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Volume 5, No. 4, April 2007
News Flash(s)
New CCC Corner Columnists
- Violence Against Native Women
- Rachel Locker
- Denise Grenier
Direct Links to Topic Content
Links to Topic Summaries on This Page
Contents
Abstract of the Month
Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Final ACIP Recommendations
Comments
by Amy Groom
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From Your Colleagues
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Gordon Belcourt
Stephen Heath
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Scott Giberson
Rhonda Johnson
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Hot Topics
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Features
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
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What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages
Can one dispense birth control agents to minors without parental consent? (WORD)
Are birthing center regulations less restrictive than hospitals? (WORD)
How many rubella vaccines does a mother really need to get? (WORD)
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
Advances in Indian Health
- May 1-4, 2007
- Albuquerque , NM
- 26 credits
2007 IHS APN/PA Meeting
- May 21-25, 2007
- Scottsdale , AZ
- Nearly 20 hours of credit
Training Course in MCH Epidemiology
- Albuquerque , New Mexico
- June 10 - 15, 2007
- Sponsored by HRSA / MCHB and CDC
Native Women’s Health and MCH Conference
- August 15 -17, 2007
- Albuquerque , NM
- Questions? Contact nmurphy@scf.cc
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/F/CN01.cfm#Aug07
3rd Annual American Indian and Alaska Native Long Term Care Conference
- September 5-6, 2007
- Albuquerque , New Mexico
- Visit http://www.aianlongtermcare.org
- Contact Bruce.Finke@ihs.gov
Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?
March 2007 OB/GYN CCC Corner
Volume 5, No. 3, March 2007
Abstract of the Month
- Healing words: The power of 'I'm sorry' in medical practice
From Your Colleagues
Amy Groom
- Q&A vaccines, safety contraindications, allergies: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia site
Burt Attico
- Consumer Reports has withdrawn its study on infant safety seats
Gordon Belcourt
- Cervical Cancer in America
Scott Giberson
- Ryan White HIV / AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006
- March 21 st: First Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Favian Kennedy
- Northern Plains Tobacco Policy Workshop March 8th and 9th, 2007
Sunnah Kim
- 2007 Native American Child Health Advocacy Award
- Oral Health AIAN Preceptorship Award RFP
- Large data Catalog Available: Health / Well-Being of AI / AN, and Other Native Americans
- Registration is now open for the 2nd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health
Roberta Ward
- Common Skin Conditions During Pregnancy
Hot Topics
- Review and Comment: Newborn record form IHS-298 and its revision
- Importance of media in adolescent girls' physical and emotional health and weight loss
- Does Swaddling Reduce Excessive Crying in Infants?
- Autonomic function or dysfunction and its role in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Premature Infants Are Susceptible to SSRI, Venlafaxine Exposure In Utero
- Does Delay in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Impact Prognosis?
- Mammographic density and the risk and detection of breast cancer
- Estradiol showed benefit during menstrual migraine, but offset by estrogen withdrawal
- Mental disorders among primiparous mothers increased several months after childbirth
- Melanoma unabated: One-time melanoma screen at age 50 deemed cost effective
- GDM Guidelines: Major discrepancies to identify GDM and predict pregnancy outcome
- Benefit of cesarean for macrosomic infants weighing 4,000-4,999 g questioned
- Amount of maternal smoking predicts the risk of spontaneous abortion
- First delivery by cesarean begins cascade of risks - obstetric and perinatal outcomes
- Brief motivational intervention decreased the risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancy: RCT
- Cystocoele Repair: The Mesh Controversy by J ohn Heusinkveld, Shiprock
- Strong evidence for the efficacy of physical therapy for the treatment for SUI in women
- Risk of preterm delivery increases after all treatment modalities for CIN
- Report tracks state progress in cervical cancer prevention strategies
- The TVT and the TVT-O procedures perform equally
Features
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- ACOG Opposes Sex Selection for Family Planning Purposes
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse. ACOG Practice Bulletin
- Breastfeeding: Maternal and Infant Aspects. ACOG Committee Opinion
- Role of Exercise in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Cochrane for Clinicians
- Acute Uterine Bleeding: Progestin vs. Combination Therapy
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AI/AN are difficult to reach by mail for research or health care reasons
- Women are more likely to suffer health problems and worse quality of life due to obesity
- Missed opportunities: Few Americans are screened to prevent colorectal cancer
- Physicians' extended work shifts associated with of medical errors and patient harm
- Extended resident work hours jeopardize both resident health and patient safety
- Diet of Pregnant American Indians: Different than Whites?
- ACOG Calls on Employers for Increased Support for Breastfeeding
- Calcium Important for Nursing Mothers’ Oral Health
- Call for Breastfeeding Abstracts: AAP
- Simple Antenatal Preparation Improves Breast-Feeding Practice: RCT
- Low hanging fruit: Promotion of healthy lifestyles during and after pregnancy
- Teamwork Training: Decision to incision times significantly improved
- Outreach workers should follow women with the most severe PAP abnormalities
- Are you interested in acquiring HPV vaccine to provide to 9 – 18 year olds?
- Sleepiness and sleep deprivation are associated with injury
- Guidelines Recommend Universal Screening for Down Syndrome: Regardless of age
- Diet of Pregnant American Indians: Different than Whites?
- Supporting employee breastfeeding is easier than it sounds
- Continuous Contraceptive Therapy Safely Abolishes Menstrual Cycles
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases, IHS
- Are varicella titers necessary prior to immunization?
- What does the future hold in store?
- F/U: A boy has been born in Chile with a fetus in his stomach
- Local estrogen just as effective for vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women
- The Blessed Perineum: PubMed
- Getting Your Patient Back to Work: Return-to-Work Restrictions After Illness / Injury
- I have to go really far just to exercise . . . er . . . actually no you don’t
- What do patients recall from our counseling?
- Planned cesarean delivery doubles rate of NICU and risk for pulmonary disorders
- Adolescent with knee pain, Web M+M, Terry Cullen - Moderator
- First Indian Health Special Issue on Methamphetamine is now available online
- Diabetic Moms' Babies Have Impaired Sucking Reflexes
- What Causes Breast Cancer?
- Andy Narva moved to NIH, but is still our Renal CCC
- Year End Re-cap of Available Resources from CDC – OWH
- Health Care-Based Interventions for Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence
- Child Abuse: Approach and Management
- Older American Indians often have a poorer view of their own health than their doctors
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Increase Fracture Risk in Older Adults
- The decision to hospitalize nursing home residents
- Many nursing home residents suffer from poorly controlled pain
- Abstinence counseling vs family planning: Which is more effective?
- The MCH Coordinators Site has a clean new look, plus new functionality
- How many rubella vaccines does a mother really need to get?
- A guest editorial for physicians who work with tribal child protective services
- How will we roll out the new HPV vaccine? Who can we cover?
- Dr. Esposito gets passionate about poor data and unfounded conclusions
- Have you visited the CRS Performance Improvement Toolbox web page lately?
- Sexual behavior in context: A public health perspective
- Repair of obstetric vesicovaginal fistulas in Africa
- Drugs for preventing malaria in pregnant women improve infant outcome
- Global struggle against poverty
- First steps in implementing mental health screening in schools
- New Organization Focuses on Adolescent Health Care Reform
- Scrub Club
- Training Course in MCH Epidemiology
- New Child Health USA Report Released
- More on car seats, installment and safety on recheck
- CDC needs feedback on need for Educational resources HPV implementation
- Prolonged second stage with an epidural
- HPV CEU's vaccine indications test your knowledge: 5 minute review
- Contraception for a Woman With a History of Fibroids
- Physical Activity Improves Lipid Profile in Postmenopausal Women
- Transdermal Estrogen Suggested for Women With Metabolic Syndrome
- Maternal positioning and pain relief measures: Pomoting effective pushing
- Clomiphene “bests” Metformin in a NEJM study
- A "Small Fall" and a Trip to the Emergency Department
- The REACH Program and Alzheimer's Caregivers
- Monthly Summaries of Nursing Research: Medscape
- Highlights of NPWH 9th Annual Conference -- Women's Health in the New Millennium
- Indian Health Surveillance Report—Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2004
- Health , United States , 2006
- What do patients recall from our counseling?
- Early Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Improves Postural Balance
- Repeat Bone Mineral Density Measurement May Not Predict Fractures in Older Women
- Tips for Using Medicines Wisely
- Parvovirus B19: What You Should Know
- Ultrasound is better at finding NTD than AFP
- Planned cesarean delivery doubles NICU rates and the risk for pulmonary disorders
- Amniotic Fluid Promising Source of Stem Cells
- Formula that calculates the estimated risk of respiratory distress syndrome is valid
- Pregnancy Loss After Amniocentesis and CVS
- Adolescent with knee pain – Ongoing discussion
- A First: STD Rates Available by IHS Area
- Heterosexual Transmission of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Sttaph. aureus
- Research Seeks To Expand Understanding of Effects of Alcohol Use on Developing Brain
- RCT comparing computer-assisted vs face-to-face sexual history taking
- CDC Releases Survey Results on STD Counseling in Adolescents
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- Fertility rises as weight drops
- FDA Authorizes NovoLog for Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes
- Mild Gestational Diabetes Raises Risk of Cryptorchidism
- Women's Health Week will be celebrated May 13-19, 2007
- Menstrual Cycle is a Vital Sign
- CDC reports decreasing mammogram rates 1999-2002
- Vulvodynia: a state-of-the-art consensus on definitions, diagnosis and management
Save the Dates: Upcoming events of interest
What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages
Past CCC Corners
The CCC Corner is good way to inform ITU providers about recent updates, while decreasing the number of e-mail messages.
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or (907) 729-3154 (with voicemail)
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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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