The Mesothelioma Information and Resource Group (MIRG) is an organization created to assist patients, family, friends and loved ones in learning about mesothelioma and other asbestos-related injuries.
This June issue highlights the use of volunteers in Health Care for the Homeless and Migrant Health Centers.
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Gardasil® is the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). In June 2006, Gardasil® was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA monitor the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
This month's highlight, Peer Support for LTBI Treatment Adherence and Completion: Training Curriculum and Facilitator’s Guide, from the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center, is designed for training treatment adherence supporters. Background information on approaches to adult education and evaluation, as well as suggestions for pre-training preparation, are provided for planning and implementing a training course.
A list of free online resource compiled by the EPA
This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health (OMH), offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. You may access free online courses accredited for continuing education credit as well as supplementary tools to help you and your organization promote respectful, understandable, and effective care to your increasingly diverse patients.
Shots 2007 is freeware for personal use. Shots 2007 is a quick reference guide to the Immunization Schedules, a collaboration of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the 2006-2007 Adult Immunization Schedule, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
This site contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. They are being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings.
Agenda includes expanding access to quality health care, increasing opportunities in medical education, cultural competence, and research for Latinos. Another focus is policy development and education efforts focused on eliminating health disparities faced by Latinos.
Provides health professions students and residents with opportunities to work on interdisciplinary health care teams. Currently, 21 states and U.S. territories offer SEARCH programs, extending a unique, hands-on, primary care training experience working with people in underserved rural and urban areas.
NHSC grants matching funds directly to States to operate their own loan repayment programs. Primary care health professionals who are providing full-time clinical services in a public or non-profit facility located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area are eligible for this program.
Provides scholarships to full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds, enrolled in health professions and nursing programs.
is a student-governed, national organization representing the concerns of physicians-in-training.
Operates an online job bank
Provides information on communities that are currently recruiting primary care clinicians and is not exclusive to NHSC Scholars and those interested in the NHSC Loan Repayment Program.
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Online Job Bank. You may contact them at: 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 210, Bethesda, MD 20814. Phone: 301-347-0400, Fax: 301-347-0459
PedJobs is the official employment resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is free to the job seeker.
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Online Job Bank. Family physicians remain in high demand and have a variety of practice settings available to them. To view your options and current openings
An online Job Bank for family physicians.
The American Academy of Physician Assistants uses the same database, as do other professional organizations,
Sponsors an internet-based job bank at www.midwifejobs.com, for which they charge $250 for a 4-week listing. ACNM also has a description of Federally Qualified Health Centers in relation to the midwifery profession.
AHECs (Area Health Education Centers) and HETCs (Health Education Training Centers) have regional offices which provide community placements, service learning opportunities and clinical experiences for medical, dental, physician assistant, nursing, pharmacy and allied health students in rural and urban underserved communities. Programs also focus on recruitment, placement, and retention activities to address community and state health care workforce needs.
If you are interested in a clinical job posting with a community health center in AK, ID, OR or WA, please visit our clinical job listing to search for positions and upload your information.
Diabetes group visit information tools, PDSA and examination forms, and flow sheets
A community-based program whose mission is to promote the health of Texans by increasing awareness and opportunities for individuals to engage in regular physical activity, including walking, and has How-To instruction manuals on how to start such a walking or biking program in any community.
Clinics which treat mobile patients with diabetes can now count on a clinical oversight system that can help prevent diabetes-related complications by providing self-management support, education and referral.
An organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
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