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Important Dates
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8/17- Standardized forms meeting
9/8- Front Desk Billing Call
9/14-15- MFPA Meeting (Helena)
9/27-28- MPHA Conference (Billings)
10/5-6- Glendive Program Review
10/25- Health Education Conference Call
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Quote of the Week
Inside all of us is Hope.
Inside all of us is Fear.
Inside all of us is Adventure.
Inside all of us is... A Wild Thing.
~ Maurice Sendak
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Title X Orientation:
Program Requirements for
Title X Funded Family Planning Projects
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In April 2014, the Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released the Revised Title X Program Guidelines that included the Title X Program Requirements and the Providing Quality Family Planning Services Recommendations of CDC and OPA.
This self-paced online course is designed as a brief overview of the Program Requirements for Title X funded family planning projects. It features helpful links, useful resources, and interactive questions to help all staff, new and experienced, better understand the requirements for projects that receive Title X funding.
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| Clinic Efficiency Tools | | Clinic Efficiency Tools Concerns about financial sustainability and the changing health care environment are placing pressure on family planning service sites to increase efficiency, improve patient experience, and explore alternative models of care. The QFP recommends that family planning programs have a system for quality improvement, and identifies efficiency as a key attribute of quality health care.
The NTC QA/QI/E is excited to announce the launch of several new tools and resources to help Title X agencies fulfill this QFP recommendation. Based on two national Clinic Efficiency Learning Collaboratives with 17 grantee/service site teams, the user-friendly tools will help family planning grantees, sub-recipients, and service sites improve clinic efficiency through data-driven quality improvement. Join us for a webinar on August 2 at 12 p.m. ET to learn more about these products and how to use them.
Clinic Efficiency Dashboard: This online tool is designed to help family planning clinic managers and staff to assess and monitor their productivity, clinic flow, and patient experience over time. The user-friendly data entry and dynamic data visualizations are intended to facilitate data-driven quality improvement.
Clinic Efficiency Data Guide: This guide provides information on how to collect, enter, and analyze clinic efficiency data using the Clinic Efficiency Dashboard.
Using Data to Increase Clinic Efficiency: A Quality Improvement Guide: This guide is designed to facilitate efforts for areas needing improvement, as indicated by data in the Clinic Efficiency Dashboard. It outlines key clinic efficiency indicators (related to productivity, clinic flow, and patient experience), common challenges, best practices based on the literature and successful strategies used by learning collaborative teams, and resources to improve clinic efficiency.
Reducing Wait Time Video: This four-minute video provides quick tips to reduce wasted time and energy and improve clinic flow. Learn how to apply the principles of Lean process improvement to streamline visits and provide a more positive patient experience. |
| New Paper on LARC | |  New Paper on LARC The Bridging the Divide project at the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health has released a new white paper on long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods, which include intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants. This new paper summarizes research on the safety, efficacy, and use of LARC methods; explores the factors that influence women's access to these methods; and highlights the importance of prioritizing women's needs and preferences in contraceptive decisionmaking. |
| Strength-Based Approach to Teen Dating Violence Prevention | |  Robust Relationship Skills Education: A Strength-Based Approach to Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Webinar: August 10, 4:00 ET
The Dibble Institute: Working directly with teens to robustly build healthy relationship skills gives a unique and positive approach for primary and secondary dating violence prevention with males and females. This webinar will review the research on comprehensive relationship education as it relates to teen dating violence; explore how relationship education positively impacts other outcomes for adolescents; and share strategies that participants can use to bring evidence-based relationship skills to their schools and communities.
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| Little Difference in HIV Risk for Gay Teens | | |
 New federal data find little difference in HIV risk for gay teens despite similar sexual behavior
The Hill-
New federal data finds little difference in the sexual behavior of gay and heterosexual teenage boys but a significant difference in the risk of HIV infection.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented study results Wednesday that indicate gay and bisexual teenage boys are at a "substantially higher risk" of contracting HIV.
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| Trauma-Informed Care | |  Trauma-Informed Care
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth: This online course introduces program managers and youth workers to the symptoms and effects of trauma on youth and families. Participants will learn to recognize the signs of trauma, identify factors that make young people more or less resilient, and how to provide care tailored to individual needs.
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| The search for answers to hormonal contraception's role in HIV infection | |
 The search for answers to hormonal contraception's role in HIV infection
The Conversation -
We used mice to learn if Depo-Provera or levonorgestrel (LNG), a progestin used in hormonal intrauterine devices, affect the genital mucosal barrier. This barrier serves as a blockade to prevents virus and bacteria from infecting body tissues. In other words, it is a first line of defense against infection.
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