and
The
Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Training Network (MIST)
Present:
Contraceptive Technology Update
Thursday 26 October 2006
1430-1630 ET
a. Sponsors: This program is co-sponsored for
Military and Federal GETN subscribers by The Alabama Department of Public Health
and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Network with the
technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.
b. Availability: This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks. A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Locations.
MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling requirements.
C/KU analog coordinates and live and archieved webcasts will NOT be available for this program.
Videoconferencing availability may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed. Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.
Will this program be Webcast? No.
c. Target Audience Statement: The target audiences for this program will be doctors, clinicians, nurses, social workers and others who manage, counsel and educate clients.
d. Program Summaries: In 1970, Title X of the Public Health Service Act was enacted by Congress with bipartisan support and signed into law by President Nixon. Title X was designed to make contraceptive supplies and services available to all who wanted and needed them but who were unable to afford them without government assistance. The intent of this legislation was to make readily available a broad range of effective and acceptable family planning methods on a voluntary and confidential basis.
Over the years, the contraceptive counseling and services available in Title X- funded clinics has helped couples space births and plan intended pregnancies, an important factor in ensuring positive birth outcomes and healthy infants. Research has shown that every public health dollar spent for contraceptive services saves an average of $3 in Medicaid costs for pregnancy-related health care and for medical care of newborns.
In order to offer effective and acceptable contraceptive methods and to provide accurate counseling, it is crucial for the Family Planning provider to be up- to-date on the latest methods available. It is also important to know how to manage common contraceptive problems in order to assist the client in consistent usage of their chosen method.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe current thinking on contraceptive efficacy and the status of experimental contraceptives.
2. Describe the interrelationships of medical contraceptive methods with specific drugs, reproductive disorders and other health problems.
3. Describe the new World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical eligibility criteria; Intrauterine Device (IUD) and teens, IUD and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID); spermicides; and known thrombogenic mutations and oral contraceptives.
4. Discuss management of common contraceptive problems.
e. CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: For Nurses and Social Workers (Pending)
f. DVD/Videotape Availability: None, tape from broadcast.
g. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.
h. Web Site Support: http://www.adph.org/alphtn/500flyer.pdf
i. Interactivity/Questions: None for these pre-recorded programs.
j. Registration: All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates. Sites may register at: DOD-MIST Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
k. Future Programs: For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.
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