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Title X Family Planning National Grantee Meeting:
Policies, Priorities & Initiatives
August 19-21, 2009                                  Chicago, IL
 CONFERENCE
OVERVIEW


 


DAY ONE: 
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
 

 OPENING PLENARY

Opening Remarks/Moderator
Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC
Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA

Welcome from the Office of Population Affairs
Evelyn Kappeler
Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs

Update on Title X Family Planning Program & Overview of Title X Statute, Regulations & Guidelines
Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC
Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA

PROGRAM UPDATES
1) HIV Integration Project
Jule Hallerdin, MN, MPH, CNM, Nurse Consultant, Office of Family Planning/OPA

2) Overview of OPA New Media Tools
Charon Flowers Maple, MPH, Health Communication and Education Specialist, Office of Family Planning/OPA

3) Male Family Planning Research

Findings from the Male Research Cross-Site Evaluation
Shelli B. Rossman, MA
Senior Fellow, Justice Policy Center
The Urban Institute

Overview of the Male Research Initiative – Round 3
David Johnson, MPH
Office of Family Planning
David Fine, PhD
Center for Health Training

4) National Training Center for Family Planning
Kathryn Gates-Ferris, MS, MPA
Project Director, National Training Center for Family Planning
Cicatelli Associates Inc.

5) Clinical Training Center for Family Planning Update
Jacki Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP
Project Director, Clinical Training Center for Family Planning
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Nursing

6) What's New at the OPA Clearinghouse
Nina Corin
Project Director
OPA Clearinghouse

7) The Infertility Prevention Project: Past, Present and Future
Steven J. Shapiro, CDC
National IPP Coordinator
CDC Division of STD Prevention


DAY TWO:  Thursday, August 20, 2009
 

 MORNING PLENARY

Moderator: Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC, Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA

Disparities in Health Care & Reproductive Health Outcomes
Haywood L. Brown, MD
Professor and Chair
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University Medical Center

IOM Title X Evaluation
Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD
Vanderbilt University

RESEARCH UPDATES
Moderator
: Melanie Brown, MPH, MA, Public Health Analyst, OPA

1) Office of Research Cooperative Agreements

Family Planning Needs and Services in the United States
Jennifer J. Frost
Senior Research Associate
Guttmacher Institute

Cross-Cutting Themes from OPA – Child Trends Cooperative Agreement for Family Planning Research
Jennifer Manlove, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Child Trends

Family Planning Services Received and Client Perceptions of Quality: Findings from the SPARQ Project
Kathleen M. Cardona, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Scientist
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2) Evaluation Set Aside Project

Cultural Competency Evaluation Project
Jamie Hart, PhD, MPH
Research Director for Health Equity
Altarum Institute

 LUNCHEON PRESENTATION

Moderator: Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC, Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA

FPAR Data Trends and Issues
Christina I. Fowler, Ph.D., MPH
RTI International
Evelyn J. Glass, MSPH
FPAR Data Coordinator/Family Planning RPC, Region VI

Sentinel FP Clinic Network: Overview of Project Design, Development, and Testing
Christina I. Fowler, Ph.D., MPH
RTI International

 AFTERNOON PLENARY

Moderator: Charon Flowers Maple, MPH, Health Communication and Education Specialist, Office of Family Planning/OPA

2) Evaluation Set Aside Project cont.

340 B Project
Jennifer Medearis Costello, MS
Senior Manager
The Lewin Group

3) Service Delivery Improvement Project – Office of Research & Evaluation

Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Native American Men
Kris FourStar
Communicable Disease Officer, Fort Peck Tribal Health Department
Elizabeth Rink, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Montana State University

Disparities in Access to Reproductive Health Care
Christina I. Fowler, Ph.D., MPH
Reproductive Health Analyst
RTI International

Impact of Pack Supply on Contraceptive Continuation
Katharine O’Connell White, M.D., MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of OB/GYN
Columbia University Medical Center


DAY THREE:  Friday, August 21, 2009
 

 Opening Remarks/Housekeeping

Moderator: Michelle Gerka, Cicatelli Associates Inc.

 MORNING PLENARY

Welcome from the Assistant Secretary for Health
Introduction: Evelyn Kappeler
Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs

Howard Koh, MPH, MD
Assistant Secretary for Health
US Department of Health and Human Services.

Healthy People 2020: A Vision for Building a Healthier Nation
Carter Blakey
Senior Advisor and Lead, Community Strategies Team HHS/OS/OPHS/ODPHP

U.S. Adaptation of the Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use
Kathryn M. Curtis, PhD,
Epidemiologist
CDC, Division of Reproductive Health

Family Planning and Reproductive Health: Data from the National Survey of Family Growth
Gladys Martinez, PhD and Anjani Chandra, PhD
CDC National Center for Health Statistics

Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Family Planning and How Can We Strengthen Our Field?
Sarah S. Brown, CEO
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

 AFTERNOON PLENARY

Title X Fiscal & Clinical Requirements
Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC,
Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA

Contribution of Title X to Family Planning
Rachel Benson Gold
Director of Policy Analysis
Guttmacher Institute

Closing
Evelyn Kappeler, Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs
Susan Moskosky, MS, RNC, Director, Office of Family Planning/OPA
 


NOTE: Funding for this conference was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs/Office of Family Planning. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

 

 

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