A recent (9/23/09) report from the Alan Guttmacher Institute confirms many public health workers’ worst fears: the recession may impact women’s use of contraceptives: From the release: “Nearly one in four women have put off a gynecologic or birth control visit in the past year to save money, and the same proportion report having a […]
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A New Era of Breast Cancer Awareness
Designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is traditionally a time when breast health organizations stress the importance of early detection. In an interesting twist this October, an analysis released in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that too much emphasis has been placed on the benefits of breast cancer screening. According […]
The Vaccine Controversy
Given the increasing number of H1N1 illnesses and associated deaths reported by the CDC–including nine confirmed deaths among children for the week of October 11-17, 2009–this article on swine-flu parties in Bio-medicine sent chills down my spine: “These are parents who are reportedly arranging swine flu ‘parties’ — similar to chicken pox or measles parties […]
“Trust” condom ads: from Kenya
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy announces online “Call to Action”
On October 2nd, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) met with over 200 community members in Minneapolis to discuss HIV and the issues confronted by our citizens here in Minnesota and surrounding areas. Jeff Crowley, ONAP Director, explained the need for help from communities and individuals across the United States to provide […]
New Slideset Available on PeriStats
Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children With Special Health Care Needs The following information has been provided by the March of Dimes: PeriStats is an online source for perinatal statistics developed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center. PeriStats provides free access to maternal and infant health-related data at the US, state, county, and […]
National Survey of Children’s Health: 2007 Results Available
The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) has just released the results of the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health. You can view this specific document or you can search national- and state-level findings at the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. http://www.childhealthdata.org/content/Default.aspx