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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more luck I have.
~ Thomas Jefferson
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| Montana Family Planning Training | | Montana Family Planning Training
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| CDC Releases Updated Technology-Based Partners Services Toolkit | |  CDC Releases Updated Technology-Based Partners Services Toolkit
A new resource, Introducing Technology into Partner Services: A Toolkit for Programs, was released by CDC recently. The toolkit outlines best practices and experiences from organizations who are integrating technology into their partner services activities. Technology, including the internet, mobile devices, email, instant messaging, and social media and networking sites, can be a powerful component of a program's array of partner services. |
| Lack of Effective Sex Education can have Very Real, Very Serious Health Consequences | |  Lack of effective sex education can have very real, very serious health consequences
A new report profiles struggling schools across the country that are transforming into thriving schools through evidence-based strategies of the Community School model. CSS is experiencing this transformation first-hand as lead partner to nine schools participating in NYC's Community Schools Initiative. In this article, CSS's Community Schools Director Paul Neenos describes specific improvements happening at the Teller Avenue Educational Campus in the Bronx, home to J.H.S. 145 Academy for Creative Education and the Arts, M.S. 325 Urban Science Academy, and M.S. 328 New Millennium Business Academy, as a result of the strong collaboration between the schools and CSS.
"Lack of effective sex education can have very real, very serious health consequences," said Stephanie Zaza, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health. The federal Centers for Disease Control has identified 16 topics which it says should be included in sex education classes offered to high school students in the U.S. These include benefits of being sexually abstinent; how to create and sustain healthy and respectful relationships; and communication and negotiation skills related to eliminating or reducing risk for HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. Fewer than half of high schools and only a fifth of middle schools teach all 16. We are proud that the Teen Prevention Education Program (Teen PEP) , our school-based sexual health promotion and peer education program operating in 52 schools in New Jersey and North Carolina, substantially teaches all 16 topics. Teen PEP was developed in collaboration with HiTOPS, Inc. and the New Jersey Department of Health. |
| Perspectives on Positive Youth Development | |  Webinar: Perspectives on Positive Youth Development
Friday 11 March 2016, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a guiding principle of USAID's Youth in Development Policy. Both a philosophy and an approach, it is a paradigm shift in how we understand young people and how we provide youth services. But what exactly is PYD? How does it differ from traditional approaches to youth development? In what ways can you integrate PYD strategies into your own youth programming to improve outcomes in academic achievement, workforce readiness, positive health behaviors, increased civic engagement, and violence prevention? PYD experts Dr. George Patton (Professor of Adolescent Health Research University of Melbourne and Chair of the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing) and Kristin Brady (Director of FHI 360 Youth Department and USAID YouthPower Action) answer these questions and more during this one-hour webinar hosted by USAID YouthPower Learning, a project implemented by Making Cents International. REGISTER
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| Antibiotics May Increase Susceptibility to Sexually Transmitted Infections | |  Antibiotics May Increase Susceptibility to Sexually Transmitted Infections
A new study found that the loss of bacterial diversity that occurs when taking an antibiotic can increase susceptibility to viral STIs. Researchers treated mice with antibiotics for four weeks and then exposed them to herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A control group received a placebo. The antibiotics depleted the mice's vaginal microbiota and created a larger innate immune response that prevented the secretion of antiviral cytokines in the vaginal tissues. As a result, the mice developed HSV-2 infections much more quickly and of greater severity than the control group. The researchers concluded that the depletion of the native vaginal bacteria lowered the mice's immune response to the virus. Further, they were unable to identify a single bacterial species responsible for the antiviral protection, but rather it was the overall balance in bacteria that accounted for the protective effects. |
| Share Data to Improve Access to Reproductive Health Care, Win Prizes | |  Share Data to Improve Access to Reproductive Health Care, Win Prizes
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) is collecting data through its Reproductive Health Data and Accountability Project on obstacles health centers face providing health services. NFPRHA is asking members to identify any barriers to access that arise at their health centers and enter them into NHeLPs Cases Database.
Participants can receive prizes when entering cases into the new database. Each case you enter increases your chances of winning Amazon gift cards during monthly drawings and iPad minis during quarterly raffles. Winners will be contacted directly after each drawing. Look for a question on the survey that asks if you would like to anonymously enter your e-mail address for a chance to win! |
| New CDC Prevention Status Reports Available | | | New CDC Prevention Status Reports Available
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released state reports on the status of public health policies and practices. The state-by-state reports look at how to address leading ten public health problems, including HIV, teen pregnancy, and obesity. The state reports, which include an interactive map, can be found on the CDC website. |
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