June 2011
Health Matters for Women
New from CDC
Results of the Expanded HIV Testing Initiative - 25 Jurisdictions, United States, 2007-2010
Annual progress reports designed to provide data specific to the Expanded HIV Testing Initiative indicated that 2,786,739 HIV tests were conducted, of which 29,503 (1.1%) were positive and 18,432 (0.7%) resulted in new HIV diagnoses. Men accounted for 55% of all tests and 72% of new HIV diagnoses; their test positivity rate was more than twice that among women (0.9% versus 0.4%).
Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through 2010
The broad-based decline in births and fertility rates from 2007 through 2009 is now well-documented. An earlier NCHS Health E-Stat showed the overall birth count and fertility rate continuing to decline through the first 6 months of 2010. This report updates and extends the trend through December 2010
Nonfatal Bathroom Injuries Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years - United States, 2008
In 2008, an estimated 234,094 unintentional nonfatal injuries among persons aged ≥15 years occurred in bathrooms, for an injury rate of 96.4 per 100,000 population. Injury rates were higher in women. Studies consistently have shown that women are at higher risk than men for falling and for sustaining fall-related injuries. This difference might be related to gender differences in physical activity, lower-body strength, bone mass, circumstances surrounding the fall, or
greater
willingness to seek medical treatment.
Mammography Use and Women with Disabilities (pdf)
This fact sheet provides state, district and territory based health indicator data to demonstrate health disparities among people with disabilities. In most states, there is a difference in mammography rates by disability status, suggesting a disparity in access to preventive services.
Liquid-based Cytology Test Use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2006–2007 (pdf)
In 2006–2007, liquid-based cytology (LBC) was used in approximately 75% of Pap tests for which the type of cytology was known. LBC was less likely to be used for Medicare patients than for privately insured patients, although LBC use did not vary significantly according to the other patient or practice characteristics examined. The high percentage of LBC use by office-based physicians in 2006–2007 confirms the widespread use of this screening method among primary
care
providers, as has been reported in the literature.
Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12 — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United
States,
2001-2009
Sexual minority students, particularly gay, lesbian, and bisexual students and students who had sexual contact with both sexes, are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors than other students. Effective state and local public health and school health policies and practices should be developed to help reduce the prevalence of health-risk behaviors and improve health outcomes among sexual minority youths.
Emerging Issues in the Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of Influenza among Pregnant Women in the United States, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 204, No. 6 June, 2011,
Supplement.
This 164-page supplement with 23 papers in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology entitled “Emerging Issues in the Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of Influenza among Pregnant Women in the United States”, contains a wide variety of papers summarizing some of what was learned about influenza in pregnancy from the recent pandemic.
Seven Tips for Safer Eating
Salmonella can contaminate more than poultry and eggs. It sneaks its way into many foods— ground beef, pork, tomatoes, sprouts—even peanut butter. Learn what you can to make your food safer to eat.
2010 BRFSS Online Prevalence and Trends Tables
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.
Grants
Public Prevention Health Fund: National Dissemination and Support for Community Transformation Grants [CDC-RFA-DP11-1115PPHF11]
The purpose of this cooperative agreement program is to support the efforts of the Community Transformation Grant (CTG) program by funding national network(s) of community-based organizations, as outlined in Section III Eligibility Information, to support, disseminate and amplify successful program models and activities as prescribed under statutory authority [section 4201 (c) (5) of ACA]. Closing date: July 22, 2011.
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