IPP Coordinator’s Update

IPP Coordinator’s Update

New Orleans

Good Food and Drink

NCC

• National Chlamydia Coalition– Why Screen for Chlamydia:

• http://www.prevent.org• Partnership for Prevention• Private providers• Download or purchase

Strategic Plan

PM Data

• Is the data being used to plan programs? – Set Goal, Action Steps, Best Practices

• Why/Why Not?

• Consequences?

• More from CDC…

Special Projects

• E.g. Use of Texting to increase treatment PM with use of: www.joopz.com

• “You Decide” client centered message to improve quality of Race / Ethnicity Data

• Working with Society for Adolescent Health to overcome barriers for insured adolescents to get testing (confidentiality)

• Risk factor analysis based on race / ethnicity and based on Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures ABSM & Geo-coding

HEDIS

April 17 2009 MMWR Kent

• Nationally 41.6% sexually active females 15-25 years old screened 41.6%

• Highest screening in Northeast 45.5%

• 2007 50.5% Medicaid enrollees screened compared with 38.6% commercial

Epi Methods Survey

• 3 from Region I – Higher participation than many sites

• Collating initial findings and disseminate

• Plans to reissue for higher response rate

Special Project

• Region I Funded 09-10

• Continuation of Provider Assessment

• Intervention to improve performance– Data dissemination element– Provider-level intervention