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11/10- Thanks Birth Control Day
11/11- Veteran's Day (state holiday)
11/19-MFPA conference call
11/26- Thanksgiving (state holiday)
12/1- World AIDS Day
12/25- Christmas (state holiday)
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| Nurse Consultant Position | | |
 Nurse Consultant Position
Provides leadership and oversight for reproductive health assessment, policy development, and quality assurance for federally funded family planning programs in Montana. Provides medical and nursing consultation, technical assistance and direction to health care providers including medical directors, advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners, nurse midwives) physician assistants and related personnel in family planning agencies. The position involves coordination and integration of national standards of practice, state laws and regulations, and grant requirements into state and local family planning protocols in a variety of medical delivery systems.
Provides leadership and oversight for activities directed toward assessment, policy development, and quality assurance for public health programming and health providers in Montana.
Provides primary care medical/nursing direction and oversight to public health services consistent with state of the art medical, nursing, and public health practice to help assure the optimum health of Montanans.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree of nursing in science or arts or closely related field of study
- Master's degree of science is preferred
- Must be currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse or nurse midwife in the state of Montana
- Three years of clinical and administrative work experience
- Preferred experience as a clinician in a women's reproductive health care.
- Preferred experience in a federally funded Title X Family Planning Clinic.
- Other combinations of directly related education and or experience may be considered on a case by case basis.
Salary: $61,193.00 - 76,502.00 Yearly
Required Application Materials: Cover Letter, Resume
Contact Name: Department of Public Health and Human Services| Contact Email: hhshumanresources@mt.gov | Contact Phone: 406-444-3136
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| Native American Women Will Finally Have Improved Access to Emergency Contraception | |  RH Reality Check
Native American Women Will Finally Have Improved Access to Emergency Contraception
By Martha Kempner, (Article, 10/21/2015)
The Indian Health Service (IHS) released a long overdue policy last week that will make over-the-counter emergency contraception more accessible for Native American women of all ages.
To read the full article, click here.
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| Creating Sexual Health Classrooms Inclusive of Teen Parents | |  Creating Sexual Health Classrooms Inclusive of Teen Parents
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: Negative statements about teen parenthood can isolate young people with personal connections to young moms and dads. Three training experts share tips for creating a sexual health program that fosters an inclusive environment for teen parents and those who care about them.
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| What Impacts Condom Use in Homeless Youth? | | |
 What Impacts Condom Use in Homeless Youth?
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: Researchers explore the individual, interpersonal, and environmental factors working together to influence decision-making related to condom use among homeless youth. Read more in this research brief.
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| Teaching Young People about Consent | |  Teaching Young People about Consent
What can educators and parents do to help young people understand consent? In this edition of PrACTice Matters, Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder discusses the need for conversations about consent "early and often," and offers tips for educating children and youth on the topic.
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| TAG, you're it! | |  TAG, you're it!
TAG, you're it! The HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) is pleased to let you know that the Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow (TAG) website and materials are now available on the OAH website. TAG is a national call to action to improve the health and healthy development of America's 42 million adolescents. Families, communities, educators, youth leaders, healthcare providers, and young people can take practical steps to promote the overall health of adolescents.
Next steps:
- Check out the TAG Playbook, a comprehensive guide to TAG and framework for actions that organizations and individuals can take to improve adolescent health. The TAG Playbook was developed in consultation with more than 60 organizations and experts from multiple sectors.
- You can order printed copies of the TAG Playbook for use in outreach, at meetings or conferences, training or other events. We are not set up to handle sending individual copies or small orders, but we can have orders shipped directly from the printer to the location you specify. Email us at TAGTeam@hhs.gov if you'd like to order copies, and we'd love to get them into your hands, and hear how you are using them.
- Visit the new TAG section on our website where you can "Join TAG" to sign up to receive updates. There is no limit to the number of people from your organization who can sign up. You'll also find ideas and resources for improving adolescent health that are tailored for diverse professional groups, families and teens.
We'll also share information about "42 Million Opportunities" to promote the "Five Essentials for Healthy Adolescents", where partners will be invited to blog or write newsletters about the Five Essentials for Healthy Adolescents and how they relate to their work. Feel free to use that information to encourage partner organizations to blog about adolescent health and share copies of the blogs with OAH at TAGTeam@hhs.gov.
We appreciate the leadership you bring to the field. Your commitment is critical to the success of TAG as a catalyst to improving adolescent health and healthy development. 2015 marks the five year anniversary of the Office of Adolescent Health. We are excited about the many important activities we have underway, including TAG, and we look forward to working together to improve health outcomes for adolescents in the U.S.
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| Expanding Contracting Beyond Medicaid Fee for Service | | | Webinar Title: Expanding Contracting Beyond Medicaid Fee For Service
Date: October 29th, 2015
Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Dear Colleagues,
Join the National Technical Assistance Center for Contracting & Reimbursement Expansion with Medicaid & Marketplace Insurance Plans (CRE) on October 29th at 2:00PM EST for a free Webinar on Expanding Contracting Beyond Medicaid Fee For Service.
This webinar is open to all Ryan White funded health care organizations, such as community health centers, hospitals, university-based clinics, health departments, delivering medical care and other core medical services.
Please see more information below.
Best,
The HIV CBA Center Team
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| In Support of IUD and Implant Use | |  In support of IUD and Implant use
Improving communication about IUDs and the Implant can have a significant positive impact on young women's perception of these methods. In partnership with Smart Design, we have new research findings-and a new website-to support a patient's exploration of IUDs and the implant.
- Whoops Proof research. Learn how to reach women and increase their positive regard for the most effective methods of contraception.
- WhoopsProof.org. An effective, educational companion website for your patients.
- Survey Says: On a LARC. An infographic highlighting what patients really know about IUDs and the implant.
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| Thanks, Birth Control Day | |  Thanks, Birth Control Day - Tuesday, November 10th
Thanks, Birth Control is a social media campaign designed to get people talking about birth control in a positive way. Each year we are joined by thousands of leaders in media, business, health care, education, entertainment, and government. This year should be even bigger and we want you to be a part of it.
Getting involved is as easy as a #ThxBirthControl tweet or a Facebook post. Join us for a webinar on Thursday, October 29 from 1:30-2:00pm ET to find out some simple ways you can participate.
From wearing one of our t-shirts and posting a selfie to using the hashtag #ThxBirthControl and expressing why birth control matters, your voice-along with your passion and participation-will truly make a difference. Access everything here.
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