• Concern over the issue of coerced sex among adolescent women has been elevated by a growing body of research-much of it from developed countries-that has reported significant associations between coerced sex and a range of negative health and reproductive health outcomes for women of reproductive age. (guttmacher.org)
  • Chi-square tests and logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between coerced first intercourse and selected reproductive health behaviors and outcomes. (guttmacher.org)
  • The pharmacy reimbursement and drug pricing scheme in the U.S. has grown out of control, with misaligned incentives that neither benefit the patient nor lead to better health outcomes. (pharmacist.com)
  • For people of color, the right to bodily autonomy and quality health care has been consistently under attack in this country - leading to huge disparities in sexual and reproductive health outcomes between women of color and white women. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • The project called "Mimba Yangu" (My pregnancy) aims to assess the outcomes and potential impact of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended one ultrasound in every pregnancy before 24 weeks in light of utilization of primary health care services, pregnancy outcomes and maternal- newborn health. (aku.edu)
  • The study also includes pre- and post- program surveys on issues such as leadership, relationships, knowledge and practices on a variety of health issues, especially reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, and educational outcomes. (iie.org)
  • Emerging issues of concern were identified including exposure to novel halogenated products and resulting bioeffects, future of work issues, neurologic and renal diseases, welding fumes without exposure limits, reproductive outcomes in manufacturing workers, effects of stress, shift, and gig work, improved exposure assessments, and impacts of climate change. (cdc.gov)
  • Improving the health of women of reproductive age extends beyond focusing on pregnancy and birth outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization defines domestic violence as "the range of sexually, psychologically and physically coercive acts used against adult and adolescent women by current or former male intimate partners. (guttmacher.org)
  • A 2011 study conducted by Stanford University researchers and published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization concluded that the Global Gag Rule was responsible for an increase in abortion rates , another 2011 study of women in Ghana found that the abortion rate was higher in rural areas when the Global Gag Rule was in effect. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The PRECISE Network is a group of research scientists and health advocates mainly based in the UK and Africa, but also including the World Health Organization. (aku.edu)
  • Wherever possible, we also highlight best practices, policy recommendations, advocacy tips, and legal strategies to strengthen existing programs and address reproductive and sexual health disparities. (healthlaw.org)
  • This made it impossible for patients in the program to get birth control at places like Planned Parenthood - and prohibited doctors and nurses from giving people full information about all of their sexual and reproductive health care options. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Until the Title X gag rule was imposed, Planned Parenthood health centers served 41% of the 4 million patients - or more than 1.6 million people - who got care through the Title X program. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • The new rule forced Planned Parenthood health centers, along with many others, to withdraw from the Title X program. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • In many communities, Planned Parenthood is the only source of sexual and reproductive health care. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • More than half of Planned Parenthood health centers are in rural or underserved communities - where access to health care is already severely limited. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • At age 16, Leana Wen sought birth-control information at a Planned Parenthood health center. (marieclaire.com)
  • Wen, now 36, remembers feeling terrified when she walked into a health center run by Planned Parenthood in Pasadena, California, near where her family was living at the time. (marieclaire.com)
  • Twenty years later, on a sunny morning in late January, a banner reading "Welcome home, Dr. Wen," greets her as she walks into that very same health center as the newly named president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). (marieclaire.com)
  • Here, Wen seems particularly interested in how Planned Parenthood of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley has expanded so quickly (it had one health center in 2004 and will have seven by 2021), a flow plan that gets patients in and out of most appointments in an hour or less, and recently added services including HIV prevention, hormone treatments, and mammograms. (marieclaire.com)
  • Hiring Wen, an emergency room physician who most recently served as the public health commissioner in Baltimore, seems to be a targeted effort by Planned Parenthood to remind pundits and the public that while the organization remains committed to providing abortions, they also offer a plethora of high-quality, potentially life-saving healthcare services that have nothing to do with the politics of terminating pregnancies. (marieclaire.com)
  • Planned Parenthood could even begin offering services not typically associated with reproductive care like treatment for diabetes, mental health, and opioid addiction, an issue she tackled in Baltimore by issuing a city-wide prescription for the overdose-reversing drug, Naloxone. (marieclaire.com)
  • Hughes wondered how many programs Planned Parenthood would have to cut if they depended, as most pro-life groups do, primarily on the donations of supporters. (theinterim.com)
  • While charitable organizations may take part in limited non-partisan political activities, Planned Parenthood has astonishingly admitted to Lobbying public officials to ensure that each Canadian has equal access to reproductive and health services, although in the 2002 document, the word lobbying is visibly erased and replaced with a hand-written 'Informing', presumably to deflect possible criticism of their political activities. (theinterim.com)
  • Hughes said Planned Parenthood is a huge lobbying organization for the pro-abortion and depopulation control movement, and questions why one side of these life issues gets direct federal funding while the other is targeted for review of its political activities. (theinterim.com)
  • As a global health organization focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights, Planned Parenthood Global faces even greater challenges as we navigate cultural and societal ideas about gender, sex, and morality. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Interventions to improve adolescent women's reproductive health should directly address the issue of sexual coercion. (guttmacher.org)
  • summarized various chronic disease screening recommendations and interventions targeted to reach women of reproductive age and improve their health throughout life. (cdc.gov)
  • Financial compensation is a cost-effective strategy for increasing VMMC uptake among high-risk men in Zambia, and VMMC programs may consider similar interventions suited to their context. (cdc.gov)
  • for women who have HIV infection, these programs can enable them to receive appropriate and timely medical interventions for their own health and for reducing the risk for perinatal (i.e., mother to infant) and other modes of HIV transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • This epidemic may be yet another opportunity for the improvement of women's health by strengthening culturally sensitive family planning services, and a broad spectrum of public health interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). (who.int)
  • ICHI covers all parts of the health system and contains a wide range of interventions not found in national classifications. (who.int)
  • Uses include comparing rates of interventions across countries, waiting times, and variations in response to specific health conditions (clinical pathways). (who.int)
  • A comprehensive international classification of health interventions provides a sound base for comparisons, whether the international classification is used directly for collecting data, as a base for developing national classifications, or as a common structure to which codes in national classifications can be mapped for compiling international data. (who.int)
  • Although there is increasing recognition of the scope and significance of sexual coercion experienced by adolescent women in developing countries, evidence on its consequences for reproductive health remains limited. (guttmacher.org)
  • Most research on sexual violence is based on data from reproductive-age women in intimate partnerships. (guttmacher.org)
  • Other studies from developed countries have reported a significant link between physical or sexual abuse among reproductive-age women and a range of gynecological problems, including vaginal bleeding, pain during intercourse, chronic pelvic pain, urinary tract infection and medically treated pelvic inflammatory disease. (guttmacher.org)
  • Women's reproductive health in Russia refers to the set of physical, mental, and social health issues and services available to women in Russia. (wikipedia.org)
  • It includes the rights, laws, and problems experienced by women and their families regarding proper reproductive health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women account for over half of the Russian population and are considered a vulnerable population due to political and social problems from inequalities in gender, age, socioeconomic status, and geographical location that affect access to comprehensive health care. (wikipedia.org)
  • Currently, women in Russia access care through government funded free services, private insurance, and NGO programs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Though Russia has over 2,150 mammogram machines, there is no national screening program and poor education for women regarding early detection, treatment, and counseling. (wikipedia.org)
  • The government has rolled out a series of programs since the 1990s, but women encounter problems with access to protection and care due to gender discrimination and family rejection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Currently, women rely on a combination of traditional and modern contraceptive methods and lack some of the services once provided by the Soviet Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are strong incentives for women in Russia to have multiple children due to depopulation, so the government provides health care to ensure healthy babies are born. (wikipedia.org)
  • To effectively prevent and control the spread of STDs, CDC recommends health services that include a sexual risk assessment, chlamydia screening for sexually active women aged ≤25 years, and risk-based testing for other STDs ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Our specialists offer reproductive health care services for women Veterans, including contraception, pregnancy care and fertility treatment. (va.gov)
  • Our women's health program offers complete health care for women Veterans of all ages. (va.gov)
  • Dr. Reddy added, "With the legalization of marijuana in some states, it is especially important for pregnant women and health care providers to be aware that cannabis use can increase stillbirth risk. (nih.gov)
  • For incarcerated women who are survivors of domestic violence to prepare them for re-integration into society, through individual and group counseling, preparation for parole board hearings, intensive case management, and employment ready services. (nywf.org)
  • For its Anti-Violence Social Media Campaign, a youth-led social media initiative designed to address violence against young lesbians, queer-identified women, and trans women, and educate other community-based organizations about violence facing young women and what can be done to remedy the issues. (nywf.org)
  • To address institutional discrimination and gender-based violence experienced by service women/women veterans in New York City through a Legal and Peer Support Helpline, legislative reform, litigation, advocacy/public education, and direct support to secure quality health care and equal benefits. (nywf.org)
  • Women have enjoyed a particular benefit, though, because prior to the ACA many insurers charged women more for health insurance - a practice known as gender rating. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Many of these, including prescription drugs and mental-health services, benefit women and men alike. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In addition, insurers must cover certain preventive services for women without cost-sharing. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Black women face delayed health diagnoses, higher rates of cervical cancer , and increased mortality rates for breast and cervical cancer. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Moreover, they are now seeking to extend this wholly unbalanced approach to another program affecting an equally vulnerable group of people: women who have been victims of sex trafficking. (guttmacher.org)
  • For over 30 years the United States has tied the hands of international family planning organizations from providing women with the critical reproductive health services they need, including safe abortion services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The United States should support the health and lives of women worldwide, not trample on their reproductive rights and the free speech of organizations from advocating for abortion law reform. (reproductiverights.org)
  • It's time to permanently put in place responsible policy that makes it easier - not harder - for women to receive full and consistent access to family planning and reproductive health services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • I urge House and Senate leadership to finally do the right thing - pass this critically important legislation and empower women with access to comprehensive health care. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The result is that there are no programs, funding, or services focused specifically on women with disabilities. (dawncanada.net)
  • Join our call to action to ensure that women with disabilities and Deaf women are more than a footnote in anti-violence strategies, policies, programs and services! (dawncanada.net)
  • Using the Kenya health information system and the confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in Kenya, this study aims to analyse trends in fMMR and also develop predictive models that will utilise multiple socio- demographic, health systems and clinical characteristics to determine the risk of women dying during delivery. (aku.edu)
  • The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU), East Africa in partnership with the Philips Foundation are in an agreement to enable access of portable ultrasound equipment and Mobile Obstetric Monitoring (MOM) application in Kilifi County. (aku.edu)
  • The DYAD project extends the ongoing PRECISE network study [PRECISEnetwork.org] of 10,000 pregnant women and their infants (dyads) to provide insights into health and disease in two of the original three sub-Saharan African countries, The Gambia and Kenya. (aku.edu)
  • A targeted approach to gender equality allows us to focus on initiatives that fight poverty and inequality by supporting gender equality and defending the rights of women and girls, particularly their sexual health and reproductive rights. (gc.ca)
  • In spite of public health recommendations, only a relatively small fraction of such women get immunized. (getaflushot.com)
  • A cross-sectional survey was conducted to interview Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA). (plos.org)
  • Our findings suggest positive changes in health care seeking behavior of women and families with respect to MNH. (plos.org)
  • Years later, adolescents and youth continue to be an important focus of my work, though now with a greater emphasis on girls, women, and reproductive health. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Universities have improved services for young women, including establishing better library and study facilities, reproductive health service delivery and counseling. (iie.org)
  • On an individual level, millions of women around the world are currently unable to attain reproductive autonomy. (populationmedia.org)
  • When women cannot achieve reproductive autonomy, both individuals and society experience greater socioeconomic burdens. (populationmedia.org)
  • These images feature women and young leaders in Rwanda who are working to ensure quality sexual and reproductive health information and services reach all who need them. (hewlett.org)
  • The Hewlett Foundation's Global Development and Population Program makes grants to ensure women have full opportunities to earn a living and can choose whether and when to have children. (hewlett.org)
  • The newest collections include Health Development Initiative, the Imbuto Foundation, Kasha, Medical Students for Choice, Youth Development Labs, Teen Health Mississippi, and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). (hewlett.org)
  • These services "give time back to active-duty service members and promote autonomy in making a decision with the capacity for all types of contraception," said Theresa Hart, senior nurse consultant at the DHA Women and Infant Clinical Community, Special Medical Programs. (health.mil)
  • Ensuring the providers have the skills, equipment, and team to provide the care on a walk-in basis is a leading practice to empower women to make timely decisions for their reproductive health. (health.mil)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • Each year in the United States, almost 3% of all reproductive-aged women terminate their pregnancies. (medscape.com)
  • Nevertheless, most reproduc- Nonetheless, men were less likely than The sample of married men was recruit- tive health and family planning pro- women to approve of family planning. (who.int)
  • highlighted the prevalence of chronic disease conditions and risk factors that affect the health of women of reproductive age, including behavioral and environmental factors such as smoking, alcohol use, depression, physical inactivity, and lack of access to health services. (cdc.gov)
  • Health promotion for women of reproductive age includes increasing epidemiology capacity at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to effectively use data related to chronic disease prevalence and risk. (cdc.gov)
  • illustrated well the importance of building capacity at county and state health department and even clinic levels to address chronic disease prevention in women of reproductive age. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2010, CDC developed national guidelines that provide evidence-based information on safe and effective options for contraception for various medical conditions affecting US reproductive-aged women, including teenagers. (cdc.gov)
  • In February 1994, the National Institutes of Health announced interim results from a multicenter, placebo-controlled clinical trial (AIDS Clinical Trials Group {ACTG} protocol 076), indicating that administration of zidovudine (ZDV) to a selected group of pregnant women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to their newborns reduced the risk for perinatal HIV transmission by approximately two thirds. (cdc.gov)
  • On June 6 7, 1994, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) convened a workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, to a) develop recommendations for the use of ZDV to reduce the risk for perinatal HIV transmission and b) discuss the implications of these recommendations for treatment, counseling, and HIV testing of women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • The following persons either served as consultants at the workshop for developing the recommendations for HIV counseling and voluntary testing for pregnant women or were members of the U.S. Public Health Service Task Force on the Use of Zidovudine to Reduce Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. (cdc.gov)
  • These recommendations were developed by the U.S. Public Health Service to address the increasing epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women and their infants. (cdc.gov)
  • The recommendations stress the importance of early diagnosis of HIV infection for the health of both women and their infants and are based on advances made in HIV-related treatment and prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • This document recommends routine HIV counseling and voluntary testing for all pregnant women and is intended to serve as guidance for health-care providers in educating women about the importance of knowing their HIV infection status. (cdc.gov)
  • These programs also can facilitate appropriate follow-up care and services for HIV-infected women, their infants, and other family members. (cdc.gov)
  • To reverse these trends, HIV education and services for prevention and health care must be made available to all women. (cdc.gov)
  • In the first stage, controlled descriptors were used, in Portuguese and English, associated with the OR and AND In 2019, the world population of women of reproductive operators: (family planning OR family planning programs) age (15 to 49 years) was estimated at 1.9 billion people. (bvsalud.org)
  • The findings of this study suggest that women from different countries and regions, and with different levels of social capital, faced the same conflicts concerning reproductive decisions. (bvsalud.org)
  • We aimed at providing insights into women's views and attitudes towards their reproductive rights, and at exposing the psychosocial and cultural factors affecting women during the times of Zika. (bvsalud.org)
  • We focused on the reproductive choices of women indirectly affected by the disease, because to our knowledge the literature on the Zika epidemic concentrates on the impact of the disease on women who delivered babies with microcephaly. (bvsalud.org)
  • Her dedicated service to women and girls has earned her an award for outstanding pro bono legal aid, and the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association prize for remarkable contribution. (lu.se)
  • VA New York Harbor Healthcare System offers a wide range of health, support, and facility services for Veterans in New York City. (va.gov)
  • You can learn more about your rights when it comes to reproductive healthcare at ReproductiveRights.gov . (mfhs.org)
  • Key data gaps with significant high burden remain including work organization impacts on cancer and CVD in healthcare workers, AROs in service workers, and CVD in service workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, opportunities for further research in service, healthcare, and transportation/warehouse sectors that include future of work issues was evident. (cdc.gov)
  • This newly structured resource houses the PEHSU National Classroom which allows healthcare professionals access to resources, webinars, and interactive online courses on various topics relating to environmental health. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Classroom is intended to help healthcare professionals broaden their level of expertise in environmental health and stay informed of the latest information available. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC and state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments request that healthcare providers, especially obstetric and pediatric healthcare providers, participate in the US Zika Pregnancy Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • It's not that it's not an issue, but it's not a gigantic problem, nor is it the biggest problem in healthcare. (medscape.com)
  • Some healthcare professionals are concerned that if a physician refuses to perform a procedure or service because they have a conscientious objection (CO), patients will have to look for another doctor, thereby delaying their treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Some healthcare professionals say that if a physician refuses to perform a procedure or service because they have a CO, some patients may not even know what services they are entitled to and won't get the treatment or procedures that they need. (medscape.com)
  • This ruling not only harmed access to abortions, but pregnancy services, contraception, gender-affirming care, and related care for people with chronic conditions as well. (healthlaw.org)
  • Under the Soviet Union, federal programs provided condoms, IUDs and estrogen pills, and allowed abortion as a form of contraception. (wikipedia.org)
  • Russia is still struggling to change the social norm of abortion as a primary form of contraception, and abortion remains one of the biggest challenges to women's reproductive health because of post-abortion mental and physical health problems and lack of proper care. (wikipedia.org)
  • These interest groups continue to insist that an employer's religious objection to contraception (including that of an individual business owner) should receive absolute deference, notwithstanding the conscience rights, health care needs or even legal entitlements of their employees. (guttmacher.org)
  • There are many reasons of unmet needs like concerns about health risk or side effects of contraceptives, opposition to use and lack of knowledge about contraception. (who.int)
  • The Defense Health Agency recently issued an Administrative Instruction for access to walk-in contraception services across the Military Health System, letting beneficiaries discuss and receive their preferred and medically appropriate care. (health.mil)
  • Walk-in contraception services let the patient discuss and receive their preferred and medically appropriate care to support family planning, menstrual health, pregnancy prevention, and for our active-duty personnel, readiness. (health.mil)
  • The instruction aims to ensure active-duty service members and beneficiaries have access to important reproductive health care in the form of contraception at military hospitals and clinics. (health.mil)
  • Il existait une incidence significative entre le niveau d'études et la contraception en cours ainsi que le nombre d'enfants et l'utilisation antérieure d'un moyen de contraception. (who.int)
  • Si les hommes mariés avaient une attitude positive vis-à-vis de la planification familiale et de bonnes connaissances en la matière, ceci ne se traduisait pas, en pratique, par l'utilisation d'une méthode de contraception. (who.int)
  • About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (eurekalert.org)
  • Wen is the first doctor to lead PPFA in nearly 50 years, and today's visit is the third stop on her national listening tour to 20 of the organization's 53 regional affiliate offices that run Planned Parenthood's more than 650 health centers, which provide care for some 2.5 million people nationwide. (marieclaire.com)
  • Nonetheless, multivariable analysis controlling for confounders such as socioeconomic status revealed that utilization of antenatal care services at health centers and TT vaccination during pregnancy are significantly associated with the intervention. (plos.org)
  • Nationally, 12.7% of sexually experienced adolescents and young adults who were on a parent's health insurance plan would not seek sexual and reproductive health care because of concerns that their parents might find out. (cdc.gov)
  • National-level data are limited regarding confidentiality-related issues and the use of sexually transmitted disease (STD) services for adolescents and young adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Although these provisions likely facilitate access to the health care system, adolescents and young adults might not seek care or might delay seeking care for certain services because of concerns about confidentiality, including fears that their parents might find out ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • CDC analyzed data from the 2013-2015 National Survey of Family Growth and found that 12.7% of sexually experienced youths (adolescents aged 15-17 years and those young adults aged 18-25 years who were on a parent's insurance plan) would not seek sexual and reproductive health care because of concerns that their parents might find out. (cdc.gov)
  • More adolescents aged 15-17 years who spent time alone with a health care provider (without a parent in the room) reported receipt of a sexual risk assessment (71.1%) and, among females, chlamydia testing (34.0%), than did those who did not spend time alone (36.6% and 14.9%, respectively). (cdc.gov)
  • This report uses data for sexually experienced persons aged 15-25 years to provide national estimates of confidentiality-related issues among U.S. adolescents and young adults and examines that association with the receipt of STD services. (cdc.gov)
  • In places where talking about sex often remains taboo, using peer counselors to educate their fellow adolescents has been shown to increase access to and even efficacy of sexual and reproductive health education. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) External is a professional membership organization of 64,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. (cdc.gov)
  • These results indicate that physicians should proceed with caution before recommending in utero surgery for a fetus with enlarged ventricles," said Rosemary Higgins, M.D., of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), who oversaw the study. (nih.gov)
  • Our results suggest that it may be prudent to minimize exposure to air pollution during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood-all key periods for brain development," said Pauline Mendola, Ph.D., an investigator in the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the study's senior author. (nih.gov)
  • Smoking tobacco or marijuana, taking prescription painkillers, or using illegal drugs during pregnancy is associated with double or even triple the risk of stillbirth, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
  • "Prospective mothers should take common sense preventive measures, such as getting flu shots prior to and in the early stages of pregnancy and avoiding contact with people who are symptomatic," said Alan Brown, M.D., M.P.H, of Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, a grantee of the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). (getaflushot.com)
  • There are aspects to childbirth and pregnancy fraught with a lot of mental health issues and struggles that nobody talked about," said Misri. (thetyee.ca)
  • Misri said she began campaigning within the hospital for a dedicated mental health program around pregnancy and childbirth. (thetyee.ca)
  • Peer education programs reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and empower young people to control their lives and pursue their dreams. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • reducing teenage pregnancy rates, which is considered a public health issue. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since 2013, Info Ado Mali has been working to strengthen young people's skills and understanding of sexual and reproductive health issues both in and out of schools through an eLearning environment, a mobile phone question-and-answer service staffed by trained counsellors, and community radio programming developed by and for youth. (oneworld.org)
  • The development of these radio programs by and for youth also builds young people's technological skills at a time when these are playing an increasingly important role in various aspects of people's lives, from social interaction to employment opportunities to political participation and influence. (oneworld.org)
  • Take action to help ensure young people's health and rights. (advocatesforyouth.org)
  • We offer women's health services to meet your specific needs such as disease screenings, mental health treatment, recovery from military sexual trauma, maternity care and female-specific medical equipment. (va.gov)
  • We help manage care for children who need mental health support for conditions such as anxiety and depression. (cookchildrens.org)
  • WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA programming framework for adolescent health and development, attention to five key health issues was vital: sexual and reproductive health, substance abuse, mental health, injury and nutrition. (who.int)
  • Dr. Deirdre Ryan worked as a psychiatrist at the Reproductive Mental Health program for 20 years with Dr. Shaila Misri before becoming the medical director last year. (thetyee.ca)
  • Misri, at 30 years old, decided to train to become a psychiatrist and focus on the mental health needs of new moms. (thetyee.ca)
  • And so the Reproductive Mental Health program began at BC Women's Hospital. (thetyee.ca)
  • Spending time alone with a provider (i.e., without a parent present) during a health care visit has been associated previously with higher reported delivery of sexual health services ( 5 ) and has been suggested by the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In 2013, The Foundation awarded 10 grants, totaling $600,000 in the area of Anti-Violence & Safety , supporting organizations and programs that are working to eradicate gender-based violence and create safe communities. (nywf.org)
  • Additionally, The Foundation awarded 6 grants, totaling $370,000 in the area of Health, Sexual Rights and Reproductive Justice , supporting organizations and programs that recognize and promote health as a fundamental right and necessity for achieving and sustaining individuals' complete well-being. (nywf.org)
  • Finally, The Foundation awarded 3 grants in Economic Security and Health, Sexual Rights and Reproductive Justice, totaling $50,000 establishing a new funding area, Readiness Grants , to prepare applicant organizations for impactful partnerships with The Foundation. (nywf.org)
  • Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), organizations receiving U.S. government funds for the prevention of the sexual transmission of HIV may not only refuse on religious or moral grounds to directly provide condoms (or any other service to which they object), but they may also withhold information about condoms and refuse to refer clients to other programs through which condoms may be obtained. (guttmacher.org)
  • Providing seed funding opportunities for partner organizations in support of youth sexual and reproductive health and rights programming. (advocatesforyouth.org)
  • Developing and disseminating fact sheets and other materials to support youth leaders and youth-serving organizations in program implementation and advocacy efforts. (advocatesforyouth.org)
  • While the Helms Amendment restricts U.S. foreign assistance funding for abortions "as a method of family planning," the global gag rule goes a step further by blocking aid to foreign organizations who use their own non-U.S. funds to provide information, referrals, or services for legal abortions or to advocate for access to abortion services in their own countries. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • In addition to calling for robust HIV programming for girls, the AJWS report urges the U.S. Department of State to protect human rights defenders and organizations supporting girls in this arena. (ajws.org)
  • It works with community-based organizations on many programs and grant-funded projects. (cdc.gov)
  • Advocates should reference the Guide alongside this Supplement to ensure that they access both key background information and the most current legal and policy analysis on issues of interest. (healthlaw.org)
  • APhA advocates for the expansion and enhancement of the Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program. (pharmacist.com)
  • Disseminating a monthly newsletter to Advocates' International Youth Activist Network that provides leaders with information on sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, tools and resources, relevant news developments, and opportunities to take action. (advocatesforyouth.org)
  • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation supports reproductive health advocates, researchers, and providers to advance quality sexual and reproductive health information, services, and rights. (hewlett.org)
  • Additionally, communist health care had family planning services and maternal child care manuals available. (wikipedia.org)
  • The registered nurses on our Nurse Advice Line provide you and your family with helpful medical advice and free, confidential answers to many of your health care questions. (va.gov)
  • A strong network of family and internal medicine specialists and services can offer you the best possible care. (va.gov)
  • Doctors who specialize in family medicine provide primary health care to the entire family. (va.gov)
  • To provide services that prevent interpersonal violence and promote gender justice, including a Legal Advocacy Program that helps survivors of domestic violence navigate the legal system and educational programs for professionals and community members to gain a deeper understanding of dynamics and consequences of intimate and family violence, share personal experiences, and think critically about the way gender, race, class and sexuality shapes our responses and resistance efforts to such violence. (nywf.org)
  • In 2004, led by the Ministry of Health (MOH), six government departments in China jointly issued the Views on the Promotion of Condom Use for HIV/AIDS Prevention, which makes explicit the responsibilities of health, family planning, commercial and broadcasting departments for the promotion of condom use. (documentcloud.org)
  • Increase population awareness about the issues of family planning, reproductive choice and safe motherhood. (who.int)
  • In Mali, the service is managed and staffed by the Malian Association for the Promotion and Protection of the Family (AMPPF). (oneworld.org)
  • PRESS RELEASE) New federal legislation was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent future U.S. presidents from imposing a harmful policy barring any organization that receives U.S. international family planning assistance from providing information, referrals, or services for legal abortion, even with their own funds. (reproductiverights.org)
  • And in an unprecedented move, Trump not only reinstated the policy, but expanded it to apply not only to family planning programs-as past iterations had done-but U.S. global health funding writ large. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • And the threat of lost funding coerces providers into censoring vital information and giving incomplete care, which can either mean substandard services or diminished access to a range of health services, including family planning. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • In Egypt, there are about 5000 primary health care facilities providing a package of essential health services including family planning services. (who.int)
  • In addition, there are more than 500 mobile clinics providing family planning services in remote deprived areas. (who.int)
  • The pivotal role of The Family Planning Sector at Ministry of Health& Population is to provide a wide range of modern contraceptives, provide up to date national FP guidelines, train the service providers to follow the guidelines, provide continuous supporting supervision and run networks of mobile clinics and outreach worker to reach the neediest areas. (who.int)
  • On the other side, efforts being done to guarantee providing accessible, effective and safe family planning FP services to meet the growing needs of target population. (who.int)
  • 2. To assess knowledge and qualifications of family planning service providers. (who.int)
  • Dr. Alexander, Assistant Professor in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is President-elect of the American College of Preventive Medicine. (medscape.com)
  • Active-duty service members and other Military Health System beneficiaries will receive the full scope, to include oral, patches, rings, shots, rods, natural family planning, and IUDs in a single visit. (health.mil)
  • Contraceptive care walk-in services support the overall well-being of the force and optimize personal warrior readiness and family planning throughout their reproductive years, Hart said. (health.mil)
  • ABSTRACT Men's participation in family planning has become a cornerstone in women's reproductive health. (who.int)
  • ence on Population and Development However, men's ability to achieve the The survey was conducted in 2012 and in 1995 affirmed the notion of the desired family size depends on their used a cross-sectional, descriptive de- responsibilities of men in reproductive level of awareness about family planning sign. (who.int)
  • The family planning program is an important tool in Medical Sciences of Paraíba (FCM-PB). (bvsalud.org)
  • You must also consider the other chemicals you are exposed to and your age, sex, diet, family traits, lifestyle, and state of health. (cdc.gov)
  • July 11, 2012) - As Washington, D.C. prepares to host the XIX International AIDS Conference this month, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, today released a report making the case that increased investment in girl-led and girl-centered programs is essential to ending the AIDS epidemic. (ajws.org)
  • Our vision is to reach out to the whole part of Africa and educate people especially the youth on Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS. (tigweb.org)
  • To be a leader in the field of integrating and developing HIV/AIDS programmes and reproductive health by using existing structures to achieve behaviour change to promote the quality of life of the beneficiaries. (tigweb.org)
  • SIS supplies information and services relating to environmental health and toxicology, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and minority health. (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, we argue for the importance of considering cultural beliefs and behaviors when implementing health prevention or protection measures to control epidemics. (bvsalud.org)
  • As Russia struggles with a decreasing birthrate and increase in STIs, HIV, and poor reproductive health care, the need for government financed services and international programs is essential to successfully reach this vulnerable population. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ACA's biggest achievement was reducing the percentage of the population without health insurance. (scienceblogs.com)
  • 1 FPHPA006505-01-00 issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,609,630 with 100 percent funded by Office of Population Affairs/OASH/HHS. (mfhs.org)
  • Despite achievements in the population and health sectors during the last decades, several reproductive health issues remain, while new challenges have emerged. (worldbank.org)
  • This study was funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Islamabad as part of evaluation of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Project. (plos.org)
  • IIE has partnered with the Population Council in Ethiopia to conduct research on the impact of this program. (iie.org)
  • Increased financial support for population, health, and environment (PHE) programs. (populationmedia.org)
  • Awareness of reproductive health issues in developing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that nations is growing. (cdc.gov)
  • Our goal is to engage young people through awareness campaigns that provide information on where to access youth-friendly health services. (iasociety.org)
  • Apart from socioeconomic factors, evidence suggests that utilization of these services also depends on timely awareness of health care needs, service availability and accessibility, quality of care, and attitude of facility staff towards clients [2] - [7] . (plos.org)
  • But the ability to decipher an individual's genetic code rapidly also brings with it a host of clinical and ethical issues, which is why it is important that this program explores the trio of technical, clinical, and ethical aspects of genomics research in the newborn period. (genome.gov)
  • It issues policy statements, clinical reports, technical reports and practice guidelines on a broad range of topics. (cdc.gov)
  • provides an opportunity to further extend clinical guidance for women's reproductive and wellness health screening through the Affordable Care Act. (cdc.gov)
  • it satisfies a patient's clinical needs, at his/her/their convenience, and removes barriers to the patient's health improvement. (cdc.gov)
  • They offer advice on prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of environmentally-related health effects in children. (cdc.gov)
  • Medical Toxicology is a medical subspecialty focusing on the diagnosis, management and prevention of poisoning and other adverse health effects due to medications, drug overdose, acute drug abuse problems, chemical exposures, occupational and environmental toxins, biological agents and envenomations. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite these increases, prevention opportunities exist to improve women's health during their reproductive years and beyond and to improve the health of future generations. (cdc.gov)
  • BACKGROUND: Telehealth offers one approach to improving access to Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention and care services. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Given the widespread use of telehealth, efforts to optimize delivery of STI care and prevention via telehealth are important to improve access to services and address STIs in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • When Lanlan, who runs a community based organization (CBO) and support group for sex workers in northern China, introduced female condoms to the female sex workers she works with as part of her CBO's HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) program, their first reaction was: "The female condom is too big. (documentcloud.org)
  • In addition to a health clinic for HIV education, care and treatment, the organization offers a girl-centered program called the Binti Pamoja Center that allows young girls to provide peer support for each other and organize "Safe Spaces" to discuss HIV. (ajws.org)
  • The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a private organization that is not subject to the reporting limitations of state health departments. (medscape.com)
  • In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding the first confirmed Zika virus infection in Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Young children who live close to a major roadway are twice as likely to score lower on tests of communications skills, compared to those who live farther away from a major roadway, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, Merced. (nih.gov)
  • As an example, as part of the CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program, researchers assigned to state health departments collaborate in maternal and child health and chronic disease programs in a partnership with states and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in the Health Resource Services Administration. (cdc.gov)
  • The ACA brought substantial changes to the Medicaid program and the entire health care system, including the modes of access to health coverage and the benefits that must be covered. (healthlaw.org)
  • In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended access to care while also paving the way for policymakers to test new flexibilities, such as telehealth policies that helped address long-standing barriers to health access. (healthlaw.org)
  • While some of the specifics have changed, they provide a solid background understanding of Medicaid's role in providing access to reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • The federal government is looking at ways to improve access to care by being more flexible about certain requirements and expanding scope of practice through new authorities during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (pharmacist.com)
  • APhA's analysis of COVID-19 Test to Treat locations, as of May 6, 2022, demonstrates that underserved and vulnerable communities do not have equitable access to care in the current program. (pharmacist.com)
  • Pharmacists and pharmacists' patient care services are not included in key sections of the Social Security Act (SSA), which determines eligibility for health care programs such as Medicare Part B. In the case of Medicare Part B, the omission of pharmacists as listed providers limits Medicare beneficiaries' access to pharmacists' services in the outpatient setting. (pharmacist.com)
  • APhA encourages Congress to pass legislation that recognizes pharmacists as providers in Medicare Part B and as integral members of the health care team to provide patients with access to and coverage for our quality patient care services. (pharmacist.com)
  • The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to better understand how relevant laws and law enforcement practices in China affect the ability of sex workers to access and carry condoms and access HIV and SRH services and, (2) to provide recommendations to revise laws and policies and to change law enforcement practices to improve the health and rights of sex workers in China. (documentcloud.org)
  • Federal Title X funding was intended to ensure that every person - regardless of where they live, how much money they make, their background, or whether or not they have health insurance - has access to basic, preventive reproductive health care. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • In 2016, before Donald Trump became president, more than 4 million people a year relied on the affordable birth control and reproductive health care services that were provided through Title X. Many of these people didn't even know Title X exists, but without it, they wouldn't have been able to access this essential care. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • The rule banned doctors in the Title X program across the country from telling people how they could safely and legally access abortion. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • Because of racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other systemic barriers that contribute to income inequality, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people in rural areas make up a large proportion of people who rely on Title X to access health care. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • By scrapping the destructive Title X gag rule - a process the Biden administration began on January 28, 2021 - the Biden administration can build back this vital program for the people who need access to affordable birth control and reproductive health care. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • For this reason, I share my story as a reminder that we are not alone and to push for greater access to services. (iasociety.org)
  • Due to social and religious norms, prejudices and poor access to information, young people in Mali are largely unaware of fundamental issues related to the their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), gender, and human rights. (oneworld.org)
  • In addition, the outbreak of conflict in northern Mali in 2012, which forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, has complicated access to health services for many people and left youth all the more susceptible to violations of their sexual and reproductive rights. (oneworld.org)
  • This includes sexual and reproductive rights-and the right to access safe and legal abortions. (gc.ca)
  • Access to unique Kaiser-Permanente, county and Child Health and Development Study databases made it possible to include more cases with detailed maternal flu exposure information than in previous studies. (getaflushot.com)
  • Yet too often, nonprofits working around the world on today's most important issues - like expanding women's opportunities - don't have affordable or easy access to images that accurately explain their work. (hewlett.org)
  • These services include same-day access with no appointment or referral needed. (health.mil)
  • Coerced first intercourse is an important social and public health problem that has potentially serious repercussions for young women's reproductive health and well-being. (guttmacher.org)
  • What are the implications for public health practice? (cdc.gov)
  • Public health efforts to reduce these confidentiality concerns might be useful. (cdc.gov)
  • Public health efforts related to confidentiality of STD services might be helpful to increase the use of recommended services among some youths. (cdc.gov)
  • It is not clear why exposure to pollutants after birth is linked to a higher risk of developmental delay," said Sandie Ha, Ph.D., of the Department of Public Health at the University of California, Merced, and lead author of the study. (nih.gov)
  • Alexa, play Public News Service podcast' or 'Alexa, what's my news flash? (publicnewsservice.org)
  • Context HIV and other STIs are one of the major public health concerns in China. (documentcloud.org)
  • About this study There is little public debate on the impact of law enforcement on the HIV response, in part because of a lack of substantiated data on the issue in China. (documentcloud.org)
  • Black and Latino communities, in addition, have suffered disproportionate deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - amplified by the harmful effects of structural inequities in our public health system. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • The law prohibits sedition and public comment on issues defined as sensitive, including racial and religious matters or criticism of the king or ruling sultans. (state.gov)
  • This involves setting up and supporting new and existing peer-led groups in public health facilities and schools. (iasociety.org)
  • It is important to develop legislative acts on CVD risk factors control - ban on tobacco smoking, limitation of alcohol consumption - and public policy on healthy and safe nutrition as well as implement unified education program on healthy life style into the system of secondary and higher education. (who.int)
  • Training young people from the global south and the United States on sexual and reproductive health issues and policies, advocacy and mobilization skills, new media skills, and public speaking/storytelling skills. (advocatesforyouth.org)
  • With degrees in law and public policy, I was accepted into the United Nations Volunteers program, which usually means placements in large cities. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • It also lays out specific policy recommendations for U.S. agencies designing and implementing public health and development programs to tackle these issues. (ajws.org)
  • When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its updated guideline on screening for breast cancer in November 2009, [ 1 ] the members were unprepared for the overwhelmingly hostile reaction from the media, public advocacy groups, and specialist medical groups. (medscape.com)
  • Implementing these steps could bolster food safety measures, promote evidence-based regulations, and ultimately safeguard public health from the potential adverse effects of non-regulated mycotoxins. (bvsalud.org)
  • Remote care takes a broader perspective to consider how new communication technologies can complement in-person communication in public health clinics. (cdc.gov)
  • Recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service Task Force on the Use of Zidovudine to Reduce Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. (cdc.gov)
  • This Public Health Statement is the summary chapter from the Toxicological Profile for tetrachloroethylene . (cdc.gov)
  • It is one in a series of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • This Public Health Statement summarizes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) findings on tetrachloroethylene, including chemical characteristics, exposure risks, possible health effects from exposure, and ways to limit exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Of all the human development indicators, the greatest discrepancy between industrial, and developing countries is in maternal health. (worldbank.org)
  • within the country the ratio is even higher in remote, rural and underdeveloped areas, largely due to non-availability and low utilization of maternal health services. (plos.org)
  • Your specialist can recommend synchronization protocols, provide nutritional supplements for herd health, and facilitate professional heat detection and A.I. training for your employees. (selectsires.com)
  • Staff assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton's OB-GYN clinic display a number of the instruments and devices associated with patient-centered care during the walk-in contraceptive clinic, an essential part of women's health services provided at NHB. (health.mil)
  • Women's health services. (who.int)
  • SRS specialists offer a wide variety of services and products that can help you increase conception rates, conquer reproductive issues, and make heat checks and health monitoring more efficient, accurate and reliable. (selectsires.com)
  • Not only do they provide us with a lot of options for semen selection, but we use their consulting capabilities to do reproductive and genetic audits. (selectsires.com)
  • IDP4T helps girls learn about reproductive health, receive menstrual supplies, track their period cycles, discuss their concerns, and remove menstruation as a negative issue in their lives. (giraffe.org)
  • These services offer both beneficiaries and warriors the option of menstrual suppression, stopping monthly bleeding to improve hygiene, ability to deploy, and comfort for warfighters and beneficiaries alike. (health.mil)
  • Active-duty service members and beneficiaries have found there are benefits in decreasing menstrual periods, along with the physical symptoms and hormonal changes, Hart explained. (health.mil)
  • For the active-duty service members, not having menstrual periods during deployment means not having to carry months of feminine hygiene supplies and having to make do with austere environments where hygiene, washing, and privacy is in short supply," she said. (health.mil)
  • Understand our key advocacy issues and read our recent statements. (pharmacist.com)
  • Recent advocacy and legal action led to CMS issuing a final rule that eliminates harmful retroactive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees. (pharmacist.com)
  • To provide direct services and community organizing work with transgender and gender non-conforming people of color by engaging the participants in a community leadership institute and organizing committees. (nywf.org)
  • The research includes a comparative study between program participants and non-program participants. (iie.org)
  • We conducted semi-structured interviews that suggest that participants reproductive decisions were intimately related to personal convictions and cultural beliefs, and their actions and thoughts were embedded in their sociocultural norms. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gynecologic Cancers (including, but not limited to breast, cervical, uterine, and ovarian) - Of screening services, cervical screenings are common in Russia, though a woman must be referred by a gynecologist. (wikipedia.org)
  • The gag rule placed critical health services - like breast and cervical cancer screenings - further out of reach. (plannedparenthoodaction.org)
  • OneWorld's mobile phone and web-based question-and-answer service, Weleli Info Ado , provides young people with anonymous, accurate and non-judgmental information and services from trained counsellors, extending both the reach and the impact of SRH and gender education. (oneworld.org)
  • Select Sires invests in people, training and education to bring dairy producers the best service and consultation. (selectsires.com)
  • Our guiding principles include: good information sharing, ensuring accountability and excellent participatory process, involving PLWHA in our programs and using good existing cultural practices/structures as a means to reach out to our target groups. (tigweb.org)
  • These countries lack the basic infrastructure to collect information on what is being done at the various levels of their health systems, with consequent adverse impacts on planning, quality and resource allocation, essential to health system development and improved health. (who.int)
  • Therefore, we described recent telehealth use among those providing STI related care and identified opportunities for improving STI service delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • Lastly, the Guide provides a brief overview of the administrative structure of and application process for the Medicaid program. (healthlaw.org)
  • First one has crutches, the next symbolizes a traumatic brain injury, one symbolizes someone with Autism, the next symbolizes a Deaf woman signing, and lastly a blind person with a service dog. (dawncanada.net)
  • The main objective of the current study was to conduct a review of CRC-focused projects, outputs, and NORA Council dissemination activities to ascertain CRC program performance and assist informing the next round of research goals. (cdc.gov)
  • We therefore focus on the social and eases, cervical cancer, malaria, death during childbirth, and health consequences of child marriage for girls. (cdc.gov)
  • The report's analysis of several programs operating in Kenya reveals that integrating HIV resources with sexual and reproductive health programs and broader social, educational, economic and legal services is critical to reaching girls. (ajws.org)
  • This reproductive health review of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region provides an overview of the issues and establishes a base of knowledge upon which a strategy could be constructed. (worldbank.org)
  • Our YPP program sets us apart and has been adopted and adapted by partners across Africa and Latin America. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • She has published on issues of women's and human rights in Africa, and authored training manuals for lawyers, judges and law enforcement. (lu.se)
  • The Guide provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program, and explains the complex eligibility categories and requirements for the program with a focus on those categories that affect people seeking reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Biden administration also prioritized countering the maternal mortality epidemic, with particular attention to expanding health insurance eligibility and quality improvement. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide also describes barriers and protections to accessing reproductive and sexual health services in Medicaid and other publicly funded reproductive and sexual health programs. (healthlaw.org)
  • Confidentiality issues, including concerns that parents might find out, might be barriers to the use of STD services among some subpopulations. (cdc.gov)
  • To bring youth-friendly health services closer to young people - services that also involve them directly - many barriers must be addressed. (iasociety.org)
  • For more than 45 years, we've been working with partners around the world to break down barriers to health care. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • The awards will fund studies on the potential for genome and exome sequencing to expand and improve newborn health care. (genome.gov)
  • Your SRS specialist and a team of Select Sires professionals will provide the support, tools and expertise necessary to improve your herd's reproductive health. (selectsires.com)
  • The Defense Health Agency is expanding walk-in contraceptive care services to improve reproductive health services. (health.mil)
  • In particular, the aim is to improve results- based management and accountability through a simplified and robust planning framework that serves as an effective tool for accountability and transparency, programming and resource mobilization. (who.int)
  • Most policies and programs related to gender-based violence will name "vulnerable groups" in the preamble and then describe them in a footnote. (dawncanada.net)
  • An estimated 600 million girls are living in developing countries and many are currently underserved by existing HIV programs, often falling through the cracks due to their age, gender or socioeconomic status. (ajws.org)
  • Gender-based violence : emerging issues in programs serving displaced persons. (who.int)
  • Our survivorship team includes our breast surgeons, medical oncologists, advanced practice providers in both breast surgery and medical oncology, and a registered dietitian and health coach. (valleyhealth.com)
  • These are the standards of practice of the major health care provider associations in the United States, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Pharmacists Association and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (see "Rights vs. Responsibilities: Professional Standards and Provider Refusals," August 2005). (guttmacher.org)
  • This will assess whether health care providers at the surveyed facilities received the appropriate technical and periodic advanced training, also whether providers are provide services based on standard of practice and receiving regular supervision and feedback on their performance necessary for ensuring high quality care. (who.int)
  • Programs currently screen almost all of the more than 4 million infants born in the United States each year. (genome.gov)
  • CDC is working to ensure that infants with microcephaly and other brain abnormalities receive the services they need. (cdc.gov)
  • Changes in the U.S. health care system have permitted dependent children to remain on a parent's health insurance plan until the child's 26th birthday and required coverage of certain preventive services, including some STD services, without cost sharing for most plans ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In August 2011, the Obama administration formally accepted the recommendation of an Institute of Medicine expert panel that contraceptive counseling and methods be included in a select set of women's preventive health services that, under the Affordable Care Act, automatically would be covered in most private insurance plans without additional cost-sharing beginning in August 2012. (guttmacher.org)
  • For example, it is not considered acceptable for young people to communicate with their parents on issues related to sexuality and prior to the InfoAdo program, there were few services in the country providing counseling on SRH and rights issues. (oneworld.org)
  • In the years since we published the 2nd edition, the legal and policy landscape for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the U.S. has altered considerably. (healthlaw.org)
  • Anti-abortion politicians' long-standing efforts to pack the courts resulted in an array of harmful rulings on matters of reproductive and sexual health and justice. (healthlaw.org)
  • However, receiving a sexual risk assessment (both males and females) and chlamydia test (females) was higher among persons aged 15-17 years who had time alone with a health care provider in the past 12 months compared with those who had not. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, it is important to examine STD services and confidentiality-related issues among persons aged 15-25 years in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The program will be funded at $25 million over five years, as funds are made available. (genome.gov)
  • The program is credited with saving nearly 3,000 lives in three years. (marieclaire.com)