Nov
29
Articles of Note, November 2012
November 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for this month’s Articles of Note, a review of some of what has caught my eye from the recently published peer-reviewed literature. Please keep in mind this is not exhaustive, just some of what I am currently reading this month. You’ll note that there are several free full-text articles in this month’s [...]
Nov
9
Beyond SANE: Expanding your Practice
November 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you were in Puerto Rico last month, you may have heard Jennifer Pierce-Weeks’ excellent session on expanding SANE practice. If not, you’re in luck–she’s repeating it via webinar for IAFN’s next online offering. The session will be November 29th at noon, ET. The cost is $15 ($30 for non-members) and will net you 1 [...]
Sep
17
Since Last We Spoke, 9-17-12
September 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
L’shana Tovah to all my friends and colleagues celebrating the Jewish New Year (5773)! As is almost always the case on a Jewish holiday, I am hanging out with the military (this time at Maxwell AFB). I did manage to bake an apple and honey cake before leaving, my singular nod to tradition this year. [...]
Sep
4
Articles of Note: August/September Edition
September 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
How is it possible I went most of the summer without posting one of these? Embarrassing. What follows is what’s caught my eye from the August/September/October journals (with a couple of late July articles tossed in for good measure). As always, this is not an exhaustive list, but I do have to say, it’s a pretty [...]
Aug
21
Online Learning: Sexually Transmitted Infections
August 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The California HIV/STD Prevention Training Center has several online offerings that would be useful–particularly for new clinicians who need to shore up on basics, including the CDC Guidelines. There are online courses, archived webinars and podcasts to choose from, so it’s worth checking out the site. Take note–one of them is a video (15 minutes [...]
Aug
9
Update to CDC’s STI Guidelines
August 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
This felt too critical to wait on: please make sure you review the CDC’s new update to the STI Treatment Guidelines of 2010, specifically on the treatment of gonorrhea. The long and the short of it? Due to resistance issues, we can all stop prescribing/providing oral cephalosporins. It’s back to ceftriaxone IM (if you hadn’t [...]
Jul
6
Endgame
July 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Fresh Air featured the upcoming Frontline documentary, Endgame: AIDS in Black America, which made me realize I needed to remind FHO readers that we have a clinical guide, updated last night, on this issue. Add to this a question on nPEP I received yesterday, along with the newly approved HIV home testing kit, and [...]
Jun
15
Breaking the Silence: Public Health’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
June 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The CDC’s next Public Health Grand Rounds, Breaking the Silence–Public Health’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention, will be held Tuesday, June 19th from 1-2pm EDT. The session will be archived, so if you can’t make the live webcast, you’ll have opportunities to view it later on. You can find the archived previous webcasts here (including [...]
Jun
8
2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
June 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Time to release your inner geeks, my friends, because we have data! And you all know how much I do love data –this week in the form of the CDC’s 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance. The latest MMWR has the summary (PDF), which looks at 6 different categories of health-risk behavior in youth grades 9-12, including [...]
May
29
The Brain, Body and Trauma
May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
NSVRC has a brand new elearning opportunity available. The Brain, Body and Trauma is described on their site as “… an overview of the neurobiological and psychological implications of sexually violent trauma and the information and skills necessary for victim service providers to provide trauma-informed services.” You must register to access any of the elearning content, [...]
