Course Handouts

• Greg Stephenson,
  Community Health Services
  Kansas Unified Government Public Health Department
• Colleen Bornmueller,
  Iowa Infertility Prevention Project (IPP)
• Karen Thompson,
  STD Program Manager
• Confidential Partner Record

Health professionals and educators from across Iowa meet each year over the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) for an update about the Iowa Infertility Prevention Project (IIPP) and emerging issues with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

"The Iowa Infertility Prevention Project is an important public health program for our state," says Colleen Bornmueller, Iowa Infertility Prevention Project Coordinator for the Family Planning Council of Iowa. Every year, we provide screening for Chlamydia to thousands of women and their partners who otherwise might not have been tested. According to CDC, 75 percent of women and 50 percent of men with Chlamydia infections are asymptomatic; they are not aware of their infections and do not seek health care. This allows for the spread of the disease and can lead to severe and costly reproductive health problems if left untreated."

2008 Program Description
To review emerging issues regarding the Infertility Prevention Project and STDs in Iowa. Also, to help participants realize the value of providing treatment and re-screening for patients and their partners in a variety of health care settings.

Featured Speaker:
Greg Stephenson, Division Head
Community Health Services
Unified Government Public Health Department
Kansas City, Kansas

Intended Audience
Representatives of participating Iowa IPP provider sites, Disease Prevention Specialists, and other interested nurses, nurse practitioners, clinicians, educators and counselors.

Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Review Iowa IPP data for women previously testing positive for chlamydia and receiving a second test within 3 to 4 months.
2. Explain the new state code for partner delivered therapy and how it will be implemented in IPP clinic sites.
3. Describe significance of asymptomatic infection, potential for reinfection from untreated partners and risk of complications when re-infected with genital Chlamydia trachomatis.
4. List three critical counseling messages regarding partner management to deliver to patients diagnosed with genital C. trachomatis infections.
5. Discuss at least three resources or strategies for facilitating treatment for partners diagnosed with genital C. trachomatis.

Registration

Register one of three ways:
• Fill out the Online Form
or
• Download and print the brochure then
• Fax: 515-288-4048 (please fax registration only if you are not requesting CEUs)
or
• Mail: Colleen Bornmueller
  Family Planning Council of Iowa
  108 3rd St., Suite 220
  Des Moines, IA 50309
• Pre-registration for this program is REQUIRED.
• The deadline is August 18, 2008
• Registration forms may be duplicated.
• There is no fee to attend this conference (unless CEU credits are requested). Funding was provided by the Region VII Infertility Prevention Project.
• Check this website for handouts after August 1, 2008

For program information please refer to: www.fpcouncil.com or www.uhl.uiowa.edu

For questions about the program or registration, contact Colleen Bornmueller at: cbornmueller@fpcouncil.com or 515-288-9028.

Funding was provided by the Region VII Infertility Prevention Project and the Iowa IPP.