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Journal of
Women’s Health, Report from the CDC
This new article reports on building U.S. capacity to review and prevent
maternal deaths.
Mission Possible: Healthy Lives for Everyone
In 2018 CDC celebrates 30 years having an office dedicated to reducing health disparities and pursuing health equity. We believe this mission is possible and that we can achieve healthy lives for everyone. Learn more about healthy equity and public health agents of change.
Obstetric Outcomes and
Delivery-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Pregnant Women With
Multiple Chronic Conditions
This report looks at
2013–2014
data from the National Inpatient Sample to measure obstetric outcomes and
delivery-related health care utilization and costs among women with no chronic
conditions, 1 chronic condition, and multiple chronic conditions.
Nonfatal
Assaults Among Persons Aged 10–24 Years — United States, 2001–2015
In this study, CDC analyzed data from the National
Electronic Injury Surveillance System–All Injury Program to examine
2001–2015 trends in nonfatal assault injuries among youths treated in
EDs, by sex and age group, and to assess current rates by sex, age group,
mechanism of injury, and disposition.
CDC’s
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Releases
Tips for Caregivers
This new resource provides information on how to communicate with your care
recipient’s doctor.
CDC
Study Examines Differences between Male and Female Caregiver Health-Related
Quality of Life (HRQOL) and the Effect of Social Support on HRQOL
Several researchers from the CDC published, “Mental Health
Differences Between Men and Women Caregivers, BRFSS 2009.” The researchers found that women caregivers were
significantly more likely to report mentally and physically unhealthy days than
men, yet women were more likely to report higher levels of social support as
compared with men.
Population-Based
Surveillance of Birth Defects Potentially Related to Zika Virus Infection — 15
States and U.S. Territories, 2016
This report provides the first comprehensive data on the
prevalence of birth defects (3.0 per 1,000 live births) potentially related to
Zika virus infection in a birth cohort of nearly 1 million births in 2016.
Status of
HIV epidemic control among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 Years —
Seven African countries, 2015–2017
In
this report progress was assessed toward the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 2020 targets for adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa using data from recent Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys in seven countries.
Surveillance
for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 States, 2014
This report summarizes data from CDC’s National
Violent Death Reporting System regarding violent deaths from 18 U.S. states for
2014. Results are reported by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, marital status,
location of injury, method of injury, circumstances of injury, and other
selected characteristics.
Assisted
Reproductive Technology Surveillance — United States, 2015
This
report provides state-specific information for the United States (including the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) on ART procedures performed in 2015 and
compares birth outcomes that occurred in 2015 (resulting from ART procedures
performed in 2014 and 2015) with outcomes for all infants born in the United
States in 2015.
Workshop on Women’s Mental Health Across the Life Course Through a Sex-Gender Lens, March 7, 2018
2nd
International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health, May 8—11, 2018
2018
National Immunization Conference, May 15-17, 2018
Healthy
Aging Summit, July 16-17, 2018
International
Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID), August 26–29, 2018
National
Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS), October 16-18, 2018
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic:
Recommendations from CDC
This
module will look at the CDC recommendations regarding the prescription of
opioids for chronic pain. Continuing education credits available until 4/17/2019.
HIV Testing
Recommendations for Women an Important Step to Achieve Perinatal HIV
Elimination (Web on Demand)
This
webinar will describe the rationale for HIV testing in women, discuss the
updated CDC HIV testing algorithm, describe how updates to the HIV algorithm
can impact care providers when ordering and interpreting HIV tests, and
identify examples of potential missed opportunities in HIV testing. Continuing
education credits available until 9/19/2018.
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