March is Social Work, Women's History, Bisexual Health Awareness, and National Endometriosis Awareness Month!
Important Dates:
March 1 - Zero Discrimination Day
March 2 - World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 4 - HPV Awareness Day
March 8 - International Women's Day
March 10 - National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day
March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 30 - World Bipolar Day
March 31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility
Upcoming Events
What You Can Do
Tips for Improving Vaccination Rates (source: CDC Top Ten Tips for Improving Practice):
- Appreciate the significance of achieving high HPV vaccination rates. By boosting HPV vaccination rates among your patients, you will be preventing cancer.
- Use an effective approach by bundling your vaccine recommendation. Recommend the HPV vaccine the same day and the same way you recommend all other vaccines.
- Implement systems to ensure you never miss an opportunity to vaccinate.
- Know your rates of vaccination and refusal.
- Maintain strong doctor-patient relationships to help with challenging immunization conversations.
- Learn how to answer some of parents' most common questions about HPV vaccine.
- Use personal examples of how you choose to vaccinate children in your family.
Resources
CDC Health Care Provider Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/hcp/index.aspx
CDC Continuing Education :https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/hcp/continuing-ed.aspx
Louisiana Cancer Prevention and Control Programs: https://louisianacancer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Improve-HPV-Vaccination-Rates-Infographic-For-Providers.jpg
CDC 5 Tips to Improve Your HPV Vaccination Rates (Videos): https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/hcp/boosting-vacc-rates.aspx
Upcoming Webinar: Cervical Cancer Awareness and Treatment in Louisiana
An informative and engaging webinar on the current state of Cervical Cancer in Louisiana and the ways our LSU Health experts are treating it.
When: Wednesday, January 20 at 12pm
Register: https://give.lsuhealthfoundation.org/webseries
Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth Rates Among Black and White Medicaid-Enrolled Teens
Published in the September issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health
Dumas, S. A;Chu, S;Horswell, R. Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth Rates Among Black and White Medicaid-Enrolled Teens. Journal of Adolescent Health 2020, 64, 3.
https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30214-7/fulltext
Editorial: https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30322-0/pdf
Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana
Published in the November 2020 issue of Pharmacy
Chiccarelli, E.;Khorsandi, N.; Dumas, S.A.;Aden, J.K.;Pasternak, R.H. Population Geography and Emergency Contraception Access in Louisiana. Pharmacy 2020, 8, 224.
https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/8/4/224
Editorial: During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Let's Not Overlook the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care and Education We Desperately Needed Before
By Dr. Ryan H. Pasternak
https://blacksourcemedia.com/la-children-need-health-care-education/
WDSU Interview: “Ask Dr. Corey Hebert: How are Adolescents Doing with COVID19”
July 2020-Dr. Ryan H. Pasternak was interviewed by Dr. Corey Hebert on his WDSU segment “Ask Dr. Corey Hebert”