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Maternal Child HealthCCC CornerMay 2008
OB/GYN CCC Corner - Maternal Child Health for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Volume 6, No. 5, May 2008

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Contents

Abstract of the Month

How to increase usage of the HPV vaccine? Let’s ask our patients and their family

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From Your Colleagues

Ben Garnett

  • Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery

Scott Giberson

  • Upcoming CDC Rapid HIV Testing Training through SAMHSA and IHS
  • Educate State Officials and Policy Makers about Prevention of STDs and AIDS

Amy Groom

  • 2008 IHS Immunization Awards

Favian Kennedy

  • From Collective Consciousness to Written Policy

Elaine Locke

  • ACOG / IHS Denver Course Now in Salt Lake City, Utah

Cathy Stueckemann

  • Community Health Representative National Educational Meeting

Read More - From Your Colleagues

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Hot Topics

Child Health

  • Preemies Face Risks As They Grow Up
  • Cognitive and Neuromotor Impairments Seen at 5 Years in Children Born Preterm
  • Is Short-term Therapy Effective for Treating Latent TB in Children?

Chronic Illness and Disease

  • FDA Approves Alternative Dosing Schedule for Combined Hepatitis Vaccine
  • Lower targets for blood pressure and LDL cholesterol on atherosclerosis in diabetes: RCT
  • All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled

Obstetrics

  • Pregnant Women Who are Obese Linked with Greater Health Care Services Use
  • New Evidence Report on Management and Postpartum Follow-Up of Gestational Diabetes
  • High caffeine consumption during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage
  • Grief subsequent to an early miscarriage
  • Stillbirth: Good differential Dx plus an uncommon presentation of a common disease

Gynecology

  • Non-surgical treatment of incontinence and prevention of urinary and fecal incontinence
  • Ultrasonography differentiated between benign and malignant: Improved outcomes
  • Saffron effective in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome: a double-blind, RCT
  • Biofeedback Reduces Psychological Burden in Older Women With Urge UI

Read More - Hot Topics

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Features

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

  • Use of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy and Lactation
  • End-of-Life Decision Making
  • Late-Preterm Infants

American Family Physician

  • Abstinence- Plus Programs for Prevention of HIV
  • Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in Adults
  • Expanded Newborn Screening: Information and Resources
  • Subclinical Hypothyroidism
  • Colonoscopy Surveillance After Polypectomy and Colorectal Cancer Resection

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Adolescents are willing to have chlamydial screening by pediatricians during urgent care visits
  • Antidepressants during pregnancy increases preterm birth and serious infant problems
  • Maternal asthma is associated with lower birth weight
  • Noncancerous pelvic problems linked to poor quality of life and sexual functioning
  • Studies examine pediatricians' and parents' attitudes toward childhood obesity

Ask a Librarian

  • Women's Health Resources

Behavioral Health Insights

  • School Refusal

Breastfeeding

  • What Do High Performance Cars and Near Term Neonates Have In Common?

CCC Corner Digest

April Headlines

Domestic Violence

  • IPV and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments in Healthcare Settings
  • Male Partner Violence Hurts Women's Health Worldwide
  • IHS-ACF DV Project: dental and reconstructive surgery for DV survivors

Elder Care News

  • Landmark Study on Treatment of Hypertension in the Very Old
  • 2008 IHS Long-Term Care Grants Program Is Now Open For Applications

Family Planning

  • Contraceptive agents when initiating breastfeeding

Featured Web Site

Frequently asked questions

  • First Trimester Down Syndrome Testing

Indian Child Health Notes

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders – Guidelines for Identification and Diagnosis
  • Vaccines and Autism – The Courts weigh in – wrongly
  • Child Safety Seats for AI/AN children – how can we get children in safety seats – and more importantly how can we keep them in them

Information Technology

  • RPMS Immunization Package
  • AI health advocates can learn to develop multimedia health projects for rural communities
  • Release of BGP Clinical Reporting System, Version 8.0

International Health

  • Is health a human right?

MCH Alert

  • Adverse Drug Events in Pediatrics

MCH Headlines

  • CDC Releases Study on Abuse & Neglect of Infants
  • Unique status of vaccines as disease prevention “tools”
  • CDC funding 4.4 million to 15 awards oral health HPDP

Medical Mystery Tour

  • You know how to treat yeast infections, right? The right answers

Medscape

  • Expanded HIV Testing in Primary Care: Implementing the CDC Recommendations
  • HIV Opt-out Testing and Primary Care Practice
  • Hirsutism

Menopause Management

  • Estrogen therapy doubles rate of benign breast lumps
  • Postmenopausal Systemic Hormone Therapy: Putting Risks Into Perspective

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

  • Staff education and performance feedback

Office of Women’s Health, CDC

  • Factors Associated with Elevated Risk of Postneonatal Mortality Among Alaska Natives

Oklahoma Perspective

  • Prenatal Care in Oklahoma

Osteoporosis

  • Choosing a Drug for Women With Osteoporosis--An Evidence-Based Clinical Perspective 

Patient Information

  • Colon Cancer Screening: What You Should Know

Perinatology Picks

  • Clarification for ‘What is this all about the ‘minor markers’ for Down Syndrome?’
  • Do We Need to do MSAFP Testing after First Trimester Down Syndrome Screening?
  • Physiologic evidence to support levels of anomie and hostility with risk of PTD
  • Higher risk of offspring schizophrenia: Maternal exposure to severe adverse life events

Primary Care Discussion Forum

  • Conclusion of the adolescent behavioral health on-line discussion

STD Corner

  • HIV Screening in Dental Clinics?
  • Racial Disparities Persist Across All Reportable STDs
  • USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening

Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control

  • Take the stairs and live longer
  • Possible Way to Detect Gestational Diabetes
  • Periodontal pathogens and gestational diabetes mellitus

Women’s Health Headlines

  • Surgeon General's Conference on Women and Mental Health
  • After School Programs Can Increase Physical Activity of Adolescent Girls
  • Obesity: Pinn Point on Women’s Health
  • Chronic Pelvic Pain

Read More - Features

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What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages

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

Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest

Community Health Representative National Educational Meeting

  • July 29-31 2008
  • Las Vegas , Nevada
  • 40th anniversary of the CHR Program. 

http://www.nachr.net/conferences/2008/

Postgraduate Course on Obstetric, Neonatal and Gynecologic Care

  • September 14-18, 2008
  • Salt Lake City , Utah
  • Comprehensive Women’s Health Update for Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, and Physicians
  • NRP offered as pre-conference session
  • Contact Yvonne Malloy, ymalloy@acog.org, for more information
  • Download brochure here:

http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/F/CN01.cfm?module=08&option=9#top

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Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?

Volume 6, No. 4, April 2008

Abstract of the Month

High prevalence of HPV infection in American Indian women of the Northern Plains

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From Your Colleagues

Burt Attico

  • Current management of gestational diabetes mellitus

David Gahn

  • Afghanistan Update

Scott Giberson

  • Women and HIV

 

Read More - From Your Colleagues

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Hot Topics

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

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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Features

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

  • Women's Health Resources

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

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

MCH Headlines

  • Maternal, Infant and Child Health Capacity Needs Assessment
  • GHSA and State Farm Partner to Keep 'Tweens and Teens Safe age 8 to 18

Medical Mystery Tour

  • 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

Read More - Features

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What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages

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

Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest

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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Past CCC Corners

The CCC Corner is good way to inform ITU providers about recent updates, while decreasing the number of e-mail messages.

Let me know if you want to add something to next month's CCC Corner at nmurphy@SouthCentralFoundation.com

or (907) 729-3154 (with voicemail)

*The opinions expressed in the OB/GYN CCC Corner are strictly those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Indian Health System, or the author of this newsletter. If you have any comments, please share them by joining the Primary Care Discussion Forum where this topic was recently discussed. To join the Primary Care Listserv, click on ‘Subscribe' here MCHdiscuss.cfm

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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