Description
Health centers' role in and contributions to preventive women's health and family planning has been significant. This session will spotlight recent vanguard family planning activities, including results of a George Washington University/Kaiser Family Foundation national survey of family planning in health centers; an LGBTQIA Technical Expert Panel convened by the U.S. Office of Population Affairs; a model used in Colorado that reduced teen pregnancy by 40 percent; and new recommendations for the National Qaulity Forum (NQF) and e-measures. A look at practice, policy, provider engagement as well as local issues related to organizational culture and support will be provided.
- - Describe current health center activities in family planning service delivery.
- - Identify new recommendations for contraception NQF Measures and their development.
- - Understand how partnerships between health centers and Title X Programs can reduce teen pregnancy rates.
Speaker(s):
- Jody
Camp,
MPH,
Colorado Title X State Director,
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Brittni
Frederiksen,
Health Scientist,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Lucy
W. Loomis,
MD MSPH FAAFP,
Director of Family Medicine,
Denver Health
- Jane
Lose,
CNM, ANP,
Certified Nurse Midwife and Adult Nurse Practitioner,
Jeffco Family Health Services Center, Metro Community Provider Network
- Susan
B. Moskosky,
MS, WHNP-BC,
Deputy Director,
Office of Populations Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Healt
- Julia
Strasser,
MPH, DrPH (c),
Doctoral Candidate & Senior Research Associate, Department of Health Policy,
Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
