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Blueprint for Male Involvement
This publication
includes activities and worksheets that are designed to
help family planning programs create a plan of action for
developing or expanding male involvement initiatives with
other community partners. CHT developed this guide as part
of a two-year research project on male involvement in reproductive
health that was funded by the Office of Population Affairs
through the Washington State Department of Health. The final
report from year one is also available and describes
CHT's qualitative study, which explored issues including
social and cultural factors that influence male attitudes
and behaviors related to reproductive health and how male
perspectives on sexual responsibility and reproductive health
knowledge influence sexual behavior. The first link below
is the full document (932kb), the second is the cover art
(96kb).
blueprint2K.pdf
blueprint2Kcover.pdf
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The Clearinghouse Courier
Newsletter
The California Safe Routes
To School Clearinghouse exists to offer support to local
activists and public agency staff in their quest to develop
Safe Routes to School in their California communities. This
quarterly newsletter contains articles, resources and information
related to Safe Routes to Schools, i.e. traffic safety,
healthy physical activity, curriculum ideas, legislation
and policy.
sr2snews_v3.pdf (119k) New
in March - Volume 3
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Client-centered Care Organizational
Assessment: How well does your agency provide client-centered
services?
Here's
a one-page self-assessment you can have your entire staff
or your management team complete to begin a dialogue about
how client-centered your services and systems really are.
agency_assess.pdf
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Client Satisfaction Made Easy
This manual is written for staff of publicly-funded agencies who can influence how client satisfaction assessment is conducted in a clinic setting. Inside you’ll find: a step-by-step guide to collecting useful client satisfaction data; short ready-to-use surveys in both English and Spanish; training activities to ensure staff buy-in and support; summary of the latest research on client satisfaction in health care settings
Cost is $20, postage paid.
Sample 1: Hopes, Fears and Benefits
Sample 2: Sample Surveys
Sample 3: Survey Poster (English)
Sample 4: Survey Poster (Spanish)
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Contraceptive Choices 2007: What
Your Clients Need to Know
As contraception continues to
change, CHT continues to keep this
comprehensive video up-to-date
with the basic information needed
to educate clients about all of their
contraceptive options. Emergency
contraception is included, along
with counseling tips. Both teens
and adults share personal accounts
of experiences when using
various methods. Running time: 50
minutes. Cost: $45
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Contraceptive Fact Sheets
The Contraceptive Fact
Sheets were developed by the Center for Health Training
(CHT) as a training tool for professionals to increase their knowledge
about birth control options when working with their clients.
These Facts Sheets were also designed as handouts for patients
and clients. However, these materials are not intended to
offer full informed consent information for patients who
are being given prescription birth control methods. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the
authors and do not necessarily represent the official views
of CHT. Updated 2007. Download a complete set of fact sheets in a single Adobe Acrobat file here (2MB) or download individual fact sheets below.
Abstinence | Birth
Control Pills | Breastfeeding
| Cervical Barriers
| Diaphragm |
Emergency Contraception
| Female
Condom |
Fertility Awareness-based Methods | Implants
| IUD/IUS |
Male Condom |
Mini-pills
| Patch |
Shot | Spermicides
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Sponge | Tubal
Ligation | Vaginal
Ring | Vasectomy
| Withdrawal
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Contraceptive Methods Overview Poster
This two page, 8½ x 11 inch poster graphically illustrates each method of contraception with a picture and a brief, positive statement. Methods are grouped by type (barrier, hormonal, etc.). The poster is intended to be used as a conversation starter between a client and a clinician or counselor
methodsposter.pdf
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methodsposter.pdf (black&white version) (590k)
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Effective Contraceptive Counseling
No single model for the entire process and content of counseling and educating clients about contraception has been demonstrated by in-depth, peer-reviewed research to facilitate clients’ contraceptive efficacy. However, an extensive literature review does support the efficacy of a number of separately studied counseling topics, provider qualities and processes. The Effective Contraceptive Counseling (ECC) model combines expert wisdom and research about all the various pieces of client interventions, particularly research about what is important and useful for serving teens. In addition, the ECC model integrates the personal and cultural context of a client’s experience into the counseling and educational approach. The training curriculum, Effective Contraceptive Counseling: Training Clinicians, Educators and Counselors to Help Clients Use Contraception More Effectively, reflects the authors’ analyses of research and best practices for improving client contraceptive efficacy.
Cost: $75.00
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English to Spanish Glossary
and Compact Disc of Family Planning Related Terms
A complete set includes a
20-minute compact disc (cd) that takes the listener through a family
planning clinic visit, and a 48-page glossary of English
to Spanish family planning terms and medical abbreviations.
The glossary also contains the audio script so the
listener can read along with the disc. Cost is $20, postage
paid. You must order at least one complete set before you
can order additional copies of the glossary. Please download
or call CHT at 206-447-9538 for an order form.
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Family Planning Basics: Complete Trainer's Toolkit
Finding it challenging to send new
staff to trainings? Too far to go?
Costly? CHT has made available
the Family Planning Basics: Complete
Trainer’s Toolkit so that clinics
have the option of training their own
staff, onsite, at their own pace. This
Trainer’s Toolkit includes everything
needed to conduct a two-day interactive
training event that will provide
the fundamentals for new clinic staff
to be equipped to do family planning
counseling and education. It is appropriate
for new staff as well as those
who have this responsibility added to
their routine job duties. Certificates
of competence for participants who
complete a written and oral exam are
available from the Center for Health
Training upon request for a fee of
$40. Users: Administrators, managers,
educators, and others providing information
and education to clients. If purchased separately: Family Planning Basics: Trainer’s
Manual, 2007—$75
Family Planning Basics: Effective
Education and Counseling
(training video)—$30
Contraceptive Choices 2007:
What Your Clients Need to Know
(training video)—$45 Cost: $125
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Family Planning Basics: Trainer's Manual, 2007
This manual includes a training
design, all activity materials, study
sheets and background information
for trainers, PowerPoint slide set
and originals for overheads, and
participant packet materials. Cost: $75
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Family Planning Basics: Effective
Education and Counseling, 2005
Watch and learn from Michael and
Carla as they address their clients’
concerns and assist them with
decision-making related to their
contraceptive needs. During the
two scenarios, a helpful education
and counseling model is presented
and essential communication skills
are demonstrated. Discussion
Guide and Script are included. Running
time: 22 minutes. Cost: $30
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Fundamental Skills for Case
Managers Working with Teens:
A Self Study Guide
This self-study guide was developed for case
managers who work with pregnant/parenting
teens and their siblings. Four units cover
fundamental skills and information essential
for case managers working with this population:
(1) Essential Communication Skills; (2)
Case Management Challenges; (3) Stages of
Development, Adolescents and their Children;
(4) Assessments and Action Plans. This guide
is intended to be completed on an individual
basis with a supervisor’s involvement and
guidance. Each unit contains activities that
include self-reflection exercises, observations,
and role plays. Continuing education units are
available upon request for BRNs, LCSWs and
MFTs. 231 pgs. Cost: $50
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Helping Parents Engage
A family involvement resource manual to help family planning providers train their clinic staff and other youth-serving providers to integrate family involvement into their services. The four sections of the manual address: Involving Families Within the Clinic Setting, Support in the Community, Helping Community Leaders and Parents Connect With Young People: Skill-building Activities, Information and Resources. Users of this manual will be able to: Understand the importance of family involvement, discover and practice ways to encourage family involvement in the clinic setting, explore ways to work within the community to promote involvement by other adults, practice concrete methods of educating and supporting parents and other adults to be involved in young people's lives. Cost is $30, postage paid.
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HIV Integration in Reproductive
Health Care
This short article describes our work in helping FP clinics
increase HIV integration, clinic efficiency, staff morale
through a focus on improving Client-Centered Care.
whytalk_assess.pdf
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It's Your Choice: Birth Control for Teens
Designed for teens, this 30 minute educational video presents unbiased information about all current and upcoming methods of contraception, including abstinence. The information is presented by peer educators, with real life interviews of teens giving their opinions and experiences about these methods. Intended for use in schools, youth groups, and in-clinic education. Cost: $60. Continuous loop version: $75
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Keys to the Staff Development
Treasure Chest: How to Unlock the Hidden Gems in your Organization
This exciting new
resource has been developed for agency staff whose job includes
overseeing staff development functions for their agency.
From hiring and orientation to training, this manual includes
activities you can use to ensure that you know what your
staff need to perform their jobs better, plan for ways to
meet that need, and carry out that plan. Cost is $25, postage paid.
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Region VI Chlamydia Challenge
Newsletter
New Summer 2007 Issue!
This is a biannual publication of the DHHS Region VI Infertility Prevention Project. The newsletter, aimed at clinicians, counselors, legislators, STD program administrators, laboratory staff and other public health providers, contains feature articles on issues relating to chlamydia and gonorrhea screening and treatment, at risk populations, counseling, technology and clinical services. Also included are Region VI chlamydia prevalence data, websites of interest, clinical questions and answers, upcoming meeting dates and a listing of the five states membership on the project.
current issue
(404kb)
prior issue
(368kb)
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Region VI Infertility Prevention
Project Guidelines
New! Region VI Infertility Prevention Project Guidelines, June 2004, replaces the 1998 version. The Guidelines were updated to incorporate new information presented on the 2002 revisions to the Centers for Disease Control STD treatment guidelines and lab guidelines. The following topics are covered: Screening and Treatment, Education and Counseling, Laboratory Staff Education and Training, Lab Slip and Data Collection Instructions and an appendix with gonorrhea treatment recommendations. Additional information about the guidelines or the Region VI Infertility Prevention Project can be obtained by contacting our Austin office.
R6_IPPGuidelines.pdf (206k)
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Region IX Audioconferences
Center for Health Training is pleased to offer some of our recent audioconferences in Region IX archived on compact discs. If you were unable to participate on the day of the event, this is a chance to catch up and to obtain the information at your convenience. Written materials for each session are included as on the CD in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. These are available only from Center for Health Training in Oakland and cannot be ordered in combination with other materials listed here. Sessions currently available include:
- Contraceptive Update from January 23, 2004
- Counseling Adolescents to Prevent and Manage Sexual Coercion and Abuse from December 10, 2003
- Managing Sexual Abuse in a Family Planning Clinic Setting - California - November 20, 2003; Arizona - May 26, 2004; Hawaii - June 2, 2004; Nevada - June 8, 2004
- Ask the Experts: Region IX Chlamydia Clinical Guidelines and HSV Update - December 9, 2004
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Region IX Infertility Prevention
Project Chlamydia Clinical Guidelines
New! The December 2003 Guidelines replace the original 1998 version. The Guidelines were updated to incorporate new information presented on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2002 Treatment and Laboratory Guidelines. The following topics are covered: laboratory services and testing; history, risk assessment and physical exam; clinical presentation and diagnosis; treatment; follow-up of positive chlamydia test results; reporting procedures; clinic staff education and training; patient/client education and counseling; partner identification and referral; partner assessment and treatment; and outreach activities. The full download includes a minor addition made to Appendix B in May 2005: a patient information sheet with instructions for collecting APTIMA vaginal swab specimens. If you already have the full document, you may download just those two pages below. Additional information about the guidelines or the Region IX Infertility Prevention Project can be obtained by contacting our Oakland office.
R9IPPGuide_03.pdf (689k)
Appendix B Additions (372k)
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Region X Infertility Prevention
Project Manual 2005
The Region X Infertility Prevention Project (IPP) is pleased to provide the latest regional guidelines for the IPP developed by the Regional Advisory Committee. This manual is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and allows the reader to access and print the section(s) of interest or the complete manual (458KB). Questions or concerns can be addressed with your state IPP Coordinator or Family Planning representatives or directly to the Regional Coordinator, Elizabeth Patrick at epatrick@jba-cht.com. This manual is produced by Center for Health Training -Seattle through funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Reproductive Health Discharge
Planning for Incarcerated Youth
This report describes a joint
Center for Health Training and Region X Office of Family
Planning pilot project that used training as a tool for
collaboration between juvenile detention centers and community
agencies serving youth. The pilot project asked, "Can
reproductive health information and services be incorporated
into existing discharge planning processes for adolescents
being released from juvenile detention centers?" The report
describes the implementation of the project, the participants
and the training event; evaluates the pilot and process;
outlines lessons learned and recommendations for next
steps; and summarizes state juvenile correctional systems
in Region X.
incrall.pdf
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Staff Development Opportunities
2008
Need ideas for staff training? This resource provides ideas for all staff. Topics are listed by content area, with a description and intended audience. Also included are the 2008 Title X Priorities and Key Issues. Use this resource to complete needs assessment plans, or to come up with staff development ideas throughout the year.
Users: Administrators, staff managers and human resource directors
Cost: Free
needsbooklet.pdf
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Title X: Making a Difference
This video is designed to assist supervisors, clinic
managers, program managers and staff trainers to
orient staff to the premises and principles, policies
and procedures – the full context – of working in
family planning. In order to be most effective, staff of
family planning clinics need to understand the mission
and culture of the organizations where they work, and
the history and context of the greater family planning
profession. Family planning services focus on many
aspects of sexuality and sexual health. Staff bring to
the job their own qualms, values, beliefs, myths and
misinformation about sexuality and family planning,
and may find themselves unprepared to be working in
this unique culture. Therefore, a considered and
careful orientation is important. Cost is $30.00.
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Woman to Woman: Inside and Out
A women’s health training manual for peer health educators. While this manual was developed for use by peer educators in a women’s prison, educators can readily adapt it for use with professionals and community members, men and women, adults and youth, inmates and free-world participants. Participants will understand more about some of the systems of our bodies -- digestive, circulatory, nervous, skin, reproductive, and musculo-skeletal -- and how to care for them. Activities and games guarantee to engage participants. Bonus: includes trainer’s manual with training designs and handouts for an experienced trainer to use with a group of peer educators to help them develop facilitation skills, clarify professional ethics, and practice.
Cost: $35, postage paid.
Sample Activity: Being Assertive
Sample Activity: Care and Feeding...
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Working with Teens: Building Case Management Skills
This staff training video is designed to assist
case managers who work with adolescents. The
video includes four scenes, which include:
conducting the initial interview, building rapport
and discussing confidentiality; dealing with
disclosure of sexual assault; managing a
parenting teen’s over-involved parent and
recruiting new clients; how male staff can
interact effectively with female clients; and
helping teen girls set boundaries related to
sexual activity. Experts in the field analyze and
comment on the skills utilized in each scene.
Discussion guide included. Running time 50
minutes. Cost: $50
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Links
+ Other Resources
Click here for links
and other resources that may be of interest to our various
training audiences. Some of them are geared toward staff
in specific geographic locations, others are of general
interest nationally. For a map that describes the DHHS regions
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