Region 10 Women's Health Items of Interest

Region 10

Women's Health Items of Interest

Recording Now Available Online FREE WEBINAR! Interventions That Work: Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Among Youth Using Telemedicine to Combat Opioids Call for HRSA National Advisory Committee Nominations PrEP Awareness in Special Populations of Women and People who Use Drugs Screening for Adolescent Mental Health and Depression Flu Resources Recording Now Available Online Enjoy the recording of the National Meeting on Active Duty and Veteran's Women's Health, an event designed to address the specialized health care needs of active duty and veteran women. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The meeting brought together clinical and behavioral health professionals and researchers to: Specify the most critical physical and mental health needs Identify and explain disparities in health care delivery Explore current research studies Communicate best practices for care Showcase innovative tools that providers can use to improve health services Discuss existing social support and referrals around mental health conditions and substance abuse To View the meeting now, click here - View

FREE WEBINAR! Interventions That Work: Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Among Youth Mark your calendar! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health will host a free webinar October 24 from 1:30-3:00 pm ET titled, Interventions That Work: Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Among Youth. The webinar will highlight the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendation for Primary Prevention Interventions to Reduce Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Youth and the systematic review evidence on which it was based. Attendees will learn about resources available to help communities get started and hear from communities in Indiana and Kentucky who have used these resources to implement successful programs. Learn more about the webinar and Register ! Using Telemedicine to Combat Opioids ADM Giroir’s blog,  Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic is live! Combatting the opioid crisis is a top priority for the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  We are making progress. Just last week we released the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data, which showed significantly more people received treatment for substance use disorder in 2017 than in 2016; this was especially true for those with heroin-related opioid use disorders.  In addition, the number of people who initiated use of heroin in 2017 was less than half of the number in 2016. While these are promising data, we know there is still much more work to be done, especially in rural areas that have been hard hit by the opioid epidemic.  This is particularly true in some rural and remote areas of the country where patients with opioid use disorder (OUD must travel long distances to receive treatment; and there are too few clinicians available to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT)- an essential component in the treatment of OUD. HHS is committed to improving access to MAT for OUD and is working on a variety of strategies to improve access to this life saving treatment through increased funding to states and communities, payment policy changes, and education, training and technical assistance.  One such area is to help providers understand how telemedicine can be used, in certain circumstances, to expand access to buprenorphine-based MAT. Working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HHS developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based MAT for opioid use disorder treatment under current DEA regulations.   The information, including a clinical practice example that is consistent with applicable DEA and HHS administered authorities, can help to increase access to buprenorphine by utilizing telemedicine to expand provider’s ability to prescribe MAT to patients, including remote patients under certain circumstances. This especially will support access to buprenorphine in rural areas where there may be a smaller number of providers with a DATA 2000 waiver—which allows qualified practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of OUD in settings other than a federally regulated opioid treatment program. Sadly, this information is not widely known among healthcare providers and other stakeholders; and many have been reluctant to utilize telemedicine for prescribing MAT. That is why we are taking this opportunity during Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week (September 16-22, 2018) to make sure everyone knows that effective treatment is available, including via telemedicine, to help combat the opioid epidemic in the U.S. Beyond telemedicine, health information technology (health IT) can be leveraged in many ways to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has resources for healthcare providers to learn more about health IT tools to combat the opioid epidemic through the Opioid Epidemic and Health IT chapter in the Health IT Playbook and ONC’s Educational Module for Behavioral Health Providers. Please share this information with your colleagues and networks as we are hopeful that we can help eliminate this perceived barrier to treatment.He is very passionate about this topic so please help us cross-promote!  ADM Giroir’s tweet: https://twitter.com/HHS_ASH/status/1042042271531720704 And here is a bitly for you to use on social media: https://bit.ly/2pjG0LU View Call for HRSA National Advisory Committee Nominations HRSA's Federal Advisory Committees advise or make recommendations on matters relating to the programs, responsibilities, or activities of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463) defines Federal advisory committees and provides general procedures to follow for their operation. FACA ensures that the Congress and the public are kept informed with respect to the purpose, membership, and activities of advisory committees.  The Advisory Committees advise on: Health Workforce Maternal and Child Health HIV/AIDS Rural Health and Migrant Health Transplantation Vaccines A Designated Federal Official is responsible for each Committee's management and administrative matters.  View

PrEP Awareness in Special Populations of Women and People who Use Drugs SPEAKER: Jaimie P. Meyer, MD, MS, FACP    Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Medicine Learning Objectives:  Evaluate potential barriers to PrEP uptake and retention among special populations of women and people who use drugs, including lack of awareness  Identify strategies to increase PrEP awareness among special populations of women and people who use drugs, including the use of patient-centered decision aids. Friday, October 12, 2018  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT  REGISTER FOR WEBCAST A live webcast sponsored by: Cicatelli Associates Inc., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Grant No. 1U65PS004408-1), and Clinical Directors Network, Inc. (CDN). This webcast is pending for up to 1.5 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) All continuing education credits are provided free of charge. The session will be facilitated virtually via the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Please ensure that you have Google Chrome downloaded as your web browser for an optimal learning experience. If you encounter any difficulty with the Blackboard platform, please contact our support team at 1-212-382-0699 ext. 253.    PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL as this address is not checked often. Please send all questions to eLearning2@CDNetwork.org. Screening for Adolescent Mental Health and Depression Screening for Adolescent Mental Health and Depression: Implementing universal screening and referral in annual preventive visits Thursday, October 11, 2018 · 9:00-10:00 a.m. PDT Session Description October 11th is National Screening for Depression Day. This webinar will cover current recommendations for mental health screening, with a focus on adolescents and young adults. It will highlight standardized screening instruments and discuss addressing positive screens, including the practice of warm referral. In addition, it will describe how Minnesota supports mental health screening in primary care through Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) provider requirements, clinical quality measures, and referral resources. The webinar will also point to federal resources related to adolescent depression and screening. This webinar will be presented by Katy Schalla Lesiak, MSN/MPH, APRN-CPNP, Child and Teen Checkups (EPSDT), Minnesota Department of Health and JoAnne Hoffman Jecha, MD, Pediatrician at South Lake Pediatrics. REGISTER     Questions? Contact Lesley.Craig@hhs.gov Brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health’s Region 5 Adolescent Health Network, Minnesota Department of Health, University of MN - State Adolescent Health Resource Center, and the Minnesota Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Academy of Family Physicians. Flu Resources CDC Influenza Surveillance: 2018-19 FluView Starting in October, influenza surveillance data will be released on Friday mornings on FluView for the 2018-19 Influenza Season. Surveillance data includes geographic spread, influenza-like illness activity by state, hospitalization rates, and more. Sign up to get the latest updates on flu from CDC. Newly Released Immunization-related MMWRs Influenza and Tdap Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women — United States, April 2018. During the 2017–18 influenza season, 49.1% of pregnant women received influenza vaccination before or during pregnancy, 54.4% of women with a live birth received Tdap vaccination during pregnancy, and 32.8% received both vaccines. Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices—United States, 2018–19 Influenza Season. This report focuses on the recommendations for the use of influenza vaccines for the prevention and control of influenza during the 2018–19 season in the United States. A summary of these recommendations are available at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/flu.html. Region X Women's Health Coordinator Lewissa Swanson, M.P.A. lewissa.swanson@hhs.gov