Clinical Corner - Normal CBE & No Screening Mammogram? What do you do!

Question: We have a client who had a normal clinical breast exam (CBE) and did not present with any symptoms or history of breast cancer. She is 54 years old and her last screening mammogram was in 2011. We provided education about a referral to another screening mammogram. She did not complete the screening mammogram. We attempted to contact her without success. Should this person be closed out as “Lost to Follow-up” in eCaST or “Follow Routine Screening?"

WWC offers a Colposcopy training scholarship announcement

Women’s Wellness Connection (WWC) is pleased to announce a colposcopy training scholarship opportunity that will allow for additional WWC and Title X Family Planning Program (FP) providers to become trained as colposcopists. This scholarship is available to WWC and FP providers that have no experience in colposcopy and for those with experience, but are in need of a refresher.

AHRQ Releases Health Literacy Toolkit for Primary Care Practice

AHRQ’s Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit – 2nd edition can help primary care practices reduce the complexity of health care, increase patient understanding of health information, and enhance support for patients of all health literacy levels.

Additional tools for improving health literacy:

• AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center
• Self-Management Support Video and Library
• Health Literacy Topics

Learn more about how to improve primary care by visiting AHRQ’s National Center for Excellence in Primary Care.

2016 Webinar Series Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living through Partnerships and the National Prevention Strategy

The Role of Community, Non-Profit and Faith-Based Organizations
Thursday, March 17, 2016
2:00 – 3:30 p.m., MT (4:00-5:30 ET)

2:00-2:05 Welcome and Adobe Connect Logistics
Speaker: Cherri Pruitt, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Region VIII Maternal and Child Health Consultant

2:05-2:20 What IS the National Prevention Strategy and its Healthy Eating and Active Living Priorities
Speaker: Laurie Konsella, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Acting Regional Health Administrator, Region VIII

2:20-2:40 Faith Community Nursing: Eat Healthy, Be Active! This presentation will provide an overview of Wyoming’s Faith Community Nurse Program, a unique model of nurturing the body, mind, and spirit to help families and individuals eat healthy and be active.

Speaker: Shirley Harris, Wyoming Faith Community Nurse Outreach Leader

2:40-3:00 Healthy By Design: Collaborating with Community Partners to Address Active Living and Healthy Eating 

Learn about this successful collaboration among diverse partners from community, faith-based and health care organizations. Initiatives such as the Gardener’s Market and Active Living Every Day program are presented as examples of community collaboration to create a community that is healthy by design, where the healthy choice is the easy choice.

Speaker: April Ennis Keippel, Mission and Community Benefit Program Manager

3:00-3:20 The Food Trust

In this presentation, you will learn about how this national organization helps build healthier communities by ensuring communities have access to healthy, affordable foods. Various approaches to improving food access and community health will be discussed, including a spotlight on the small store program which is a common approach used in rural areas. Emphasis will also be placed on the role of funders and cross-sector partnerships.

Speaker: Karen Shore, Director of Consulting at The Food Trust

3:20-3:30 Questions & Answers and Additional Resources

Register online. Please contact RegionVIIIFedPartners@HHS.GOV with questions.

Continuing education credits from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for this activity are pending.