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Blogs Comment On Planned Parenthood Ad Campaign, Sex-Selective Abortion, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women"s health-related blog entries.~ "A Radical Notion: Women"s Health Care as Mainstream," Cecile Richards, Huffington Post blogs: "To hammer ... home" the message that "Planned Parenthood and other essential community providers are the affordable, local access to basic preventive care that saves lives," the Planned Parenthood Action Center has introduced advertisements "educating the policy folks involved in fixing our health care system" about "why women"s health care needs to be taken care of in this mega-reform effort," Richards writes. She writes, "From cancer screenings to contraception to immunizations, the majority of women who go to women"s health care centers consider them their primary health care provider," adding, "In fact, more than 90% of what Planned Parenthood health centers do is preventive and primary care." According to Richards, "Essential community providers, including those who provide women"s health care, need to be part of any newly established health care system." She adds that "the three million patients who came to Planned Parenthood health centers last year can testify to it." Richards writes that "[f]amily planning and reproductive health care are unfortunately still not fully part of mainstream health care, even though 98% of women use contraception at some point in their lives -- there"s nothing more universal!" The "fact that women reproduce and, therefore, have different types of health care needs makes some folks on Capitol Hill go pale and start to sweat," Richards writes. She concludes, "Maybe one day we won"t need a special campaign to support women"s health," but "until then, Planned Parenthood is here to make sure women aren"t worse off after health care reform than before" (Richards, Huffington Post blogs, 6/18).~ "The Role of Medical Education in Preserving Abortion Access," Our Bodies, Our Blog: In response to a recent Salon opinion piece that examined whether there will be a next generation of abortion providers, the blog post discusses a few organizations that are "working to increase access to (accurate) abortion-related training." The blog includes links to Medical Students for Choice -- a group that "does student organizing and advocacy to influence medical school curricula, workshops ... and lectures on abortion techniques" -- and The Ryan Program -- which offers "funding, technical expertise, curriculum, workshops and other res to support training opportunities in abortion and contraception for ob-gyn residents." The blog entry also highlights the work of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, which partners with members of the American Medical Student Association "to provide "project in a box" materials for medical students wanting to access and influence their schools" curricula on sexual and reproductive health" (Our Bodies, Our Blog, 6/18). ~ "Regulating Abortion May Be OK But Not To Avoid Sex-Selection," Marianne Mollmann, Huffington Post blogs: "Sex-selective abortion raises a multitude of overlapping ethical concerns regarding eugenics, population control and provider privilege or knowledge," according to Mollmann, advocacy director for the Human Rights Watch"s Women"s Rights Division. Mollmann writes that recent media reports indicating that sex-selective abortion occurs among some ethnic communities in the U.S. "has generated new discussion about what to do -- indeed what to think -- about the practice here." She continues that the "effect of abortion regulations depends on the context and motivation," adding that "[f]rom a human rights perspective, the regulation of medical procedures and interventions is legitimate and indeed often necessary so long as they are based on full respect for the full range of human rights." It is "perhaps tempting to hope that banning sex-selective abortions would safeguard the gender balance of future generations," but the "criminalization of abortion for whatever reason has in the past led only to underground and unsafe prac
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Older Cancer Patients Have More Frailty Than Other Seniors
Older people with a history of cancer are more likely to have disabilities and be frail and vulnerable than older adults who have not had cancer, according to a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published online July 29.
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The impact of GP pay incentives on patient care, UK - Study
Even though a significant improvement is evident in the care of patients with diabetes over the last ten years, they are not considered as a direct result of the quality and outcomes framework, considered as the method that rewards UK general practices to ensure quality care.
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National Public Health Organizations Brief Capitol Hill On H1N1

The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served as a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond to an emerging public health threat and experts are cautioning that a more severe outbreak could occur in the fall of 2009. Leaders from some of the nation"s foremost public health and medical associations will conduct a briefing for staff members from House and Senate offices on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Speakers will focus on the status of the current public health workforce and efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity to respond to emerging infectious diseases. WHO: -- Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health -- Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP, Executive Director, American Public Health Association -- Robert Pestronk, MPH, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials -- John Prescott, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges -- Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Acting Director, Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response WHAT: A Congressional staff briefing, entitled "H1N1 Influenza: Is the Workforce Adequately Prepared," is being sponsored by the Association of Schools of Public Health. Co-sponsors of the briefing are the American Public Health Association, the Association of American Medical Schools, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the National Association of County and City Health Officials. Speakers will focus on the status of the current workforce and the efforts needed to sustain workforce capacity in order to respond to emerging infectious diseases. WHERE: The Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 215, 100 E. Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 1:00-2:00 p.m. WHY: The recent H1N1 flu outbreak served to be a genuine test of our national public health system"s ability to respond and communicate effectively to the public about an emerging threat. While there is general agreement that this is a mild outbreak, there is still the potential for a more virulent disease outbreak to occur in the fall. Assuring that there is a sufficient number of competent and trained public health professionals is essential to the nation"s ability to respond. About the Association of Schools of Public Health ASPH represents the 40 Council on Education for Public Health accredited schools of public health (SPH) and promotes the efforts of SPH to improve the health of every person through education, research and policy. Based upon the belief that "you"re only as healthy as the world you live in," ASPH works with the government and other professional organizations to develop solutions to the most pressing health concerns and provides access to the ongoing initiatives of the SPH. Accredited SPH train the majority of public health professionals. These schools have a combined faculty of over 9,600 and educate more than 22,000 students annually. Association of Schools of Public Health


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