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Volume 4, No. 9, September 2006
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Contents
Abstract of the Month
FDA Approves OTC Access for Plan B for 18 and Older: A ‘Catch-22’ for AI/AN patients?
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From Your Colleagues
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Carolyn Aoyama
Burt Attico
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Judy Thierry
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Read More - From Your Colleagues
Hot Topics
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Features
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
August 2006 Highlights include:
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Indian Child Health Notes - September 2006 Highlights
Medical Mystery Tour
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
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What’s new on the ITU MCH web pages
USPSTF Best Practices - Cervical Cancer Screening
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/W/CanCerv.cfm#USPSTF
USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/W/documents/bestpractices-breastcancerscreening.doc
Tips for Improving Access to Mammography
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/W/documents/tipstoimprovingaccesstomammography.doc
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
Best Practices and GPRA Tracking
- Nov 1-2, 2006
- Sacramento CA
- California IHS Area Office, Contact Elaine.brinn@ihs.gov
- http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/F/documents/BestPracticesFlyer1.pdf
22nd Annual Midwinter Indian Health OB/PEDS Conference
- For providers caring for Native women and children
- January 26-28, 2007
- Telluride, CO
- Contact Alan Waxman awaxman@salud.unm.edu
2nd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health
- April 20-22, 2007
- Montreal , Quebec, Canada
- Solutions, not Problems
- Joint meeting of IHS, AAP-CONACH, First Nations and several other stakeholders
- http://www.aap.org/nach/2InternationalMeeting.htm
2007 Indian Health MCH and Women’s Health National Conference
- August 15 -17, 2007
- Albuquerque , NM
- THE place to be for anyone involved in care of AI/AN women, children
- Internationally recognized speakers
- Save the dates. Details to follow
- Want a topic discussed? Contact nmurphy@scf.cc
Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?
August 2006 OB/GYN CCC Corner
Volume 4, No. 8, August 2006
Abstract of the Month
- Rate of uterine rupture hasn’t changed for 20 years – Why have our practices changed?
From Your Colleagues
Carolyn Aoyama
- New Women’s Health Work Group Forming: Looking for interested volunteers
- AHRQ’s “Women’s Health 2006: Translating Research into Practice”
Jean Howe
- Adults with Self-Assessed Symptoms of Serious Psychological Distress, by Sex and Race
Judy Thierry
- Providers should conduct psychosocial screening of all women in pregnancy
Hot Topics
- Emergency Contraception: A Primer for Pediatric Providers
- Role of subthreshold symptoms on major depressive disorder in adolescents
- Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
- Are laxatives effective for the treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids in adults?
- Interventions to Facilitate Smoking Cessation
- Exercise and Older Patients: Prescribing Guidelines
- Update your standing post partum discharge orders: Tdap in pregnancy / postpartum
- Repeat Cesarean Deliveries Raise Risk of Maternal Morbidity
- Membrane Sweeping at 41 Weeks Helps Prevent Post-Term Pregnancy
- Most Stillbirths Worldwide Are Preventable
- Sudden infant death syndrome and complications in other pregnancies
- ACOG Releases HPV Vaccine Recommendations for Ob-Gyns
- Sensitivity of colposcopy in ASCUS / LGSIL improves with more than two biopsies
- HPV-Based Triage May Result in Excess Colposcopies in Young Women
- Urodynamics-based detrusor overactivity diagnoses may be insufficiently reliable
- Pessaries Helpful in Pelvic Organ Prolapse Patients
- And more…
Features
- Norethindrone More Effective for Menses Suppression
- Fecal Occult Blood Testing in Healthy Patients Does Not Reduce Mortality
- Mammography Results in Overdiagnosis of Breast Cancers
- Omega-3 Fats Do Not Affect Mortality Rates
- Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia for Children and Pregnant Women
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Induction of Labor for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery
- Management of alloimmunization during pregnancy. ACOG Practice Bulletin
- Psychosocial Risk Factors: Perinatal Screening and Intervention
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- More data are needed to better identify health care disparities among AI/AN
- Increasing cervical cancer screening intervals is cost-effective for women with three consecutive normal Pap smears
- ACE inhibitors during the first trimester of pregnancy: Increased risk of birth defects
- New on Your Library Website - Daily Health Policy News Summaries
- Early Milk Supply Issues
- Breastfeeding Basics: Generalist to Generalist
- Refusals by pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception
- How to address health disparities? One story of success
- Pendulum swing: Vaginal breech delivery approved within guidelines
- CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination
- New Guidelines for Pediatric and Neonatal Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Driving, Other Erratic Behaviors Reported After Taking Zolpidem (Ambien)
- Planned Early Birth vs. Expectant Management for PROM
- William H. J. Haffner American Indian / Alaska Native Women’s Health Award
- Pain is one the reasons that moms quit breastfeeding in the first 2 weeks
- Injectable Contraception and Skeletal Health
- Hospital Computer Keyboards Should Be Disinfected Daily
- Where There is No Doctor & A Book for Midwives
- Copious post operative mucous secretions: The rest of the story
- Nuchal cords, somersaults, and the value of a pulsing cord: Nuchal Cord Management
- Methamphetamine abuse among women on Navajo: Part IV - The “Drop- in” gravida
- The Association of Nurses in Aids Care
- IHS Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention Launches New Website
- Osteoporosis Guidelines Updated: North American Menopause Society
- Only 29% of ACOG recommendations are level A: Good and consistent scientific evidence
- September 1, 2006: Palliative Medicine's Role in the Continuity of Care
- Focus on adolescent sexual behavior this month
- Diabetes Is The Clinical Equivalent of Aging 15 Years
- Randomized trial assesses screening for intimate partner violence in health settings
- Physical Dating Violence Common Among Teens, Linked to Risky Behaviors
- After the Crisis - Resource Papers and Issue Briefs
- Primary care assessment of intimate partner violence and may prevent its recurrence
- Is 75 Years an Appropriate Upper Age Limit for Mammography?
- Performance by Elderly on 400-Meter Walk Predicts Disability and Death
- Second Annual American Indian and Alaska Native Long Term Care Conference
- Addressing Depression in Family Planning Services
- Try Michigan’s site. It’s super!
- The Indian Health MCH Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) site
Indian Child Health Notes - July 2006 Highlights
- High levels of bilirubin in newborns - more good than bad news
- The elevated risk of jaundice in AI/AN infants
- A round up of new vaccines for 2006 by Ros Singleton
- Mental Health disorders in parents of AI/AN adolescents
- Hospital Computer Keyboards Should Be Disinfected Daily
- HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The next influenza pandemic: what public health measures might help?
- AAP encourages implementation of new shopping cart standards to prevent child injury
- Gabapentin is an effective alternative to estrogen for the treatment of hot flushes
- AHRQ: Menopausal hormone therapy declined after published WHI trial results
- VBAC: Pendulums and Ecstasy
- Please See Abstract of the Month
- Native Alaskan and American Indian Nurses Scholarship Opportunity
- Final Births for 2004
- The indications for IUD use have vastly expanded
- Soy Isoflavones Protect Postmenopausal Women From Bone Loss
- Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome: What You Should Know
- Tips to Help You Quit Smoking
- Health Care for Lesbians and Bisexual Women
- Glyburide flows from fetus to mother by placental transport system
- Inappropriate Discontinuation of Asthma Medication Common in Early Pregnancy
- September 1, 2006: Palliative Medicine's Role in the Continuity of Care
- Condom Use and the Risk of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Women
- Latest CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Just Released
- Rapid HIV Test Distribution Picks up Thousands of Infections in US
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- Obese Girls: Threefold Risk for Early Death than Slim Counterparts
- New Recommendations Regarding Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes Issued
- Just how effective are diabetes management programs?
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.
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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