martes, 19 de marzo de 2013

CDC - Grand Rounds

CDC - Grand Rounds

Public Health Grand Rounds

Public Health Grand Rounds The Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues. Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential impact of different interventions. The Grand Rounds sessions also highlight how CDC and its partners are already addressing these challenges and discuss the recommendations for future research and practice.

Join us today for the March session of CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “Reducing Teen Pregnancy in the United States.” This session will be available via live webcast from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia today, Tuesday, March 19 at 1 p.m. (EDT) at www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds. The webcast link is only active during the date and time of the session, but all sessions are archived for future viewing.

Teen birth rates in the United States have declined to the lowest rates seen in seven decades, yet they are still nine times higher than in most other developed countries and racial and ethnic disparities continue to persist. In 2011, nearly 330,000 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years.

Teen pregnancy and childbearing bring substantial social and economic costs through immediate and long-term impacts on teen parents and their children and strains the public sector. Having a child during the teen years carries high costs—health, economic, and social—to the mother, father, child, and community. The children of teenage mothers are also more likely to have health problems, give birth as a teenager themselves, and face unemployment as a young adult.

Prevention of teen pregnancy requires broad-based efforts including evidence-based sexual health education, support for parents in talking with their children about pregnancy prevention and other aspects of sexual and reproductive health, and ready access to effective and affordable contraception for teens who are sexually active. Parents, educators, public health and medical professionals, and community organizations all have a role to play in reducing teen pregnancy.

Future Grand Rounds topics include Immunization and Hypertension.

Presented by:

LCDR Naomi K. Tepper, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
“Teen Pregnancy in the United States”

Rev. Millicent West, MEd
Consultant, New Bethlehem Community Center
Core Partner for We are Change, Richmond County for a Brighter Future
“Community Mobilization for Teen Pregnancy Prevention”

Gina M. Secura, PhD, MPH
Senior Scientist, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
“Impact of Contraceptive CHOICE Project for Teens”

CAPT Wanda Barfield, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
“Reducing Teen Pregnancy in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities”


Facilitated by:

Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds


Next Grand Rounds Presentation:

Reducing Teen Pregnancy in the United States

Tuesday, March 19, at 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., EST

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Teen birth rates in the United States have declined to the lowest rates seen in seven decades, yet they are still nine times higher than in most other developed countries and ethnic disparities continue to persist.  In 2011, nearly 330,000 babies were born to women aged 15–19 years. Having a child during the teen years carries high costs—health, economic, and social—to the mother, father, child, and community. More information
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Receive free training and continuing education opportunities/contact hours for watching broadcasts of Public Health Grand Rounds. The course code for PHGR is PHGR10. Thirty days from the initial session the course number will change to WD1640 and will be available for continuing education for two years after initial presentation date.
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