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Pesticides & Health Series 2008
Pesticide training for the primary care provider via video conference from UC Davis. Sign up for the next training or review archives at this link.
Update: Prevention of Hepatitis A After Exposure to Hepatitis A Virus and in International Travelers. Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
MMWR October 19, 2007 / 56(41);1080-1084 (See separate resource listing and link for Q&A about these new recommendations.
Questions and Answers: Prevention of Hepatitis A after Exposure to Hepatitis A Virus and in International Travelers: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
This document answers commonly asked questions about the revised guidelines.
Vaccine Equivalency Chart: Mexico and Arizona
A comparison of Mexico's Immunization Schedule and the U.S. C.D.C. recommended schedule from US and Mexico Border Health Comission, Arizona Delegation
Hepatitis Web Study
From the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and the University of Washington. This excellent site provides interactive, case-based modules related to the clinical care of persons with Viral Hepatitis A, B, and C. Easy to access!
A Guide to Integrating Community Health Workers into Health Disparity Collaboratives
The first section of the document is tailored to each Collaborative Topic (diabetes, cancer, etc.) with suggestions for how CHWs can promote significant outcomes within a variety of measures. The second section includes a grid describing roles for CHWs in five of six components of the Chronic Care Model, aligned with already-established Change Concepts such as "Set and document self-management goals collaboratively with patients." For each Change Concept, a number of high-potential Change Ideas are presented.
A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States Part II: Immunization of Adults
MMWR 2006,55(No. RR-16) Please note: Be sure to include the 3 appendices to get the complete document.
The Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care
International Standards for Tuberculosis Care
Un libro para parteras / A Book for Midwives
Appropriate information and training empower midwives and other health workers to provide the care needed to reduce dangers in childbirth. Developed with the participation of dozens of community-based midwives, midwifery trainers, and medical specialists, Hesperian’s new edition of Un libro para parteras/A Book for Midwives has been reorganized and extensively revised to better support care during labor and management of obstetric emergencies, and expanded to include lifesaving reproductive health information.
Organophosphate Pesticides and Child Health
A web-based CME course offers health care providers up-to-date scientific information regarding health risks for children exposed to OP pesticides.
Family Violence Initiative Manager Position
Children's Environmental Health for Health Care Providers
A list of free online resource compiled by the EPA
Esperanza Project Materials - New Handbook to Aid Female Farmworkers
The new handbook educates low-wage immigrant women about their rights in the workplace and the steps they should take if they are confronted with harassment or discrimination. To obtain free copies, contact the SPLC at 1-800-591-3656
Komen Study Profiles Eight Communities Nationwide 'Most Affected' by Breast Cancer
Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Thursday released a report that profiles eight communities "most affected" by breast cancer and launched a campaign that aims to curb disparities and remove gaps in breast cancer-related care, the Washington Post reports. The eight communities profiled in the report, titled "Breast Cancer Mortality Report: Closing the Gaps in Eight Communities," are: Chicago; Madison County, Miss.; Moultrie County, Ill.; McDowell County, W.Va.; Edgecombe County, N.C.; Harlem, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; and Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit.
Reaching the Underserved eNewsletter March 2007
This March issue highlights "Spring: A Season of Clearing, Planting, and Expectation."
Cultural Competency CME Portal
This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health (OMH), offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. You may access free online courses accredited for continuing education credit as well as supplementary tools to help you and your organization promote respectful, understandable, and effective care to your increasingly diverse patients.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Pesticide Educational Materials
Pesticide educational materials for promotoras and the community. Includes promotora lesson plans and consmer educatiaonal materials about pesticide safety and pregnancy.
FDA Approves First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1
The vaccine could be used in the event the current H5N1 avian virus were to develop the capability to efficiently spread from human to human, resulting in the rapid spread of the disease across the globe. Should such an influenza pandemic emerge, the vaccine may provide early limited protection in the months before a vaccine tailored to the pandemic strain of the virus could be developed and produced
Boys also should get HPV shots, medical experts say
Some medical experts are calling for boys, in addition to girls, to be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus. Although men can't get the cervical cancer that can result from HPV, they can get HPV and pass it on to their partners
