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Hepatitis Charting
This resource provides a straightforward tool to use to develop effective hepatitis risk assessment with adult clients through your clinic charting system.
Immunization Schedules software for PDAs/Shots 2007
Shots 2007 is freeware for personal use. Shots 2007 is a quick reference guide to the Immunization Schedules, a collaboration of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the 2006-2007 Adult Immunization Schedule, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
CDC issues ACIP recommendations for the use of HPV vaccine
These recommendations represent the first statement by the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use
of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine licensed by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 8, 2006. This
report summarizes the epidemiology of HPV and associated
diseases, describes the licensed HPV vaccine, and provides
recommendations for its use for vaccination among females aged
9-26 years in the United States. March 2007.
Immunization Update, March 2007
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.
AAFP: American Academy of Family Physicians
Online Job Bank. Family physicians remain in high demand and have a variety of practice settings available to them. To view your options and current openings
NACHC: The National Association of Community Health Centers
Online Job Bank. You may contact them at:
7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 210, Bethesda, MD 20814. Phone: 301-347-0400, Fax: 301-347-0459
National Health Service Corps
Provides information on communities that are currently recruiting primary care clinicians and is not exclusive to NHSC Scholars and those interested in the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.
PedJobs
PedJobs is the official employment resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is free to the job seeker.
Northwest Regional Primary Care Association Job Bank
If you are interested in a clinical job posting with a community health center in AK, ID, OR or WA, please visit our clinical job listing to search for positions and upload your information.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
Sponsors an internet-based job bank at www.midwifejobs.com, for which they charge $250 for a 4-week listing. ACNM also has a description of Federally Qualified Health Centers in relation to the midwifery profession.
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
Operates an online job bank
smalltownmdjobs.com
Online services aimed at recruiting doctors and nurses to rural locations
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
The American Academy of Physician Assistants uses the same database, as do other professional organizations,
Hepatitis B Facts: Testing&Vaccination
The "Hepatitis B Facts: Testing and vaccination" was updated to
reflect changes made to ACIP's recommendations that expand the
definition of who is eligible to receive hepatitis B vaccine.
MMWR corrects an error in the vaccination schedule for persons aged 0-18 years.January 23,2007
In the MMWR QuickGuide "Recommended Immunization Schedules for
Persons Aged 0-18 Years—United States, 2007," an error occurred
in the first sentence of the second bullet of footnote 10 under
Figure 2 on page Q-3. The sentence should read, "Administer 2
doses of varicella vaccine to persons aged <13 years at least 3
months apart."
A Migrant Farmworker Occupational Health Reference Manual for Clinicians
Produced by NYCAMH and MCN, offers information for the diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries. This online resource provides information on farmworker crop profiles, diagnosis and treatment, patient education, cultural competency, and much more.
Interim VIS for Varicella, January 10, 2007
On January 10, CDC released a revised interim VIS for varicella.
It includes changes to reflect the new two-dose schedule for
children and the availability of the measles-mumps-rubella- varicella (MMRV) vaccine. After ACIP publishes these updated recommendations in MMWR, a final varicella VIS will be developed.
Rotavirus: Lo que usted debe saber
En Febrero de 2006, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) recomendaron una nueva vacuna para proteger a los lactantes contra el rotavirus. El rotavirus provoca fiebre alta, vómitos y diarrea persistentesenniños pequeños, normalmente durante el invierno en los Estados Unidos.
