MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
ACOG Tool Kit for Teen Care sales.acog.com/acb/stores/1/product1.cfm?SID=1&Product_ID=354
The Tool Kit for Teen Care is a comprehensive resource designed by the ACOG Committee on Adolescent Health Care to help every office care for adolescent patients.
AMA Foundation www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/9913.html
The 2003 Health Literacy Educational Kit is the Foundation’s primary tool for informing physicians, health care professionals and patient advocates about health literacy.
Ask Me 3 www.npsf.org/askme3/
The Partnership for Clear Health Communication is a coalition of national organizations that are working together to promote awareness and solutions around the issue of low health literacy and its effect on health outcomes. The program includes materials for patients and providers, including fact sheets, research findings, brochures and posters.
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool bcra.nci.nih.gov/brc/
An interactive tool to measure a woman’s risk of invasive breast cancer.
Scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Biostatistics Canter have developed this Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, a Web tool that allows a health professional to project a woman’s individualized estimate of risk for invasive breast cancer over a 5-year period and over her lifetime (to age 90).
Guidelines related to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases:
Revised Guidelines for HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral.Uses an evidence-based approach for recommendations. Provides explanations and examples of recommended practices, including risk screening to target interventions in some settings and effective HIV-prevention counseling models.
Revised Recommendations for HIV Screening of Pregnant Women. Recommends routine voluntary HIV testing as part of prenatal care. Offers ways to make the pretest screening process simpler and easier.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Treatment Guidelines 2002. Presents a revised approach to diagnosing pelvic inflammatory disease. Offers alternative treatment regimens for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and bacterial vaginosis; an expanded section on newly available type-specific genital herpes serologic test; and a revised approach to the management of sexual assault victims.
Competencies Project www.trainingfinder.org/competencies
The core competencies represent a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for the broad practice of public health. They transcend the boundaries of the specific disciplines within public health and help to unify the profession. This effort of the Council focuses on core competencies as they apply to front line staff, senior level staff, and supervisory and management staff
Examination of Vaginal Wet Preps (Video) depts.washington.edu/nnptc/online_training/wet_preps_video.html
Developed by the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, this video for healthcare professionals provides basic instruction on preparing and examining vaginal wet preps. Filmed on location at laboratories and clinics at the University of Washington, the video presents remarkable through-the-microscope footage of trichomonads, yeast, and clue cells associated with BV, allowing the viewer to quickly learn essential differentiation skills. Examination of Vaginal Wet Preps is designed for use both as an introductory teaching tool and as a library resource for refreshing skills. The straight-forward approach, clear visuals, and comprehensive coverage of determining the presence of infection make it an essential resource for all STD labs. Target audience: Healthcare personnel who perform and interpret tests for vaginal infections.
Folic Acid Provider Tip Sheet www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/promo_materials.htm
CDC has folic acid education materials available free of charge. The materials have been developed, tested, refined, and produced for two target audiences - the pregnancy contemplators and the pregnancy non-contemplators. The Contemplators group includes women who are planning a pregnancy or thinking about becoming pregnant sometime soon. The Before You Know It series of materials is geared toward this group. The pregnancy non-contemplators are not thinking about babies and are not planning a pregnancy anytime soon. The Ready, Not materials are intended for this group. Focus groups were conducted with women in the defined target audiences to explore their beliefs about what makes an effective folic acid prevention message, and their materials were developed accordingly.
An Introduction to Information Mastery www.poems.msu.edu/infomastery
This is a Web-based course that introduces the basic concepts of Information Mastery, Evidence-Based Medicine (EBP), and critical appraisal of the medical literature created by the Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University .
Journeyworks - Sexual Coercion Pamphlets www.journeyworks.com
Get free review copies of eight sexual coercion pamphlets to enhance your reproductive health programs. Health professionals and educators can call 1-800-775-1998, fax 1-800-775-5853 or visit www.journeyworks.com to receive complimentary review copies. These innovative pamphlets encourage positive and healthy relationship choices by strengthening refusal skills and helping reproductive health professionals and educators teach young women and teens about keeping the balance of power in relationships. For more information see the Journeyworks' press release(PDF).
Managing Contraception www.managingcontraception.com
Chapters and Downloadable files: Managing Contraception includes algorithms, diagrams, color photos of the pills your patients are using, CDC Treatment Guidelines, along with 35 chapters of information about contraception.
Medscape Article - "How to Select an Electonic Health Record System" www.medscape.com/viewarticle/501472
This article is designed to help you develop a plan for selecting an electronic health record system. By adhering to a logical and systematic selection process, you'll be able to make a high-quality decision about which EHR to choose.
PATH’s Emergency Contraception Publications www.path.org/projects/ec_featured_publications.php
This page features a range of EC-related materials that are designed for advocacy and program implementation.
Pap Management Trainings cme.asccp.org/home/home.cfm
The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology's (ASCCP) has introduced a new series of online CME programs. The program was designed by ASCCP, in collaboration with the American Social Health Association, to address the most pressing gynecologic issues facing physicians and other licensed healthcare providers today. Each lecture features a PowerPoint lecture containing cytologic, colposcopic, and histologic images, as well as scrolling text and audio accompaniments. Each lecture takes approximately 60 minutes to complete, however, participants may proceed through the lectures at their own pace, with the program allowing the user to bookmark a lecture and return at a later time. Upon completion of a short CME exam and evaluation survey, the participant will then receive 1 continuing medical education credit (Category 1) for each lecture. Participation in the ASCCP Online CME Program and receipt of CME credit is free.
Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP) resources www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ppipix.htm
A DHHS program to increase the appropriate use of clinical preventive services, such as screening tests, immunizations, and counseling, based on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.
2006 STD Treatment Guidelines www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/default.htm
These guidelines for the treatment of persons who have sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were developed by CDC after consultation with a group of professionals knowledgeable in the field of STDs who met in Atlanta, Georgia, during April 19–21, 2005. The information in this report updates the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2002 (MMWR 2002;51[No. RR-6]). Included in these updated guidelines are an expanded diagnostic evaluation for cervicitis and trichomoniasis; new antimicrobial recommendations for trichomoniasis; additional data on the clinical efficacy of azithromycin for chlamydial infections in pregnancy; discussion of the role of Mycoplasma genitalium and trichomoniasis in urethritis/cervicitis and treatment-related implications; emergence of lymphogranuloma venereum protocolitis among men who have sex with men (MSM); expanded discussion of the criteria for spinal fluid examination to evaluate for neurosyphilis; the emergence of azithromycinresistant Treponema pallidum; increasing prevalence of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in MSM; revised discussion concerning the sexual transmission of hepatitis C; postexposure prophylaxis after sexual assault; and an expanded discussion of STD prevention approaches.
State Family Planning Administrators (SFPA) List of STD/HIV Client Education Materials for Linguistically Diverse Populations(PDF)
This publication, "List of STD/HIV Client Education Materials for Linguistically Diverse Populations," contains the names of 150 individual pamphlets, fact sheets, etc. that can be ordered through the mail or downloaded through Internet sites and are written in languages other than English. In total, over 30 languages are featured on the list and with the distribution of this disk, clinics will soon be able to have knowledge of where to order or download STD/HIV resources for these special population.
The Updated Herpes Handbook www.westoverheights.com
The Updated Herpes Handbook, available as both text and as a PDF file on this site, was written as a concise and easy-to-read reference for those wanting to know more about this very common infection. Copies are also available for purchase for $3.00 by mail. The Handbook is updated regularly to include the most current, cutting edge information.
