This article was originally published here Transl Behav Med. February 22, 2022: ibab166. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibab166. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Describe how social disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic impacted children’s access to health care and children’s health behaviors in 2020. We used mixed methods to conduct surveys and interviews in-depth with English- and Spanish-speaking […]
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Donor Funding Cuts to Family Planning Hit Poor Countries
[LAGOS] Donor funding for family planning in 59 low- and middle-income countries has dropped by more than $100 million in 2020, putting women at risk of unsafe abortions and death, a report find. The report by FP2030 and the Kaiser Family Foundation, said cuts to UK overseas aid were the main driver of the decline, […]
Olympic curling is a family affair for American women and others
When she settled into her room at the Athletes’ Village in Beijing, American curler Nina Roth decorated a wall with family photos to remember the support she has at home. His teammates brought the real thing. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE AT FOXNEWS.COM Captain Tabitha Peterson only has to look at the rink to […]
Maven Clinic Announces New Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Family Health Care
Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, recently announced the appointment of Alex Peahl, MD, MSc, as the first Visiting Scientist to join its Visiting Scientist Program.1 The company’s newly formed program is designed to connect clinician innovators with the company to expand its clinical research roadmap and drive innovations […]
River Valley Family Health Racks up Federal Honors, Highlighting Commitment to Access to Care | Local News
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Maintaining Human Rights in Family Planning Policy as Depopulation Fears Rise
Human rights have been at the heart of the family planning movement for more than half a century, although family planning programs have not always lived up to the human rights commitments to which governments subscribe publicly. The right of couples to control their fertility was first codified in the Tehran Declaration of 1968who noted […]
Know the facts about cervical cancer
Joseph Whitt, MD / Lone Star Family Health Center January 10, 2022 Some strains, especially HPV-16 and HPV-18, are known to cause cancer because they disrupt normal cell behavior and cause cells to grow out of control. Gardasil is a vaccine that helps protect against these two strains by generating an immune response to the […]
Phil Harvey’s obituary | Contraception and family planning
American social entrepreneur Phil Harvey, who died at the age of 83, made contraception affordable for hundreds of millions of people in the developing world with grants provided by profits from Adam & Eve, the company a sex shop he founded in 1970. A committed libertarian, Harvey has also used his considerable resources to advocate […]
Business Beat: A family affair
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Federal grant allows Greater Lawrence Family Health Center to expand residency program
The 10 graduates of the 2021 Family Medicine Residency at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center are, from left, Drs. Layla Cavitt, Rebecca Lee, Tuhin Roy, Jamie Ellis, Elie Ata, Sumana Setty, Caroline Komanecky, Yeri Park, Jennifer Wolf and Julia Cooper. Courtesy photograph.) The Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Program expands to 48 physicians thanks to a […]
NextGen Enterprise leveraged by Monmouth Family Health Center to meet a wide range of medical and dental needs
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN), a leading provider of ambulatory care-focused technology solutions, today announced that Monmouth Family Health Center (Monmouth), an accredited health center the Federal Government (FQHC) with three sites in New Jersey, has adopted its comprehensive suite of solutions including: NextGen® Company Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and practice management (PM), as […]
Making COVID-19 vaccinations a family affair may protect against omicron: analysis
President Joe Biden released a new strategy on Thursday on how to combat the spread of the coronavirus during the winter season, an announcement that comes at a critical time as the omicron variant spreads across the world and the first case has been confirmed in the United States. In response to the unknowns of […]
High vacation? This Thanksgiving Day, Cannabis Is A Family Affair
MIAMI — Cannabis has finally earned a place at the dinner table in America. According to a new survey, one in two Green Wednesday shoppers intend to gift cannabis products to a friend or family member this year, while 77% will use cannabis with others at home. Thanksgiving. In fact, the data suggests that American […]
Odisha among the 5 targeted states
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under its MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Mechanism, announced a new family planning initiative for India on Friday. Through this four-year project, he would contribute to the achievement of India’s national family planning (FP) goals. It was designed to meet the FP and Reproductive Health (RH) needs […]
The cost of family health insurance exceeds $22,000 this year in the United States
The cost of employer-sponsored insurance plans continues to rise at a relatively steady rate, even as a global pandemic has caused dramatic disruptions in how and when people get health care. The findings, released Wednesday, come from the annual report of the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation, which put the average annual premium for family coverage […]
Child Family Health International (CFHI) Partnership | MUSK
Child Family Health International (CFHI) and the Center for Global Health have partnered through an Institutional Affiliation Agreement to engage MUSC students and interns in a wide variety of community health projects in low-income countries low and intermediate. Providing programs specifically designed for MUSC students and interns, CFHI is a leader in global health education, […]
Family affair: Kabalis sisters ready to make their debut as coaches for Hilo High in Kamehameha
Before becoming a women’s volleyball coach at Hilo High, Kaleinani Kabalis achieved a level that very few coaches in the state have, much like her sister Kuulei Kabalis, her co-coach. Kalei played a year for the Vikings before moving to Moanalua, which plays in the much tougher OIA in Oahu, following in the footsteps of […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: North Alabama’s tamale truck is a family affair
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the City of Huntsville is highlighting the work of volunteers, leaders and organizations that have had a significant impact on the city’s Hispanic/Latino populations. Before Teresita’s Tamales became the first tamale truck in northern Alabama, it was a humble undertaking for a family looking to make ends meet. […]
Family planning benefits should include foster and adoptive parents
Most families have nine months to prepare for the arrival of a child, but Andrea Danes and her husband had less than a week to prepare their homes – and their lives – for the arrival of their 11-year-old daughter. year. “When we brought him into our home, it was literally a decision that was […]
Malawi: USAID estimates that 20% of women in Malawi do not have access to family planning methods
One in five women continue to report unmet family planning needs associated with insufficient access to maternal health services, a situation that contributes to early pregnancy and high fertility rates. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission Director Melissa Francis said these factors are in turn the contributing factors to the high number […]
Kathy Castor: $1.7 million in federal funds directed to Tampa Family Health Center
This week, the United States Rep. Kathy BeaverD-Fla., announced that the Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC) will receive $1.7 million in federal funds as part of the $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package signed in March. “This initiative provides funding to health centers to COVID-19[female[feminine-related capital requirements, construction of new facilities, renovation and expansion of existing […]
$24 Million Federal Grant to NYU Langone Family Health Centers Strengthens Community Health Care for Underserved New Yorkers
The 2-year grant is part of a $350 billion relief program allocated to state and local governments to help individuals and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Family Health Center grant is the second largest in New York State, where 63 qualified federal health centers received funding to strengthen community health care. “Strengthening healthcare infrastructure […]
Coastal Family Health Center Reflects on Bridging the Great Health Divide
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – Health has been one of the most discussed topics over the past two years due to COVID-19. In 2019, the United States Census Bureau reported that up to 18% of people under age 65 in southern Mississippi did not have health insurance. Health officials said it drove up the price of […]
$24 Million Grant to NYU Langone Family Health Centers Strengthens Community Health Care for New Yorkers
JNYU Langone Family Health Centers in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, have received a $24 million federal grant through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to advance COVID-19 vaccination and education and expand access to high-quality, comprehensive care in some of New York City’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The 2-year grant is part of a $350 billion […]
NYU Langone Family Health Centers Receives $2 Million CDC Grant to Expand Effective HIV Prevention
BROOKLYN, NY, August 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Affirming the success of its HIV prevention programs and support strategies, the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone benefited from an additional period of five years, $2 million grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) High Impact Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs for Community Based Organizations. […]
Nigeria: Family Planning Saves Lives – We must get the message out to men and women
A year ago, I met a 26-year-old breastfeeding mother who was a graduate student. She was married and had three children; the youngest was only eight months old. She started using birth control pills after her period returned after giving birth, but hid the pills from her husband. When he discovered them, he forced her […]
Support children by empowering parents with family planning resources
Children do better when their parents have the resources to care for them, one of the reasons President Biden recently overhauled the child tax credit to give more money to middle-income families. low and medium. While the large cash transfer should reduce poverty and boost the social mobility of children by improving the economic security […]
CMS provides new clarity for family planning under Medicaid
Family planning services and supplies have been part of the Medicaid program since its inception half a century ago. And over the past few decades, Medicaid has become the primary source of public funding for family planning in the United States, representing three-quarters of this financing at the last count. This should come as no […]
Title X: The Keystone of Publicly Funded Family Planning in the United States
The Title X national family planning program was created 45 years ago with broad bipartisan support. Today, Congress has Title X — still the only federal grant program dedicated entirely to family planning and related preventive health care — in the crosshairs for deep funding cuts or even elimination. The United States House of Representatives […]