Maternal Child Health ‹ CCC Corner ‹ Dec 2008/Jan 2009
Volume 6, No. 12, December 2008/January 2009
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Are all aromatase inhibitors alike?
Hormone Therapy in Breast Cancer - An
Overview from IHS Experts
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David Boyd
- Tribal Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (ASBI) Program
Scott Giberson
- Indian Health Service HIV Testing Guidance and Resources are
now available on-line
- Funding Opportunity: Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center
on HIV/AIDS
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Myra Tucker, CDC
- Maternal and Child Health Journal Issue Dedicated to AI/AN
Mothers and Children
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Child Health
- Increased Risk of Adverse Neurological Development for Late Preterm Infants
- Risk
factors for unintentional injuries in children: are grandparents protective?
- Effect
of breastfeeding duration on lung function at age 10 years
- Parental alcohol screening
in pediatric practices
- Early antiretroviral therapy and mortality among HIV-infected
infants
Chronic Illness and Disease
- 1 in 25 older Americans at risk for serious medication interaction
- General
and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe
- Metformin, sulfonylureas,
or other antidiabetes drugs and the risk of lactic acidosis or hypoglycemia
- Effect
of fibre, antispasmodics, and peppermint oil in the treatment of irritable bowel
syndrome
- Genotype score in addition to common risk factors for prediction of
type 2 diabetes
- Clinical risk factors, DNA variants, and the development of type
2 diabetes
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Obstetrics
- Excess gestational weight gain and macrosomia risk
- Gestational weight gain
and gestational diabetes mellitus: perinatal outcomes
- Pregnancy and fertility
following bariatric surgery: a systematic review
- Perinatal outcomes in the setting
of active phase arrest of labor
- Association between vitamin D deficiency and primary
cesarean section
Gynecology
- Clinical practice guidelines on vaginal graft use
- Probability of hysterectomy
after endometrial ablation
- Dual prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism prevention
in gynecologic cancer patients
- Effectiveness of tension-free vaginal tape compared
with transobturator tape
- A 12-month prospective evaluation of transcervical sterilization
using implantable polymer matrices (Essure)
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Hormone Therapy and Heart Disease
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis
- At-risk drinking and illicit
drug use: ethical issues in obstetric and gynecologic practice
- Management of
Abnormal Cervical Cytology and Histology
- Sonohysterography
American Family
Physician
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Depression symptoms are similar in pregnant and nonpregnant women
- Correlates
of medical and legal help seeking among women reporting intimate partner violence
- Education
and physical activity among American Indian elders
- Recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) Advisory; Oral Sodium Phosphate (OSP) Products for Bowel Cleansing
Ask a Librarian
Behavioral Health Insights
- Suicide and Antiepileptics – Real Concerns?
Breastfeeding
CCC Corner Digest
Domestic Violence
- Office of Violence against Women Fact Sheet
- Breaking the barriers: the promise
of computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence
Elder Care News
- Intensive Case-Based Training in Palliative Care
Family Planning
- Contraceptive nonuse among US women at risk for unplanned pregnancy
- Levonorgestrel-releasing
intrauterine device better than OCPs in metabolic and inflammatory outcomes
Featured Web Site
- Improved healthfinder.gov makes health information quicker and easier to use
Frequently asked questions
- Q. Should I withhold contraception from a woman who is not ‘current’ on
her pap?
Indian Child
Health Notes
- Etiquette-Based Medicine
- Changes to the Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination
(PPV23) Recommendation
- A Collaborative School-Based Oral Health Program
- A Tribute to Dr. Roger Gollub
Information Technology
International
Health
- Warfare and neglected diseases
MCH Alert
- Diabetes Curriculum for Improved Care of among American Indians and Alaska
Natives
- 2008 Edition of Women’s Health Data Book Released
- MCH Library Releases
Online Resource Brief on Women’s Health
- AAP Updates Training on Safer Sleep
Environments to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- The Scientific Basis for
Maternity Practice
- The Effects of Contact with Stillborn Infants on Maternal
Anxiety and Depression
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MCH Headlines
- Project Making Medicine
- 2009 Childhood Obesity Conference: Creating Healthy
Places for All Children
- Breastfeeding Initiation DVD Resource
- Max’s Magical Delivery Fit for
Kids
Medical Mystery Tour
- Test your knowledge on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS); The Answers
Medscape
Menopause Management
- Cigarette smoking, androgen levels, and hot flushes in midlife women
- Testosterone
for low libido in postmenopausal women not taking estrogen
Midwives Corner
- Midwifery care unequivocally supported and recommended by Cochrane Review
Navajo News
- Navajo Area Women’s Health Provider Meeting
- Navajo Nation Passes “Healthy
Start Act”; Requires Workplaces to
Accommodate Breastfeeding
Nurses Corner
- Registered nurses are key to preventing medical errors during critical care
Office of Women’s Health, CDC
- Condoms and STDs: Updated Fact Sheet for Public Health Personnel
- Biomarker Test Not Ready for Routine Clinical Use
- Assessing
the Burden of HPV-Associated Cancers in the United States
- Human Papillomavirus
(HPV) Vaccine Safety
Osteoporosis
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in the elderly
Patient Education
- Interactive Media Laboratory—Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond
Perinatology Picks
- Labor before a primary cesarean delivery: reduced risk of uterine rupture
- Methods of Delivering the Placenta at Caesarean Section
- External cephalic
version-related risks: a meta-analysis
- A systematic review of the role of intrapartum
hypoxia-ischemia in the causation of neonatal encephalopathy
Primary Care Discussion Forum
- A summary of the recent discussion forum on geriatric medication issues
STD Corner
- Partner services programs for HIV infection, syphilis, gonorrhea, and Chlamydia
infection
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- QuickStats: Percentage of Large-for-Gestational-Age* Births
Women’s Health Headlines
- Sexual Assault Response Team training available
- “What’s new in
PubMed on adolescent dating violence”
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First International Meeting
on Indigenous Women’s Health/Third International
Meeting on Indigenous Child Health Conference; Many Voices into One Song
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
Telluride Midwinter Conference on Maternal and Child
Health
First International Meeting on Indigenous Women’s Health/Third
International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health Conference; Many Voices into
One Song
IHS Colposcopy Update & Refresher Course
Advances in Indian Health Conference
- April 21-24, 2009 in Albuquerque, NM
- Indian Health's conference for primary care providers and nurses
- 28 hours of CME/CE credit
- Optional Diabetes track
- Contact the Course Director, Dr. Ann Bullock, at annbull@nc-cherokee.com for
more information.
Indian Health Summit
- July 7-9, 2009, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Denver, Colorado
- The Health Summit will be a national gathering of Indian Health professionals
and administrative leadership, community health advocates and activists, and
Tribal leadership. We will join together to build skills and share ideas and
innovations
- http://conferences.thehillgroup.com/healthsummit/index.html
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Did you miss something in the last OB/GYN Chief Clinical Consultant Corner?
Volume 6, No. 11, November 2008
Effectiveness of maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants
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Richard Church, IHS Headquarters
Joxel Garcia, U.S. Public Health
Service
- Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Personnel
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Scott Giberson, IHS Headquarters
- Call for Abstracts - Third Alaska Native Health Research Conference
Paul Seligman, Food and Drug Administration
- FDA Creates Web Page with Drug Safety Information for Patients, Health Care
Professionals
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Child Health
- AAP
Guidelines Recommend Doubling Children's Vitamin D Intake
- Interventions in primary
care to promote breastfeeding
- Use of a fan during sleep and the risk of sudden
infant death syndrome
- Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education:
Perspectives from Parents of School-Age Youth
- First-trimester maternal alcohol consumption and the risk of infant
oral clefts
Chronic Illness and Disease
- Patients and Caregivers Benefit from End-of-Life Discussions
- Comparative
Effectiveness and Safety of Premixed Insulin Analogues in Type 2 Diabetes
- Smoking
cessation interventions for hospitalized smokers
- Patients with Coronary Heart
Disease Benefit from Screening for Depression
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Obstetrics
- Alcohol Use Screening for FASD Prevention among a Cohort of American Indian
Women
- Prevention of Diabetes in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes:
Effects of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions
- Perinatal outcomes in low-risk
term pregnancies: do they differ by week of gestation?
- Effect on birth outcomes
of a formalised approach to care in hospital labour assessment units: international,
randomised controlled trial
- Peripartum Clostridium difficile infection
Gynecology
- Pregnancy outcome in women before and after cervical conisation
- FDA Public
Health Notification: Complications with Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh
- The
role of Lactobacillus in restoring the normal vaginal flora after antibiotic
treatment of bacterial vaginosis
- Hormone therapy and the risk of breast cancer
in BRCA1 mutation carriers
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Ultrasonography in Pregnancy
- Use of Progesterone to Reduce Preterm Birth
- Pregnant Women Reminded to Get
Flu Vaccination
American Family Physician
- Atypical Moles
- Management of Mastitis
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight
- Task
Force Finds Several Methods Equally Effective for Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Behavioral
Counseling to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections
- AHRQ’s
2008 Guide to Clinical Preventive Services Now Available
Ask a Librarian
- Medical Clinics of North America issue dedicated to Women’s Health
Behavioral Health Insights
- Protecting urban American Indian young people from suicide
Breastfeeding
CCC Corner Digest
Domestic Violence
- Health outcomes in women with physical and sexual intimate partner violence
exposure
Elder Care News
- Prescription drug misuse/abuse in the elderly
Family Planning
- Drospirenone for acne treatment
Featured Web Site
- The Immunization Action Coalition; free resources about vaccination for everyone!
Frequently asked questions
- Q. Should we treat asymptomatic trichomonas found on a Pap smear?
- Q. Should
we withhold contraception from a woman who is not ‘current’ on her
pap?
Indian Child
Health Notes
- Alcohol-Attributable Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost Among
American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Effectiveness of Maternal Influenza Immunization
in Mothers and Infants
Information Technology
- Alpha Testing to Start on the EHR Version of the Well Child Module
International
Health
- Disease risks of premastication as an infant feeding practice
MCH Alert
- MCH Library Releases New Edition of Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
- Article
Assesses Smoking Patterns and Use of Cessation Interventions During Pregnancy
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MCH Headlines
- Native American Action Plan: Addressing Tobacco Abuse among Pregnant
and Postpartum Women
- Cough and Cold Medications Not Recommended for Children Under
4 Years of Age
- Breastfeeding Mini-Grant Opportunity
Medical Mystery Tour
- Test your knowledge on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Medscape
Menopause Management
- Hot flashes and subclinical cardiovascular disease
Midwives Corner
- Centering Pregnancy ListServe Revived
Navajo News
- Navajo Area Women’s Health Provider Meeting
Nurses Corner
- Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals
Office of Women’s Health, CDC
- What Works to Promote Cancer Screening
Osteoporosis
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in the elderly
Patient Education
- Free Flu Materials from the CDC
Perinatology Picks
- Cesarean delivery for the second twin
- Accuracy of ultrasonographic fetal weight
estimation in twin pregnancies
- Nicotine gum for pregnant smokers: a randomized
controlled trial
- Risk of development of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of
gestational diabetes
Primary Care Discussion Forum
- Geriatric Medication Issues
STD Corner
- Innovative uses of technology that are being used to prevent STDs/HIV
Barbara Stillwater, Alaska Dibaetes Prevention and Control
- Postpartum screening after GDM affected pregnancies - room for improvement
- The
association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes
Women’s Health Headlines
- A web-based resource for oral health providers on screening for domestic
violence
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First International Meeting
on Indigenous Women’s Health/Third International
Meeting on Indigenous Child Health Conference; Many Voices into One Song
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
2008 Indian Health Information Management Conference, “Managing
Health Information Technology to Improve Performance and Outcomes”
Telluride Midwinter Conference on Maternal and Child Health
First International Meeting on Indigenous Women’s Health/Third
International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health Conference; Many Voices into
One Song
Advances in Indian Health Conference
- April 21-24, 2009 in Albuquerque, NM
- Indian Health's conference for primary care providers and nurses
- 28 hours of CME/CE credit
- Optional Diabetes track
- Contact the Course Director, Dr. Ann Bullock, at annbull@nc-cherokee.com for
more information.
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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 jean.howe@ihs.gov or (928) 674-7422 (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 editor of this newsletter.
OB/GYN
Jean Howe, MD, MPH is the Obstetrics and Gynecology Chief Clinical Consultant
(OB/GYN C.C.C.). Dr. Howe 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 American Indian and Alaska Native women and also indigenous
peoples around the world. Please don't hesitate to contact her by e-mail (jean.howe@ihs.gov)
or phone at (928) 674-7422.
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