guys.
• 79% of teen girls and 84% of teen boys say they used contraception the first time they had sex. 
• Young women who did not use a method of contraception the first time they had sex were twice as likely to become teen mothers as those who used a method.

Read stories about the new data from the Associated Press and The Daily Beast.

  

 

Compared with teenagers in the 1980s and 1990s, teens who were ages 15-19 during 2011-2013 were less likely to start having sex, and when they did initiate intercourse, they were more likely to use contraceptives than the previous generations, according to results from a CDC study.

 

Data from the National Survey of Family Growth, taken in 1988, 1995, 2002, and from 2006-2010 and 2011-2013, revealed that the rate of teenagers engaging in sexual activity has declined steadily, according to Gladys M. Martinez, PhD, and Joyce C. Abma, PhD, of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, in Hyattsville, Md. In 1988, 51% of girls and 60% of boys were starting to have sex, but from 2006-2010 those numbers fell to 43% of girls and 42% of boys.

 

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This webinar is part of a series on research-based integrated health care topics. Current and timely subjects of interest to American Indian and Alaska Native behavioral healthcare issues are presented using evidence-based information by nationally recognized speakers who are experts in their field. This series offers one-hour sessions on the 1st Wednesday of each month. 1-2 pm EDT; 12-1 pm CDT; 11-12 pm MDT; 10-11 am PDT; 9-10 am ADT

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Nearly six in 10 women over the age of 60 who are in committed relationships are sexually active, new research shows.

"I wasn't necessarily surprised by the proportion of older women who are sexually active, but maybe others might be," said study author Dr. Holly Thomas, an assistant professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

 

"People assume as women get older, they automatically become sexually inactive and sex is not as important to them," she added, "which isn't necessarily the case."

The study, analyzing more than 2,100 U.S. women ranging in age from 28 to 84, consisted mostly of women in their 50s and 60s. It found that women in their 60s and 70s had sexual satisfaction levels similar to women in their 30s and 40s.

 

The research is published in the July/August issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.

  

 

For individuals who not only need confidential services but privacy throughout the payment process, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) does require they be allowed to request "confidential communications" from their insurance provider. This refers to requests that communications, such as Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), be sent to an alternative location or by alternate means. 

 

Insurance providers are required to accommodate reasonable requests, but may require a statement of endangerment. This requirement is reflected in state Medicaid agency policies and insurance contracts, as well as notes of privacy practices issued to patients in compliance with HIPAA. Insurance providers may have a phone number or form for enrollees to use to access this protection. 

To learn more, read "Confidentiality, Third-Party Billing, & The Health Insurance Claims Process: Implications for Title X." (PDF)

  

This six-session series addresses successful practices in screening, referral, and overall care of adolescents. The series focuses on preventive services covered by the Affordable Care Act, including well-care visits, sexual health services, alcohol and drug use, and depression.

 

We invite those that provide health and social services to adolescents, including, but not limited to: health care systems - hospitals, school-based clinics, federally-qualified health centers, behavioral health centers; youth serving organizations; community centers; community-based and social service organizations; foster care and juvenile justice programs; case management and other enabling services to join us for all of these session. Participate in-person in your state or join us via webcast!

 

Sessions will be offered in-person AND via live webcast. Each session requires its own registration - visit the website to register!

 

·        Understanding Adolescent Well-Care Visits

Columbus, OH ·August 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Location: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Stecker Auditorium, Columbus, OH

This session will highlight strategies to increase access to and utilization of the preventive adolescent well-care visit. It will discuss practical ways to provide an adolescent-friendly physical environment to appropriately and effectively care for the unique health care needs of adolescents. The components of the well-care visit will be described as well as long-term successful and promising local practices in adolescent health. The session aims to increase awareness of the importance of the well-care visit for this age group and will offer an array of approaches from which adolescent health and social services providers can consider to best fit their local needs and resources.

REGISTER HERE

 

·        Confidential Risk Assessment for Adolescent Sexual Health Services
hosted in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Adolescent Health Initiative

Lansing, MI ·August 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Location: James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, 3535 Forest Rd, Lansing, MI 48910

Using real cases as a framework, this session will review the literature, laws, and guidelines on adolescent risk assessment and confidentiality, discuss practical ways to implement confidential risk screening in a clinical setting, and provide best practices for addressing risk behavior with patients and parents. The session will highlight an effective screening counseling practice process for chlamydia.

REGISTER HERE

 

Future Sessions include:

·        Applying Motivational Interviewing to SBIRT for Alcohol and Drug Use Screening and Referral

Indianapolis, IN ·Thursday, August 27, 2015

·        Effective Screening and Referral Processes for Depression in Adolescents

Minneapolis, MN ·Thursday, September 10, 2015

·        Effective Screening and Referral Processes for Tobacco Use in Adolescents

Chicago, IL · Date TBA

·        Madison, WI · Topic and Date TBA

 

To register and for more information visit http://www.adolescenthealthseries.net

  

 

Join the global effort to support working mothers and breastfeeding!
Here are some ways CACFP can celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2015:

CACFP sponsors can:

• Share tips on creating a breastfeeding-friendly environment.
• Showcase ways their facilities welcome breast feeding mothers.
• Promote breastfeeding in August newsletters, emails, and other communication tools.

CACFP child care centers and homes can:

• Remind mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding their babies.
• Encourage working mothers to continue breastfeeding.
• Create a bulletin board promoting breastfeeding. See Healthy Meals Resource System's "Bulletin Board Resources" and the WIC Bulletin Board Exchange for fun and easy ideas!
• Write a note of "thanks" to mothers from their breastfeeding babies.

For more information on Breastfeeding and CACFP, visit the Infant Feeding page of the CACFP Wellness Resources for Child Care Providers Web site.