ACPM to host web-based conference on low carbohydrate diets and adolescents
Washington, D.C. The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) will host a web-based conference to present the latest evidence-based information on the key elements of a healthy diet for adolescents. The conference, Low Carbohydrate Diets and Adolescent Weight Control: Promising Option or Oxymoron? will be held September 9, 2004, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on . ...... Two of the nation's leadi...Partnership for Prevention and ACPM commend expanded coverage of preventive services under Medicare
Washington, DC Partnership for Prevention, a nonprofit organization devoted to helping Americans prevent disease and injury, welcomes new proposed rules from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand coverage for preventive services under Medicare as "a step in the right direction." The proposed rules were also well received by the American College of Preventive Medicine, the profes...ACPM to host web-based conference on emergency contraception and adolescents
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) will host a web-based conference to present the latest information on providing emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) to adolescents. Emergency Contraceptive Pills and Adolescents: A Live Web Conference, will be held January 28, 2004, beginning at 7 p.m. ET at Medscape from WebMD.... ...Two of the nation's leading experts on reproductive health...ACPM recommends reproductive health care benefits for adolescents
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) recommended today that state health insurance programs pay for comprehensive reproductive health services for adolescents. Among ACPM's highest recommendations, State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) should cover reproductive health assessments during periodic health examinations and cover the prevention, detection,...ACPM recommends research priorities for child and adolescent immunizations
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) recommended today research priorities that aim to encourage the development of new vaccines and increase immunization rates. Developing new combinations of vaccines and needleless vaccine delivery systems are among the key recommendations. If implemented on a population-wide basis, such improvements would increase immunizatio...ACPM issues recommendations to address severe shortage of preventive medicine physicians
Washington, DC - The American College of Preventive Medicine issued a series of recommendations today to increase the number of physicians qualified to assume leadership positions in state and local public health agencies. An article in the latest issue of Health Affairs ("A Prescription for Change: The Need For Qualified Physician Leadership in Public Health") calls attention to this critical s...