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Find the NCC on Facebook!
The National Chlamydia Coalition is now on Facebook. To follow the NCC, simply visit our page and click the "like" button. Don't forget to share it with your friends and colleagues!
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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to NCC News. This online newsletter was created to keep you up-to-date on all things chlamydia and related areas of interest. We hope you will find it useful and informative. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues who also may find it of use. |
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Subclinical PID and Decreased Fertility
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In this installment of the Research Translation Committee's Expert Commentary series, Lizzi Torrone, MSPH, PhD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses how subclinical pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) may also contribute to infertility. Upper  genital tract inflammation can lead to tubal factor infertility and often leads to a diagnosis of acute PID; however, many women with tubal factor infertility do not have a history of acute PID suggesting that subclinical inflammation of the upper genital tract, sometimes called subclinical PID, may also contribute to infertility. The results from a recent Obstetrics & Gynecology study support this. To read more, click here.
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| SHRE Featured Resource: Know Your Risk for an STD
| | Know Your Risk for an STD, uploaded by the Public Health Division at the Oregon Health Authority, is a printable pamphlet that can be used by patients to help assess their risk for getting an STD. It offers suggestions about risk reduction, is written at a low reading level, and is ideal to use in Title X Family Planning Clinics and STD clinics. For more useful, customizable sexual health resources to use in your community, check out the Sexual Health Resource Exchange (SHRE)! |
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2011 SIECUS State Profiles Now Available
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Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released the ninth edition of the SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in the States. The report tracks federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funding, as well as federal funding for teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention programs, detailing new funding streams, grantees, and funded programs. It also identifies examples of model programs, policies, and best practices being implemented across the country, including an individual profile for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the other U.S. Territories.
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Physicians Not Testing Adolescent Patients for STDs
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According to a new study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, physicians are not testing their adolescent patients for HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A  retrospective, cross-sectional study of 1,000 patients found that only 2.9% of all patients ages 13 to 19 received a test for gonorrhea and chlamydia, and 1.6% of patients ages 13-19 received an HIV test. This study also examined testing of those adolescents who reported being sexually active and found that STD screening rates still remain low at 9.9%. The HIV screening rate in these sexually active teens was 6.1%. The data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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New Study on Effectiveness of HPV Vaccine
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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that two doses of the HPV vaccine may be just as effective as three. Researchers found that girls ages 9 to 13 years who received  two doses of Gardasil had antibody levels that were not lower than females ages 16 to 26 years who received three doses. More studies are needed before the recommendations for vaccine doses would change.
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| USPSTF Issues Final Recommendation Statement on HIV Screening
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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation statement on screening for HIV. The Task Force recommends that clinicians screen all people aged 15 to 65, as well as younger adolescents and older adults who are at an increased risk for HIV infection. It also recommends that all pregnant women, including those in labor whose HIV status is unknown, be screened for HIV. A fact sheet that explains the final recommendation is also available.
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Declines in Teen Birth Rate Across the US
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The CDC recently released a new National Center for Health Statistics brief, reporting that teen birth rates fell steeply in the US from 2007-2011. The overall rate declined 25% from 41.5 per 1,000 teenagers aged 15-19 in 2007 to 31.3 in 2011, a record low. Teen birth rates fell at least 15% in all but two states, with the rates in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah falling by 30% or more. Declines were steepest for Hispanic teenagers; in 22 states, teen Hispanic birth rates plunged at least 40%.
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| Billing in Public Health Programs Webinar Materials Now Available |
The recording and materials from Cardea's webinar "Building Support and Systems for Billing in Public Health Programs" are now available. If you have any questions, please contact Wendy Nakatsukasa-Ono, wono@cardeaservices.org, (206) 447-9538.
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