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November 2003

11.30.03 Pregnancy Page new section: Providers Partnership Project: A.C.O.G. / M.C.H.B. / H.R.S.A.
  Pregnancy Page new section: Preterm Labor
  Pregnancy Page new section: Perinatology
  Pregnancy Page new section: Midwives
  Pregnancy Page new section: Infectious Disease
  Pregnancy Page new section: Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
  Pregnancy Page new section: Miscellaneous
  CDC: Who should not get the smallpox vaccine?
11.29.03 Chapter 13: Maternal Child Health - IHS Manual
  Reorganized A.C.O.G / Postgraduate Page
  101 ways to ask someone if they are safe
  FirstGov.gov: state by state access to health resources
  New Cultural Appropriateness page in the Domestic Violence Section
  American Academy of Pediatrics
11.26.03 American Indian / Alaska Native Cardiovascular Disease Program
  4 Women.gov: Heart disease
  Women's Health Research: Cardiovascular disease
  USPSTF: Begin Cervical Cancer screening within 3 years of onset of sexual activity or age 21
  Breast cancer risk and tamoxifen improvements
  Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, NCI
  Native Research Network Listserv (NRN)
  IHS Photo Gallery: 1000's of photos available
  Sociodemographic Patterns in Spina Bifida Birth Prevalence
  Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Prevalence
  Serum Folate Levels Among Women Attending Family Planning Clinics
  Folic Acid and Prevention of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly
  Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age, CDC
  Report of NIH Scientific Workshop: Menopausal Hormone Therapy
  Defining the National Agenda for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  New Substance Abuse Section in the Pregnancy Page
  Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Birth
  Screening Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women
  Colorectal Cancer second leading cause of cancer-related death in US
  Underage Drinking Prevention
  Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
  Club drugs: Spotlight
  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS Prevention
  Thehungersite.com donates food to the hungry
  What issues do patients and providers need to know about smallpox?
  Invasive Cervical Cancer, 1992--1999, CDC
 
 
  Increases in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  AHRQ: Venous Thromboembolism
  AHRQ: Screening Diabetes Mellitus, Adult Type II
  AHRQ: Screening Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (A.H.R.Q.) Web site
11.23.03 USPSTF: Screening for type 2 DM in adults with HTN or hyperlipidemia
  Level 'B' recommendation: USPSTF recommends intensive behavioral dietary counseling
  USPSTF Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations
  GPRA+ How to document colorectal cancer screening
  Cancer screening initiative brochure
  IHS patient handout entitled "My doctor wants me to do what"?
  UpToDate's screening update for colorectal cancer
  Stool Test Instructions for Patients (patient handout)
  Colorectal cancer is preventable: tools to help
11.22.03 MerckMedicus; up to 25 hours of free AMA CME
  Should pregnant women wear seat belts?
  What is the risk of developing breast cancer?
  Breast cancer risk: learn your own risk on this site
  National Cancer Institute
  FDA's "Take Time to Care... About Diabetes"
  Alaska State Maternal Child and Family Health Epidemiology Section
  Alaska State MCH
  Compendium of AI/AN literature on Family Violence
  Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements
  Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention, CDC
  Cigarette Smoking Behavior of Adults: United States, 1997-98
  Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Middle and High School Students
  Did thousands of American Indian women undergo forced sterilization in the 1970s?
  Native American Circle: Victim Advocacy
  Guidelines for Performing CD4+ T-Cell Counts
  Lower Extremity Amputation with Diabetes
  Updated CDC Guidelines for C. trachomatis screening men and women
  3rd National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: bone mineral density (BMD)
  What are the sites with OB/GYNs in Indian Country
  What kind of practice style do the sites have?
  Rotations available for residents in the Indian Health
11.19.03 OB/GYN CCC Corner - November
11.16.03 Comprehensive Maternal Child Health Care in First Nations and Inuit Communities
  Women's Health Update - October 2003
  IHS National PA / APN Annual Meeting, June 7-11, 2004
  High School Students in Bureau of Indian Affairs-Funded Schools
  CDC is interested in hearing from AI/AN women: The Futures Initiative
  HIV increasing in women
  Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults
  Postmenopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer
  Preventing skin cancer: increase protective behaviors
  Early childhood home visitation for the prevention of child abuse and neglect
  Great American Smokeout - November 20, 2003
  Preventing Violence: Early Childhood Home Visitation and Firearms Laws

 

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