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Region X
In 1988 STD and Family Planning Programs along with the state laboratories from the 4 states of federal DHHS Region X (ten) - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington - agreed to collaboratively work together to find a cost effective way to test high-risk female clients in Family Planning clinics for Chlamydia. This project was initially funded with Family Planning/Title X and STD/CDC funds. Because of the success of this project in determining which clients would be considered to be high-risk and eligible for testing, and in reducing the chlamydia positivity rates in Family Planning clinics in the 4 involved states by 60%, federal legislation was passed in 1992 that authorized the national Infertility Prevention Program through CDC. Currently all states receive funding from CDC for IPP. IPP service sites have expanded from Family Planning clinics to include a variety of other settings, i.e. primary care clinics, juvenile centers, migrant and community health clinics, university health services, etc.
Each of the ten federal DHHS regions has an IPP regional office/coordinator. The Regional Coordinator for Region X is Elizabeth Patrick; the data analyst for the region is Dr. David Fine. In Region X each of the 4 states and the Regional Office has several representatives including those from Family Planning, STD and Laboratory programs that comprise the Region X IPP Advisory Committee. This committee meets on a regular basis to help assess, plan, implement and evaluate regional and state activities related to chlamydia. The Region X IPP Advisory Committee has developed a manual that includes in-depth information about the Project.
Region X Infertility Prevention Project Manual 2005
The Region X Infertility Prevention Project (IPP) is pleased to provide the latest regional guidelines for the IPP developed by the Regional Advisory Committee. This manual is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and allows the reader to access and print the section(s) of interest or the complete manual (458KB). Questions or concerns can be addressed with your state IPP Coordinator or Family Planning representatives or directly to the Regional Coordinator, Elizabeth Patrick at epatrick@jba-cht.com. This manual is produced by Center for Health Training -Seattle through funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
National STD Treatment Guidelines in a 100 page PDF, published by CDC in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), August 2006.
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