The Region V / Title X Family Planning Training Program was established in 1999 to act as one of ten
Regional Training Centers funded by the US Office of
Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human
Services, Title X Family Planning Services. The program
delivers education and training to health care providers
and staff in federally funded Title X family planning
programs in the six state Region V area. Region V is
comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio and Wisconsin.
The Region V Family Planning Training Program offices
are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and program staff
work closely with the Region V Family Planning Advisory
Committee. Committee members include representatives from each regional Title X grantee, state Health
Departments and community organizations. The Clinical
Advisory Subcommittee, comprised of clinician
representatives from each state, works with the
program's expert clinical staff to design clinical training
programming.
Continuing Education Credit Midwestern Professional Research and Educational
Services, Inc. (MPRES), Milwaukee, WI, is an approved
provider of continuing nursing education by the
Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education
Approval Program Committee, an accredited approver
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's
Commission on Accreditation.
MPRES is a non profit 501 (c)(3) agency offering services in two major program areas: reproductive health care education and research. Since the summer of 1999, the founding members of MPRES have operated the Region V/Title X Family Planning Training Program funded through the US Department of Health and Human Services. This program provides general training, research and technical support to healthcare providers and agencies that receive federal support to provide subsidized reproductive healthcare in a six state region. In addition, MPRES is committed to seeking additional public and private grant funds to support similar educational programming through other national granting bodies, state reproductive health entities, and private organizations.
STAFF
Carolyne Swain, MS
President
Cathy Johnson, CNM PhD
Professional Clinical Educator
Teresa Prattke, RNC MSN WHNP
Professional Clinical Educator
Ariana Huggett
Manager of Media and Technology
Sarah Reusch
Event Planner
projects
Teen Survey Project
In 1999 - 2001, MPRES staff collaborated with health psychology researchers at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM) Department of Psychology to conduct a survey of contracepting teens. The purpose was to evaluate what effect parental notification regulations would have on the teen’s willingness to access family planning and/or reproductive health services. As an extension of the original project, UWM’s Urban Initiative Center funded a joint project to develop a novel intervention to promote the use of condoms by sexually active teens. Consequently, a film titled The Importance of Using Condoms was produced. The 6.5 minute film shows college freshmen talking about their personal experience and sharing why they think it is important to use condoms, how they talk with partners about using a condom, and how they think their parent’s feel about them using condoms.
Reports
Reddy, D.M., Fleming, R. & Swain, C. R. (2000, May). Parental notification impedes adolescent girl’s use of sexual health care services. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Fleming, R., Reddy, D.M., & Swain, C. R. (2001, May). Predictors of condom use among sexually active adolescent girls. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Reddy, D.M., Fleming, R. & Swain, C. (2002). Effect of mandatory parental notification on adolescent girl’s use of sexual health care services. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(6), 710-714. [More info]
Reddy, D.M., Fleming, R. & Swain, C. R. (2003, May). Increasing condom use: Effect of a peer video targeting young women. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Wood, C., Reddy, D.M., Fleming, R. & Swain, C. (2004, May). Condom use and sexual risk behaviors of young women. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Tri-Regional Cervical Cancer Screening Management Project (CCSMP)
Established in 1999 and active through December 2001, the CCSMP workgroup was comprised of representatives from DHHS Regions IV, V and VI, designated national experts, a consultant data manager, representatives from both Title X nurse practitioner training centers, and representatives from each Regional Office and Regional Training Center involved. The stated purpose of the group was to develop 1) recommendations for cost-effective management for cervical cancer screening, 2) evidence based practice guidelines and 3) effective methods to track, refer and follow abnormal laboratory tests. To achieve those goals, each region represented assumed the lead for a specific focus with MPRES assuming the lead in educational programming. MPRES staff members also served as the group’s elected chair and vice chair and MPRES grant funds provided technical and financial support for the group’s activities including coordinating reviewer’s attendance, hosting the final meeting in Chicago December 2001, and generating and distributing the project’s Data Review Summary Report. In addition, the MPRES Director authored the group’s Executive Summary Report submitted to OPA in February 2002.
Parent Survey Project
In 2002, MPRES conducted an extensive and scientifically rigorous telephone survey of parents of adolescents in MN and WI. Working in concert with the University of WI – Milwaukee (UWM) Institute for Social Survey Research and the University of Minnesota Adolescent Health Prevention Research Center, the goal was to assess parent’s attitudes and beliefs about mandatory parental notification and contraceptive efficacy. Included were a number of questions aimed at elucidating information about parent – teen communications regarding sexual health issues. The purpose of the questions was to assess how parental beliefs and various demographic characteristics influence the quality and quantity of their communications with their teens about various sexual health related issues. The goal was to identify factors that impede positive parent / child discourse about sexual health issues.
Reports
Eisenberg, M.E., Bearinger, L.H., Sieving, R.E., Swain, C. & Resnick, M. (2004). Parents’ beliefs about condoms and oral contraceptives: Are they medically accurate? Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(2), 50-57. [More info]
Eisenberg, M.E., Swain, C., Bearinger, L.H., Sieving, R.E. & Resnick, M. (2005). Parental notification laws for minors’ access to contraception: What do parents say? Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 159, 120-125. [More info]
Eisenberg, M.E., Bearinger, L.H., Sieving, R.E., Swain, C. & Resnick, M. (2006). Parent’s communication with adolescents about sexual behavior: A missed opportunity for prevention? Journal of Youth & Adolescence. [More info]
Swain, C.R., Ackerman, L.K. & Ackerman, M.A.. (2006). The influence of individual characteristics and contraceptive beliefs on parent-teen sexual communications: A structural model. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 753.e9-753.e18. [More info]
Pap Follow-up Survey
MPRES personnel worked with UWM health psychologists on a study of Pap follow-up compliance among low-income women in Region V. The aim of the study was to identify barriers to access especially among women of different ethnic backgrounds that comprise the second-highest group of women age 30-59 with incidence of abnormal Pap smear results.
Report
Montero, A.M.K., Reddy, D. & Swain, C. (2005, May). Predictors of adherence to follow-up care after abnormal Pap results. Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. [More info]
Contraceptive Compliance Review
At the request of the University of MN School of Public Health, MPRES staff authored an article about contraceptive compliance for the school’s publication.
Report
Swain, C. & Conway-Johnson, C. (2004). The dynamics of contraceptive vigilance. Healthy Generations UMN Maternal & Child Health Program School of Public Health, 5(1), 6-7. [More info]
Patient Brochures
In response to a special request, MPRES staff reviewed two patient brochures about cervical cancer screening distributed by the DHHS Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, What Is a Pap Smear? and Do I Have Cervical Cancer? and submitted copy for two new brochures, What Is a Pap Smear? and What If My Pap Smear is Abnormal?.
Office of Women’s Health IWP / Title X Intervention Project Evaluation
Working in collaboration with the Office of Women’s Health, Indiana Women’s Prison, and Title X service providers, MPRES assumed responsibility for evaluation of a novel intervention project that provides inmates with pre-release family planning and STD prevention counseling, contraceptives and post-release appointments for family planning services. The evaluation was completed in the spring of 2005.
Report
Evaluation of a Family Planning Program for Women Prisoners Transitioning
Back into the Community IWP [More info]
