Who or What
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Description & Link
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A Pocket Guide to Managing Contraception
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The guide is now available online and includes
information about the newer birth control. methods.http://www.managingcontraception.com/pdfmanage.html |
The North American Menopause Society
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Nonprofit scientific organization devoted to
promoting understanding of menopause.
http://www.menopause.org |
The National Institutes of Health
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
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See the background, overview, and findings of
WHI, one of the largest preventive studies, focusing on the major causes of death,
disability, and frailty in postmenopausal women, in the United States. See
hormone replacement therapy (HRT), dietary modification, and calcium/vitamin D
supplementation fact sheets.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi
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LAM Resources
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Site provides information and resources about
the lactational amenorrhea method of birth control.
http://www.linkagesproject.org/LAMCD/LAM.htm |
Essure
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Find out more about this new method of
sterilization from the company that developed it.
http://www.conceptus.com |
A Provider's Guide for the Care of Women with Physical Disabilities &
Chronic Medical Conditions
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This guide is designed to improve the knowledge
and practice of clinicians in providing care to women with physical disabilities and
chronic medical conditions. The first sections focus on access to general
medical care and removing common barriers; later sections cover reproductive health
care. The development of the guide was supported by a grant from the
CDC. Print copies are $2 each and may be ordered by calling: (919) 966-0868.
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/Providerhtml.html
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/Provider.pdf |
The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association's (NFPRHA)
E-Learning Center
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This resource can be used to help expand mastery
of reproductive health and advocacy skills. Check out sessions on hot topics,
such as HIPPA and federal judicial nominations. Just go to <www.nfprha.org>, and click on Members
Only. Log in to your NFPRHA account then click on the bar that says E-Learning
Center. |
The Texas Institute for Health Policy Research's Landscape Project
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County data, rankings, and comparisons cover
these topics: socioeconomic status, demographics, health insurance, household
information, welfare, STDs, abortions, births (including premature, low birth
weight, and teen) fertility rates, prenatal care, and healthcare providers.
http://66.241.202.7/index.cfm |
Funders Concerned About AIDS
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This organization mobilizes philanthropic
leadership and resources, domestically and internationally, to eradicate the
HIV/AIDS pandemic and to address its social and economic consequences.
http://www.fcaaids.org |
BorderHealth.net
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Borderhealth.net is the online community for
health professionals working to improve health professionals working to improve
health in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
http://www.borderhealth.net/moe.htm |
Capitol Advantage
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Internet advocacy action tools are offered that
can assist users to enable web site visitors to educate themselves on issues;
identify their elected representatives at the federal, state and local levels; and
communicate their views to their lawmakers via targeted e-mail, letter, fax or
hand-delivered letters.
http://capitoladvantage.com/h2 |
Planned
Parenthood of Amarillo & the Texas Panhandle
