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Important Dates
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1/21 - MFPA Conference Call
1/26 - Health Educator Conference Call
2/25 - I&E Committee WebEx
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Quote of the Week
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain
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| Montana Family Planning Training | | 
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| Health Education Specialist Position | |  Health Education Specialist Position This position coordinates the Women's and Men's Health Section (WMHS) teen pregnancy prevention program (entitled the PREP Program) targeting middle and high school age youth. In addition, this position will coordinate the Rape Prevention Education (RPE) program. The RPE program works with local partners on primary prevention - preventing sexual assault before it occurs. Responsibilities of this position include assessing ongoing program activities to identify education and training needs; planning and coordinating conferences and presentations to provide education, outreach, and networking opportunities; coordinating the development and dissemination of the Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit eligible contractors for program delivery; and monitoring contracted services and budgets to ensure conformance with terms and conditions of individual agreements.
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| QFP App - For Desktop! | | |
QFP App - For Desktop!
After the launch of the QFP App in September, we heard from many of you that you wanted this resource made available for your desktop computers. You asked and we listened - a desktop version of the QFP app is now available! Users get the same features as the mobile app, but can access it from their computer by simply opening their browser. Check it out today!
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| Key Resources for Male Health Services | | |
Key Resources for Male Health Services
Interested in providing quality health services to more men?
Join our Community of Practice - Implementing Male Health Services. Find updates, research, and best practices, and share lessons learned with colleagues and experts.
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| E-Learning Course | | |
E-Learning Course
This 3-unit e-learning cost analysis course, It Pays to Know Your Costs, is for administrative and managerial staff who are getting started with a cost analysis. Users will learn how to identify and gather costs, examine what relative value units are, and how to bring all the pieces together to support the development of a sliding fee discount schedule.
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| ECP Designation | |
 REMINDER: Action Required by January 8, 2016 for 2017 ECP Designation
On December 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final essential community provider (ECP) petition which includes specified information that existing ECPs who receive designation through participation in safety-net programs, including Title X, must provide to remain a ECP in 2017. As in previous years, a draft ECP list for 2017 has been created using information from various government agency databases, including the Office of Population Affairs' Title X database. If a health center is not included in the draft list, it will be required to complete a petition, providing information that is designed to allow CMS to ensure that the provider does, in fact, qualify as an ECP.
Providers that are included on the draft list are still required to submit any missing data from the fields required in the petition and to confirm that they are consenting to being listed as an ECP. Petitions must be completed by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, January 8, 2016, or a health center will NOT be included in the 2017 list of ECPs.
The first step should be to confirm if you are already on the draft list. Do this clicking on the link to the right of question six which says "Check to see if you're on the list." If you are on the list, select "Change" as your answer for question six. This will bring up all of the necessary fields to be completed.
NOTE: The final petition includes a revision previously requested by NFPRHA in comments. Governmental and nonprofit family planning service sites that do not receive Title X or other 340B-qualifying funds are exempted from the requirement to be located in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or low-income zip code.
If you have any questions about the petition process, please contact Mindy McGrath at mmcgrath@nfprha.org or 202-293-3114 ext. 206.
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| STI Patient Education Tool for Clinicians | |
 STI Patient Education Tool for Clinicians
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| January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month | |
 No woman should die of cervical cancer.
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Help take action with targeted messaging and materials.
CDC's fact sheet explains cervical cancer in plain language to help everyone understand screening and risk factors.
New television and radio PSAs in English and Spanish feature former 'NCIS' actress Cote de Pablo who talks about her own cervical cancer scare; she has important advice for women about staying on top of their health. Supporting materials also include posters and graphics.
Hear from a variety of women who tell their stories about cervical and gynecologic health. In a video, a cervical cancer survivor talks about her experience and how she protects her children from HPV-related cancers. A podcast conversation features two women (one of them a doctor) talking about screening tests and symptoms of cervical cancer - a preventable disease in almost all cases.
As CDC's Vital Signs reported, as many as 93% of cervical cancers can be prevented by screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. The report is a great resource that offers visually dynamic information on the importance of screening and vaccination that could help prevent the more than 4,000 deaths from cervical cancer each year in this country.
Know what is important to them and address their needs in your newsletter each month. Include a photo to make your newsletter even more appealing. Urge providers to take advantage of the learning modules in CDC's gynecologic cancer continuing medical education (CME). There is a module specific to cervical cancer and cervical health for medical professionals, including physicians and nurses.
Coming soon! A redesigned AMIGAS kit - a bilingual, community-sourced educational outreach program designed to help health workers and others connect with Hispanic women about the importance of cervical cancer screening. This is a free, downloadable resource for the community built on the idea that one-on-one or small group education increases screening use. Hispanic women have a high incidence of cervical cancer, but are less likely to get a Pap test than non-Hispanic white women.
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| OWH releases new Women's Health Research Roadmap | |
 OWH releases new Women's Health Research Roadmap
Research is critical to help FDA assess the safety, efficacy, quality, and performance of FDA-regulated products. Today, the FDA Office of Women's Health (OWH) is releasing a new Women's Health Research Roadmap that will further the development of new tools and approaches for informing FDA decisions about FDA-regulated products that are used not only by women, but by all Americans. The Roadmap was released earlier today during Senator Barbara A. Mikulski's visit to FDA in recognition of her nearly 30 years of support of women's health research.
The Women's Health Research Roadmap outlines seven priority areas where new or enhanced research is needed. This science-based framework represents a new strategic approach, developed through cross-agency collaboration, to focus regulatory science research in areas of critical importance to women's health. The Roadmap will serve as a catalyst for future collaborations across FDA and with partners from other government agencies, academia, industry, and women's health organizations.
Since its inception, the FDA Office of Women's Health has worked closely with FDA's centers and external partners to fund and facilitate research and scientific forums to advance the science of women's health. Over the past two decades, OWH has funded 340 research projects totaling approximately $35 million. This research has contributed to safety labeling changes for medical products, new guidance for industry on product development, data standardization for vaccine clinical data, standards for evaluation of tampons and condoms, and evidence-based support for consumer decisions about products recommended for use by pregnant women. The Roadmap will build upon this previous research and strengthen FDA's commitment to women's health research.
Read the Womens Health Research Roadmap
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| Office on Women's Health Launches STD Prevention Campaign Aimed at Teen Girls | | Office on Women's Health Launches STD Prevention Campaign Aimed at Teen Girls
Know the Facts First aims to provide teen girls, ages 13-19, with accurate information about STDs and prevention methods so that they can make informed decisions about sexual activity. The campaign website is a hub for STD information, resources, tools, and support for teens, as well as information on where to get tested. It also contains information about dating violence and pregnancy prevention, and tips for communicating about sex. Know the Facts First is accessible from a smartphone, tablet and desktop. |
| PHAP Host Site Applications | | |
PHAP Host Site Applications
Starting Monday, January 4, 2016, state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health agencies, as well as nongovernmental organizations, will once again be able to apply to serve as host sites to Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) early career professionals. The host site application period is January 4-22, 2016.
PHAP is a two-year, on-the-job training program funded by CDC. Associates are assigned to STLT public health agencies, nongovernmental organizations (community-based organizations, public health institutes and associations, and academic institutions), and CDC quarantine stations.
Currently, PHAP has more than 325 public health associates fulfilling hands-on workforce needs at host sites across 44 states, one territory, and the District of Columbia. These agencies have hosted associates working in a variety of public health areas, such as prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, and other communicable diseases; chronic disease prevention; environmental health; public health preparedness; immunization; injury and violence prevention; maternal and child health promotion, accreditation, and access to health care.
There are numerous benefits to serving as a PHAP host site, such as-
- Participating in a unique partnership with CDC that enables agencies to contribute to the development of our nation's next generation of public health professionals
- Having access to CDC materials, information, and subject matter expertise
- Being able to fill personnel gaps affected by budget cuts and staff shortages
Please share this information with your health department colleagues and partners in other public health organizations!
Host Site Applications will be accepted January 4-22, 2016. All program and application information is available on the PHAP website under Become a Host Site, including a two-part archived webinar series that details what goes into a quality host site application.
Know a recent college graduate interested in becoming a Public Health Associate?
The 2016 Public Health Associate Program (PHAP) will begin accepting applications via www.usajobs.com from January 4 through January 8, 2016. PHAP is a 2-year entry-level, full-time employment and career development training program designed to prepare recent graduates hands-on, frontline experience in the day-to-day operations of public health programs. PHAP is open to recent graduates with a minimum of a bachelor's degree (3.0 GPA required), and must be willing to accept and relocate, if necessary, to positions within the 50 United States and its territories. For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/phap
Questions? Call a PHAP representative at 404.498.0030, or send an email to phap@cdc.gov.
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Free Webinar:
Establishing an Effective School-Based Peer Mentoring Program | |  Free Webinar:
Establishing an Effective School-Based Peer Mentoring Program
Thursday, January 21 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Register
In honor of National Mentoring Month, the Center for Supportive Schools will continue our Lunch & Learn Webinar Series in January by examining the strategy of school-based peer mentoring. In this webinar, you will explore best practices in school-based peer mentoring and learn specific strategies used in a national peer group mentoring model for middle and high schools known as Peer Group Connection (PGC). You will also hear directly from educators and students who have been impacted by PGC and learn how to bring PGC to your own school. |
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