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Using Social Media to Increase Teens' Access to Your Services
Family Planning ICD Codes
Low HPV Vaccine Rates: Are Providers More of a Barrier than Parents?
Navigating the Medicaid Landscape Webinar
Promoting Better Health: Strategies from the Field to Address Primary Care
Nurse Consultant Position
Free 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart
Thanks, Birth Control Day
Clinical Aspects of STDs
Life is Short - Smile!
Important Dates
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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November 4, 2015
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"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
 
 
Using Social Media to Increase Teens' Access to 
Your Services Webinar                             

Calling community educators and outreach workers who want to create social media campaigns to reach adolescent clients!

 

More than 8 in 10 American teens look for health information online. Title X clinics have an opportunity to develop a vibrant and robust online presence to successfully reach adolescents. However, many public health agencies have little to no online presence, thereby missing these opportunities to reach potential adolescent clients.
 
Using Social Media to Increase Teens' Access to Your Services will offer up-to-date trends about how adolescents access health information that will help you identify key considerations when creating an effective social media outreach strategy. You will learn about helpful tools and guidance that will support you when creating a safe and engaging social media presence to help reach adolescents in your community. Register here.
  
Family Planning ICD Codes                             
New Job Aid: ICD-9/10 Crosswalk
 
This new coding tool from the Family Planning National Training Centers converts frequently used family planning diagnosis codes from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Some ICD-9 codes now map to multiple ICD-10 codes or have combined (approximate match) and may also require further secondary codes for specificity purposes. ICD-10 coding guidelines should be reviewed to ensure compliance with standardized regulations.
  
Low HPV Vaccine Rates: Are Providers More of a Barrier than Parents?                             
shot_preparation.jpg Low HPV Vaccine Rates: Are Providers More of a Barrier than Parents?
 
According to a new study, many physicians communicate with parents in ways that may discourage HPV vaccination, and tend to recommend the vaccine more for patients they perceived at high risk rather than recommending it for all of their patients. Researchers found that 26 percent of physicians said they don't provide timely recommendations for girls and 39 percent said they don't do timely recommendations for boys. Read more here. Learn about the benefits of the HPV vaccine here.
  
Navigating the Medicaid Landscape Webinar                              

"Navigating the Medicaid Landscape: A Medicaid Primer"

Nov. 19, 2015 3:00 PM EST

Register here now!                             

Medicaid has continued to grow and evolve since its inception 50 years ago. As the country transitions to accountable and value based care, states are seeking innovative solutions to control costs and improve the quality of care delivered. Join NACDD and Leavitt Partners as we take a look at Medicaid Programs and how they operate. Areas of focus for this webinar include:
  1. Medicaid Coverage:  How was coverage defined before the Affordable Care Act and how is it defined today?  What are the populations served and how are they defined?
  2. Programmatic Variations:  How is the program instituted?  How does one explore the web of variations that guide the Medicaid program such as waivers, financing, etc.?
  3. Stakeholder/Partnerships: How does one navigate the models of Managed Care Organizations, Accountable Care Organizations and other models?  What are the opportunities for engaging with MCOs and ACOs as partners in chronic disease prevention and control?  Where do public health practitioners begin?
This webinar will be structured as a lecture with a feature to gather questions for further exploration.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
  
Promoting Better Health: Strategies from the Field to Address Primary Care                                 
Promoting Better Health: Strategies from the Field to Address Primary Care                             
 
This new publication identifies common issues that family planning agencies encounter when developing partnerships with primary care providers, describes strategies and resources available to overcome those issues/barriers, and provides strategies to help increase access to primary care for your clients. Download your copy now!
   
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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Free 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart                             
Free 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart
 
Through a partnership with the National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) and the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association (ASTDA), a laminated 8˝ x 11 summary chart of the updated treatment guidelines is now available from NCSD and these partners. These at-hand reference documents can help educate and ensure that all providers are giving patients the most effective, and up-to-date treatment for STDs in your sexual health service delivery sites and among those service delivery sites within your jurisdictions.
  
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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.

Team Bedsider
  
Clinical Aspects of Sexually Transmitted Diseases                    
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - Office of Regional Operations (ORO) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Presents the Webcast
"Clinical Aspects of Sexually Transmitted Diseases"
Monday, November 9, 2015
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., EDT
 
Presented By:
 
David Johnson,
STD Disparities Coordinator
Division of STD Prevention (NCHHSTP) CDC
 
Dr. Paul R. Bloomquist
Indian Health Services, Phoenix AZ
 
Facilitated By:
Margarita Figueroa González, MD, MPH
Clinical Consultant, HRSA Office of Regional Operations
 
Join the Webcast and view the presentation online by clicking here:
 
Objective
The purpose of this Webcast is to describe relevant clinical aspects of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases impacting tribal communities today. In addition, this Webcast will present and discuss best methods for delivering culturally competent treatment and education services to affected tribal members.
Target Audience
Primary care providers - along with other public health staff and stakeholders - are invited to participate in this Webcast. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers during and after the presentations.
We recommend that you please listen to the webinar "Overview of STDs in Tribal Communities" prior to the Webcast by accessing this link https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/p494tcwtg0d/
For more information, please contact Margarita Figueroa González at (301) 443-1380 mfiguero@hrsa.gov
  
  Life is Short - Smile!
  
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