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Think Cultural Health
Think Cultural Health, a website sponsored by the Office of Minority Health, offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. You may access free online courses accredited for continuing education credit as well as supplementary tools to help you and your organization promote respectful, understandable, and effective care to your increasingly diverse patients.
Get More Training on LAM (Lactation Amenorrhea Method)
If you want more training on a method of birth control that breastfeeding mothers can use immediately after childbirth, then you will want to know more about the Family Health International (FHI) online training on the Lactation Amenorrhea Method (LAM).
This online training is well suited for doctors, nurses, health workers and other service providers who come in contact with family planning clients during a clinic visit. The online module may be completed individually in about 35 minutes as a self-study program. Or slides and handouts can be downloaded and presented in a group training. It is also available in hard copy in Spanish and French.
The training module is a resource that can help you get the information and resources you need to effectively counsel breastfeeding clients on this method. Click here to go directly to the LAM training module.
CFHC also provides family planning training that includes LAM. If you are interested in learning more and completing a Certification Course for Family Planning Health Workers, go to www.healthed.org or email us at training@cfhc.org. Register early for our upcoming course by clicking the link below.
Download the November FPHW brochure (PDF, 200K).
Preconception Care Resources
Want to find the latest on Preconception Health Care? CFHC has compiled a list of comprehensive resources on Preconception Care. Click here to download the Preconception Care Resource List.
Free Info on Breast Cancer during October
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, encourage all your female clients to screen for breast cancer. This includes young women, too. Over 10,000 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
During October, California Family Health Council is making available a free copy of “We’re Taking Care of Our Lives.” This pamphlet, which we developed for Susan G. Komen Foundation, includes step-by-step instructions on breast self-exam for young women. Your clients can email resources@cfhc.org to get a free copy.
Here are some other ways to get involved:
- Teach young clients to do self-breast exam once a month.
- Remind them to come in once a year for a clinical breast exam.
- Tell your clients to start getting mammograms at age 40 (or age 35 if there’s a family history of cancer).
- Keep teen-friendly materials about breast care in your waiting area and exam rooms.
For more information on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, click here to visit the official website.
National Men's Health Week
As a health professional, you know that many men don’t visit the doctor unless they feel sick. They don’t always know that some diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), may not have signs or symptoms.
June 11-17 is National Men’s Health Week. You can help raise awareness of preventable health problems. Encourage men and boys to seek early detection and treatment of disease.
You can also:
- Advertise National Men’s Health Week to your colleagues and ask them to promote it.
- Host a men’s health fair or other event in your office or community.
- Ask your male clients to come in for regular check-ups.
- Put male-focused health education materials in your waiting area.
To get free sample copies of CFHC’s booklets “What Men Want to Know about Sex and Birth Control” or “Two Heads Are Better Than One” go to samples@cfhc.org or call 1-800-428-5438 or visit our online store.
For more ways to get involved, click here to visit the National Men’s Health Week website at www.menshealthweek.org.
Inservice Videos on Health Literacy
The American Medical Association Foundation has two excellent video resources for training your staff about Health Literacy. Check out "Low-health literacy: You Can't Tell by Looking" and "Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand."
Sixth Annual Health Literacy Conference
Don't miss the 6th Annual Health Literacy conference put on by the Institute Healthcare Advancement. The May 2007 conference will focus specifically on strategies for clinicians to help those patients with literacy challenges better manage their chronic illnesses. For more information about the conference, please go to www.iha4health.org.
Parent-Child Connectedness and Communication
Check out CFHC's website Talk With Your Kids for great resources for health professionals. You can make a difference in the lives of the families you serve. Find the information you need to create exciting programs for parents as well as teens.
HPV and Cervical Cancer Recommended Resources
Our Resource Center health educators have come up with a list of practical, up-to-date information on HPV and Cervical Cancer for your staff and your clients. Read the helpful articles on this important topic. Use the easy-to-read and accurate patient education materials we have evaluated. Check out the websites that your staff and your clients are sure to find useful.
Click here for a list of resources for you and your patients (PDF).
