Maternal Child Health ‹ CCC Corner ‹ April 2008
Volume 6, No. 4, April 2008
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High prevalence of HPV infection in American Indian women of the
Northern Plains
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Burt Attico
- Current management of gestational diabetes mellitus
David Gahn
Scott Giberson
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Child Health
- Maternal grandmothers’ alcohol use linked to FAS in the Northern
Plains
- Pediatricians often do not pursue answers to questions that arise during
medical visits
Chronic Illness and Disease
- Low-dose aspirin is linked to lower risk for all-cause mortality in women,
especially older women
- How is Your Sleep: A Neglected Topic for Health Care Screening
- Pedometer-Based
Walking Programs Helpful for Overweight, Sedentary Adults
- Blood Pressure May Predict
Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Healthy Women
- Discussing reconstruction
options prior to surgery influences breast cancer treatment choices
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Obstetrics
- Cesarean delivery during nursing change of shift is associated with increased
complications
- No benefit in treating women with average-risk pregnancies for asymptomatic
bacterial vaginosis
- Further risks highlighted for obese pregnant women
- Early maternal feeding
following CD is associated with higher maternal satisfaction
- Physical abuse during
pregnancy present a large increase in the risk of preterm delivery
Gynecology
- Co-Occurrence of Pelvic Floor Disorders May Be High in Women
- The
Evolution of Midurethral Slings
- Acupuncture in dysmenorrhea associated with
improved quality of life plus cost-effective
- Uterine Artery Embolization a Good
Alternative to Hysterectomy for Fibroids
- Overactive Bladder: Diagnosis
and Treatment in Primary Care
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Treatment of Urinary Infections in Nonpregnant Women
- Technologic Advances
to Reduce Medication-Related Errors
- Relationships With Industry
- Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy for Fetal Maturation
- ACOG Supports Effort
to Encourage Electronic Prescribing
American Family Physician
- Pharmacologic Management of Adult Depression
- Diagnosis and Treatment of
Female Sexual Dysfunction
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Care quality is not necessarily better with electronic health records
- Patients
with DM and depression skip self-care behaviors that would help keep their DM
in check
- Rural emergency departments have high rate of medication errors with
potential to harm children
Ask a Librarian
Behavioral Health Insights
- School Refusal By Elise Fatimi, MD
Breastfeeding
- What makes a good idea work?
CCC Corner Digest
Domestic Violence
- Teens, dating violence, and media use
- Linking dating violence, peer violence,
and suicidal behaviors among high-risk youth
- Non-condom use among young adolescent
male perpetrators of dating violence
- Domestic Violence Resources
- American Psychological
Association’s Violence Summit
Elder Care News
- Training in Palliative and End of Life Care
Family Planning
- Increasing contraceptive use and adherence in adolescents
Featured Web Site
Frequently asked questions
Indian Child Health Notes
- April 2008 - Highlights
- Estimating the effectiveness of screening for
scoliosis
- Recent news highlights from the world of vaccines
- Invasive Pneumococcal
Disease in Children 5 Years After Conjugate Vaccine Introduction
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Information Technology
- Seeking input from the field - Clinician’s Information Management
Technology Advisory Council
- HIMSS Davies is proud to announce a new recognition opportunity
- iCare Training
International Health
- Routes to TB treatment in rural Nepal
- Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad
Opportunities
MCH Alert
- New Bullying-Prevention Toolkit Released
- Chartbook Reports Findings From
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Breastfeeding Improves
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Women in Midlife
- Maternal, Infant and Child Health Capacity Needs Assessment
- GHSA and State
Farm Partner to Keep 'Tweens and Teens Safe age 8 to 18
- You know how to treat yeast infections? Which of these are true about vulvar
pruritus ?
Medscape
- Overactive Bladder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care, CME/CE
Menopause Management
- What Happened to Women in WHI study 3 years after stopping HRT?
- Associations
between subjective night sweats and sleep study findings
- Beneficial Effect of
HT on Mortality and Coronary Heart Disease in Younger Women
- Black Cohosh and Menopausal
Symptoms: Cases
in CAM
- FDA Goes After 'Natural' HRT Claims
Midwives Corner
- Midwives Excel at Keeping Birth Normal, and Midwife-Provided Acupuncture
Helps With PROM
- Women given sterile water injection experience less labor pain
compared to acupuncture
- Irrespective of treatment, pelvic girdle pain regresses
in majority by 12 weeks after delivery
- Cervical Cancer Screening Practices of
Certified Nurse-Midwives in the United States
Navajo News
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Training Course, June 9 – 13,
2008
Nurses Corner
- Call for nominations of nurses working in Indian health: Deadlines looming
- Consider
nominating our incredible IHS (CO, CS, Tribal) nurses for the following awards
too
Office of Women’s Health, CDC
- April 7 - 13 th is National Public Health Week
Oklahoma Perspective
- Prenatal Care in Oklahoma
Osteoporosis
- Drugs that affect bone metabolism
Patient Information
- Treating Depression: What You Should Know
- Self-management:
Taking Charge of Your Health
Perinatology Picks
- What is this all about the ‘minor markers’ for Down Syndrome?
- Tobacco
use increases the risk of a SGA infant at term across maternal strata
Primary Care Discussion Forum
- Mental health issues in children and adolescents
STD Corner
- USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening
- ACS Releases Guidelines for HPV
Vaccination
- Management of HIV Infection in Special Populations
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- Link between type 2 DM in adults and type 1 DM or pregnancy-related diabetes
in their mothers
- Joslin Study Finds Restricting Insulin Doses Increases Mortality
Risk
- Low vitamin B12 in the first trimester and high folate in the second predispose
insulin resistance
- Replacing sugar in diet sodas with reduced calorie
sweeteners may make weight control harder
Women’s Health Headlines
- Have the Disparities Between AI/ANs and Caucasians Narrowed?
- Sacred Circle
Handouts, Slides, and Training Materials available
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Breastfeeding:
US Breastfeeding Committee Strategic Plan
There are several upcoming Conferences
and Online CME/CEU resources, etc . . .
and the latest Perinatology Corners (free online CME from IHS)
. . . or just take a look at the What’s New page
IHS Basic Colposcopy Course
IHS Colposcopy Update & Refresher Course
Keeping Native Women and Families Healthy and Strong - Bemidji Area
MCH Conference
Advances in Indian Health (AIH) Conference
- April 29-May 2, 2008
- Albuquerque , NM
- 28 credits, Indian Country’s Primary Care Conference
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/F/CN01.cfm#top
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Training Course
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Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?
Volume 6, No. 3, March 2008
Contents
Minorities underrepresented in both public and private umbilical cord blood banking
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Burt Attico
- More advantages with folic acid supplementation in pregnancy
Sally Bremner
- MRSA in the Community: A Growing Threat to Young People
Scott Giberson
- Antiretroviral Corner Articles
- Division of Behavioral Health HIV/AIDS Collaborative Regional Trainings 2008
- IHS HIV/AIDS Work Plan Released
- Early Planning Resources for National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- IHS HIV Podcast: Collaboration between DHHS Office of HIV/AIDS Policy and IHS HIV Program
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Melissa Toffolon-Weiss
- HPV brochure for AI/AN: available for broad dissemination
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Child Health
- Sex education: Providers need to fill gaps in adolescent knowledge: Comment by Beth Crow
- Physical Activity Twice Weekly Helps Prevent Teens From Becoming Overweight Adults
- Early menarche associated with increased all-cause mortality
- School-Associated Student Homicides --- United States, 1992—2006
- Mediterranean diet in pregnancy helps ward off childhood asthma and allergy
Chronic Illness and Disease
- Diuretics most effective blood pressure medicine for people with metabolic syndrome
- 'Aspirin resistance' linked to increased cardiovascular events and death
- Chantix (varenicline)- Associated With Reports Of Changes In Behavior: FDA
- Older Women More Susceptible to Depression Than Older Men
- Chronic constipation more pronounced in women and the elderly
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Obstetrics
- Evidence Favors Late Cord Clamping in Infants
- Continuous suturing for perineal closure vs interrupted methods - Less pain
- Minor trauma in pregnancy: Commonly used measures not predictive
- Amphetamine hospitalizations doubled: Familiarize yourself with the adverse outcomes
- Pregnant smokers reluctant to use smoking cessation medications recommended
Gynecology
- Biofeedback Reduces Psychological Burden in Older Women With Urge UI
- Not enough evidence to evaluate routine antibiotic prophylaxis with SAB: Cochrane
- Intracervical catheter placement: Less pain during an saline infusion sonohysterography
- Acupuncture in dysmenorrhea: improvements in pain and quality of life
- The diagnosis and management of endometrial cancer are reviewed
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Fatigue and Patient Safety
- ACOG Statement on Home Births
- Alcohol and Pregnancy: Know the Facts
- Asthma in Pregnancy
- Surrogate Motherhood
American Family Physician
- Treating Eating Disorders in Primary Care
- End-of-Life Care: Guidelines for Patient-Centered Communication
- CDC Reports on Lead Exposure in Women of Childbearing Age
- Dietary Supplements for Osteoarthritis
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Providers want to learn from mistakes but say current error-reporting systems are inadequate
- Maternal, baby, and episiotomy factors contribute to high rates of maternal birth trauma in Iowa
- Effectiveness of Second-Generation Antidepressants in Pharmacologic Treatment
- Nurse midwives deliver more babies in hospitals than homes in Washington State
- Study of young Head Start children links overweight to worsened asthma
Ask a Librarian
- Cervical Cancer Community-Based Research Project in a Native American Community
Behavioral Health Insights
- PTSD: A technique that works for me
Breastfeeding
- Promoting, Protecting, Supporting
CCC Corner Digest
Domestic Violence
- IHS-sponsored training in sexual assault forensic examination
- Report cites high rate of violence against Native women
- Resource for interrupting the cycle violence
- Affects of cueing on providers discussion of intimate partner violence
- Women who have had physical abuse during pregnancy: risk of preterm delivery
Elder Care News
Family Planning
- Ringing Endorsement: Women Prefer Contraceptive Ring Over Patch
- Misconceptions About OCPs Among Adolescents and Providers
- Copper containing IUDs are more effective for contraception than other IUDs: Cochrane
- Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Patch: Higher risk of serious blood clots
- Levonorgestrel / Ethinyl Estradiol (Lybrel) for Continuous Contraception
Featured Web Site
Frequently asked questions
- How can we actually reduce infant mortality in AI/AN?
Indian Child Health Notes
- Honey, dextromethorphan, and no treatment on nocturnal cough and sleep quality
- Respiratory syncytial virus season and hospitalizations in the Alaskan Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- Health disparities persisting and in some cases, sadly widening.
Information Technology
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International Health
- Good intentions and unintended consequences
- Peanuts +Vegetable oil +milk powder+vitamins + minerals = Plumpynut
- CCGHE Launches Online HIV Training Course in Zambia
- Stunting In First Two Years Of Life Leads To Huge Negative Consequences In Later Life
MCH Alert
- Maternal depression as a risk factor affecting child readiness and school readiness
- Role of nurses in oral health of children and women
- Relationship between air pollution and postneonatal infant mortality
- Influence of multiple social risk factors on children’s health
- Findings from the National Survey of Children's Health includes Native Americans
- Medicaid Reimbursement for Car Seats Is Cost-Effective Health Policy
- 2008 MCH EPI Grand Rounds Schedule 7 one-hour calls
- St. John's wort for depression in a young woman: The answers
Medscape
Menopause Management
- Calcium supplements may increase heart attacks in older women
- Postmenopausal Systemic Hormone Therapy: Putting Risks Into Perspective
- Black Cohosh and Menopausal Symptoms
Midwives Corner
- Perineal warm packs reduce 3 rd and 4 th degree lacerations, pain and urinary incontinence
- The Business of Being Born
- Factors for the fear of childbirth in first-time mothers
- Women’s fear of childbirth boosts cesareans
Navajo News
- Adnexal Masses during Pregnancy
Nurses Corner
- Integrating Nursing and Behavioral Health
- UCLA post-doc program for nurses
- New Report on American Indian/Alaskan Native Disparity & Strengths from RWJ
- Creating a Healing Community: Partnerships to Improve the Care of Indian People
- Fraud - SPAM
Office of Women’s Health, CDC
- Cervical Cancer Awareness
- United States Life Tables, 2004
Oklahoma Perspective
- Cesarean Delivery: What are the risks and benefits?
Osteoporosis
- SSRI Use and Bone Loss in Older Women
- Nonpharmacologic Management of Osteoporosis to Minimize Fracture Risk
- Supplementation With Calcium and Vitamin D: Efficacy Against Fracture and Total Mortality
- The Impact of Adherence and Persistence in the Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis
Patient Information
- Assuring Quality Care for People With Limited Health Literacy
- Knowing Importance of Prenatal Folic Acid May Affect Neural Tube Defect Incidence
- Anorexia and Bulimia: What You Should Know
Perinatology Picks
- Usefulness of middle cerebral artery Doppler of the fetus at risk for anemia
- Results indicate the presence of dyslipidemia in women with spontaneous preterm birth
- High maternal weight increases risk of neonatal mortality, especially after preterm PROM
- Caffeine intake during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage
- Prognosis of fetal cystic hygroma detected during the first trimester is poor, NT is crucial
Primary Care Discussion Forum
- Mental health issues in children and adolescents – Starts March 2008
STD Corner
- Routine HIV Screening in the Emergency Department
- New Updates to U.S. HIV Treatment Guidelines
- SAMHSA opportunity for funding community based organizations
- IHS HIV Program and SAMHSA sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Jan 16, 2008
- FDA Approves Etravirine (TMC125)
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- Diabetes A Stronger Risk Factor For Death In Women than In Men
- Pedometers help people lose weight even without changes in diet
- New Position Statement for Glucose Intolerance in PCOS
- Low-Carbohydrate Diets Rich in Vegetable Sources of Fat and Protein: Reduce Diabetes
Women’s Health Headlines
- Women and HIV/AIDS: PINN POINT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH
- APN brochures
- Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation
- SAMHSA Compendium of primary mental health activities now online
- DV Announcements: Grants, trainings and resources shared by various project faculty
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Meeting notes now online: 2007 Native Women’s Health and MCH Conference
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/F/lecNotes.cfm#wHealthConf
There are several upcoming Conferences
and Online CME/CEU resources, etc . . .
and the latest Perinatology Corners (free online CME from IHS)
. . . or just take a look at the What’s New page
Keeping Native Women & Families Healthy & Strong
IHS Basic Colposcopy Course
IHS Colposcopy Update & Refresher Course
Training in Palliative and End of Life Care
Advances in Indian Health (AIH) Conference
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OB/GYN
Dr. Neil Murphy is the Obstetrics and Gynecology Chief Clinical Consultant (OB/GYN C.C.C.). Dr. Murphy is very interested in establishing a dialogue and/or networking with anyone involved in women's health or maternal child health, especially as it applies to Native or indigenous peoples around the world. Please don't hesitate to contact him by e-mail or phone at 907-729-3154.
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