Project
Connect Implementation Guide
This evidence-based, scalable intervention is designed to increase
youth access to sexual and reproductive health care services. NIOSH
Current Intelligence Bulletin: Reproductive Risks Associated With Hazardous
Drug Exposures in Healthcare Workers and Recommendations for Reducing Exposures
This bulletin reviews and summarizes all published studies on adverse
reproductive effects of occupational exposures to antineoplastic drugs. Prevalence
of Reduced Muscle Strength in Older U.S. Adults: United States, 2011–2012
Muscle strength status did not differ by sex, except among persons aged
80 and over, where women had a higher prevalence of weak muscle strength than
men. Births:
Final Data for 2013
A total of 3,932,181 births were registered in the United States in
2013, down less than 1% from 2012. WISEWOMAN
Program Evaluation Toolkit, Clinical Linkages Brief, and Partnership
Development Brief
The toolkit and briefs are intended to offer guidance and facilitate
program planning and evaluation for WISEWOMAN program staff and a wide audience
of individuals involved in related programs and issues. Sexually
Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2013
This report presents statistics and trends for sexually transmitted
diseases in the United States through 2013. #20Million
Memorial
This online memorial honors an estimated 20 million deaths due to
smoking – spouses, mothers, fathers, children, sisters, brothers, friends, –
who we have lost. Opioid Prescription Claims Among Women of
Reproductive Age — United States, 2008–2012
Opioid-containing
medications are widely prescribed among reproductive-aged women with either
private insurance or Medicaid, with approximately one fourth of privately
insured and over one third of Medicaid-enrolled women filling a prescription
for an opioid each year during 2008–2012.
Public
Health Grand Rounds: Understanding the Causes of Major Birth Defects: Steps to
Prevention (video)
This Grand Rounds discussed some of the research underway to
identify the risk factors for birth defects, and develop key intervention
strategies to ensure that every child is born in the best
possible health.
Worker Illness Related to Newly Marketed
Pesticides — Douglas County, Washington, 2014
In this incident, off-target drift of a pesticide
mixture was determined to be the cause of symptoms in 20 farmworkers (19 women
and one man).
Understanding
Evidence
The tool is an interactive Web resource that supports public health
practitioners in making evidence-informed decisions around violence prevention.
CDC Says “Take
3” Actions to Fight The Flu
Flu is a serious contagious disease that can lead to hospitalization
and even death. CDC urges you to take actions to protect yourself and
others from influenza (the flu).
Chronic Disease
Indicators
The 2015 CDI is an integrated source for a wide
range of key indicators for the surveillance of chronic diseases, conditions,
and risk factors. Eighteen topic categories and 124 indicators include women’s
health conditions and risk factors, as well as social context.
Health
Insurance Marketplace and Women
Enroll in a plan by February 15, 2015, get the preventive services you
need, and navigate the health system to stay healthy.
Working
Together to Stop HIV With The Positive Women’s Network – USA
The goals of the Summit were to build leadership skills; address
critical policy, advocacy, and research issues; and foster a community among
women living with HIV.
National Wear Red Day,
Friday, February 6, 2015
Wear red on National Wear Red Day to
help raise awareness about heart disease in women. Know the signs of a heart attack, ask your doctor questions about
heart health, and learn how to lower your risk for heart disease.
2015 National HIV Prevention
Conference
This four-day conference will include plenary sessions, workshops,
roundtables and poster presentations and is a platform for conference
participants to engage in rigorous scientific, programmatic, and technology
information exchange.
Birth-18
Years & "Catch-up" Immunization Schedules, United States, 2015
Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices publishes immunization schedules for persons age birth through 18 years.
Vital Signs: Alcohol Poisoning Deaths —
United States, 2010–2012
During 2010–2012, an average
of six deaths from alcohol poisoning occurred each day among persons aged ≥15
years in the United States.
Supplement
Use and Other Characteristics Among Pregnant Women with a Previous Pregnancy
Affected by a Neural Tube Defect — United States, 1997–2009
Preventing the recurrence of
NTDs by managing maternal risk factors before conception, including folic acid
intake and obesity, presents important opportunities for public health.
Updated
Estimates of Neural Tube Defects Prevented by Mandatory Folic Acid
Fortification — United States, 1995–2011
The updated estimate of
approximately 1,300 NTD-affected births averted annually during the
post-fortification period is slightly higher than the previously published
estimate. Mandatory folic acid fortification remains an effective public health
policy intervention.
Avoid Harmful Substances
Make a PACT to get healthy, physically and mentally, before
and during pregnancy to increase your chances of having a healthy baby.
Avoiding harmful home and workplace exposures is one important step.
Get Tested: National HIV and STD
Testing
Find free, fast, and confidential testing near you. Also, find what
test you need.
Are Flight
Attendants at Higher Risk for Miscarriage?
Working during normal sleep hours, high physical job demands and
exposure to cosmic radiation may put pregnant flight attendants at higher risk
for miscarriage, according to research published January 5 online in the journal Epidemiology.
Mortality
in the United States, 2013
Life expectancy for the U.S. population in 2013 was unchanged from 2012
at 78.8 years. In 2013, life expectancy was 81.2 years for females and 76.4 for
males.
Inside
Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer
The Inside Knowledge campaign raises awareness of the five main types
of gynecologic cancer: cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar. Inside
Knowledge encourages women to pay attention to their bodies, so they can
recognize any warning signs and seek medical care.
Cervical
Cancer Awareness
No woman should die of cervical cancer. The most important thing you
can do to help prevent cervical cancer is to get screened regularly starting at
age 21.
Folic Acid
& Birth Defects
Get healthy before and during pregnancy to increase your chances of
having a healthy baby. You can plan ahead by getting enough folic acid each
day.
Lung
Obstruction Among Adults Aged 40–79: United States, 2007–2012
A
similar percentage of men and women had lung obstruction, overall and at each
level of severity.
Protect
Your Daughters from Cervical Cancer
HPV vaccine can prevent several types of cancers, including cervical
cancer. Get HPV vaccine for your sons and daughters at ages 11-12 to protect
them from HPV cancers including cervical cancer.
Reported
STDs in the United States
This fact sheet summarizes 2013 data on chlamydia, gonorrhea, and
syphilis published in CDC’s annual report, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Surveillance, 2013.
Prescription
Cholesterol-lowering Medication Use in Adults Aged 40 and Over: United States,
2003–2012
Prescription cholesterol-lowering medication use increased with age,
from 17.4% in adults aged 40–59 to 43.3% in adults aged 60–74 and 47.6% in
adults aged 75 and over. There was no significant difference between men
(30.1%) and women (26.2%) or any race and Hispanic origin groups (24.1%–28.9%).
Stillbirth
Risk Factor Pilot Project Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention Department of Health and Human Services [RFA-DD-15-004]
Enhancing
HIV Prevention Communication and Mobilization Efforts through Strategic
Partnerships [CDC-RFA-PS15-1505]
Evaluating
Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies
for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence [RFA-CE-15-003]
Epidemiologic
Study of Interstitial Cystitis [RFA-DP-15-010]
National
Public Health Practice and Resource Centers on Health Promotion for People with
Disabilities [CDC- RFA-DD15-1509]
Research
Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)
[RFA-CE-15-001]
Comparison
and Validation of Screening Tools for Substance Use Among Pregnant Women
[RFA-DP-15-003]
Evaluation
of a Stepped Care Approach for Perinatal Depression Treatment in Obstetrics and
Gynecology Clinics [RFA-DP-15-005]
Effectiveness
of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Designed Specifically for Young Males
[RFA-DP-15-007]
Reducing
the burden of neglected parasitic infections (NPIs) in the United States
through evidence-based prevention and control activities [CDC-RFA-GH15-1617]
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