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MCH Navigator is a new "learning portal" for MCH professionals working in state agencies and at the community level who seek to advance their learning and skills mastery. The MCH Navigator links individuals to existing open-access training, organized in areas consistent with nationally endorsed public health and MCH leadership competencies. Online training resources – like archived webcasts and webinars, instructional modules and self-guided short courses – have undergone academic review and have been handpicked for, and vetted by, MCH audiences. The website is being made widely available now, while still in development, in response to requests from our state and local stakeholder collaborators. In addition to meeting what have been described as urgent needs in the field, release of this early product will enable input and feedback from the widest of array of target audiences. There is a "Comment" feature so that users can give feedback. Explore the learning resources linked in the MCH Navigator system with the MCH Navigator Web Tour. For more complete information about the overall MCH Navigator project, there is a short video presentation at http://navigator.mchtraining.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/5/files/PPT_Navigator/.
Midwifery & Health in the Americas: Marrying Mayan & Western Medicine – Summer 2012 Service Trip to GuatemalasDate: May 26 – June 2, 2012
Organization:VCU Institute for Women’s Health in partnership with the Highland Support Project, Partners in Service Program and the Association of Highland Women (AMA)
Location: Guatemala
Description: This service/exchange program provides training and information exchange with Mayan midwives and health promoters in Guatemala. Participants will learn about traditional midwifery practices and medicinal herbs; listen to lectures from a Mayan Cosmo-vision expert, bone-setters, and spirit guides; and explore local indigenous markets and La Antigua Guatemala, the colonial Spanish capital of Central America.
Registration: Deadline for applications: February 24, 2012. Space is limited to 12 participants. For application and flyer visit http://www.womenshealth.vcu.edu/outreach/global/guatemala.html. Contact Janett Forte at (804) 827-1200 or e-mail jforte@vcu.edu with any questions.
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The Nurses’ Health Study 3, conducted by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is currently recruiting female nurses between the ages 22-45 from across the United States. The study is investigating the role of women’s lifestyles during their 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s can influence their health and disease risk later in life. For more information, visit http://nhs2survey.org/NHS3/.
The National Institutes of Health seek women in the Washington, D.C., area who have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) to take part in a study on the possible role of the adrenal glands in the disorder. The study will be conducted by researchers in the NICHD. To be eligible for the study, women with PCOS must be between 16 and 24 years of age. Study volunteers will be asked to provide blood and urine samples. NIH physicians will evaluate the women free of charge and recommend treatment for PCOS or adrenal disorders, if needed. Depending on the findings from their initial evaluation, study volunteers may need a one-week inpatient stay at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda. In most cases, participants will be reimbursed for their travel expenses. Women who take part in the study will be asked not to use hormonal contraceptives and certain other drugs that influence hormone levels. Women interested in participating in the study may contact the NIH Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office at 1-(800)-411-1222 or prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov. Additional information about the study is available at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01313455?term=PCOS&lead=NICHD&rank=6.