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Substance Abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Webinar
Substance Abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Family Planning Settings webinar that OPA held on January 11, 2012.
Posted 01/18/12
Research and Evaluation Update Winter 2011
The October-December 2011 Research and Evaluation Quarterly Update is now available.
Posted 12/23/11
July-September 2011 Issue of the Journal of Family Social Work Highlights Title XX
The July-September 2011 Issue of the Journal of Family Social Work 
is a special issue in which findings of Title XX interventions are highlighted! Congratulations OAPP!!!
Posted 11/17/11
Preliminary Results of the FDA-funded Study Suggests Approximately 1.5-fold Increase in the Risk of Blood Clots for Women
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the public that it has not yet reached a conclusion, but remains concerned, about the potential increased risk of blood clots with the use of drospirenone-containing birth control pills. FDA has completed its review of the two 2011 studies that evaluated the risk of blood clots for women who use drospirenone-containing birth control pills, previously mentioned in FDA's Drug Safety Communication issued on May 31, 2011, and is continuing its review of a separate FDA-funded study that evaluated the risk of blood clots in users of several different hormonal birth control products (contraceptives). Preliminary results of the FDA-funded study suggest an approximately 1.5-fold increase in the risk of blood clots for women who use drospirenone-containing birth control pills compared to users of other hormonal contraceptives. Learn more.
Posted 09/28/11
Research and Evaluation Update Summer 2011
The April-June 2011 Office of Population Affairs Research & Evaluation Update is now available on the OPA website! The Update is a web-based publication that includes summaries of recent OPA-supported research publications, summaries of other relevant recently published research articles, and research and evaluation updates from national organizations on a range of family planning topics. When available, links to abstracts in PubMed or full articles in open-access journals are provided.
Posted 09/01/11
2012 Family Planning Services Funding Opportunities
The Office of Population Affairs, Office of Family Planning, announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2012 funds for Family Planning Services grants. For further information and to apply electronically, please visit Grants and Funding or www.grants.gov for this grant funding opportunity.
Posted on 08/22/11
Cost Sharing Eliminated for Insurance Coverage of Women's Preventive Services
Historic new guidelines that will enable women with private health insurance to obtain certain preventive health services, including contraception, at no cost, were announced on August 1st by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS guidance, which implements a section of the Affordable Care Act, was developed after recommendations were provided to the Department by an expert panel of the independent Institute of Medicine. The new HHS guidelines require new health insurance plans to cover women's preventive services such as well-woman visits, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screening, and contraception without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible. New health plans will need to include these services without cost sharing for insurance policies with plan years beginning on or after August 1, 2012. The rules governing coverage of preventive services allow plans to use reasonable medical management to help define the nature of the covered service that apply to women's preventive services. View the IOM Report Brief (pdf, 460 kb).
Posted on 08/16/11
OPA Announces Anticipated Availability of Funds for Embryo Donation and/or Adoption Cooperative Agreement Projects
The Office of Population Affairs announces the availability of approximately $1.7 million of FY 2011 funding for 4 to 8 cooperative agreements related to frozen embryo donation and/or adoption. The cooperative agreements will fund projects that increase the public awareness of embryo donation/adoption or which provide services that facilitate embryo donation/adoption for individuals or couples. For more information download the attachment, visit www.grants.gov or www.grantsolutions.gov. (html) (pdf, 104 kb)
Posted on 06/06/11
January – March 2011 OPA Research & Evaluation Update Now Available
The OPA Research & Evaluation Update is a web-based publication that includes summaries of recent OPA-supported research publications, summaries of other relevant recently published research articles, and research and evaluation updates from national organizations. OPA Research & Evaluation Update: (pdf, 80 kb)
Posted on 04/01/11
New Program Instruction: Title X Grantee Compliance with Grant Requirements and Applicable Federal and State Law, including State Reporting Laws
The Office of Population Affairs releases new Program Instruction to provide guidance to Title X Family Planning service grantees regarding Compliance with Grant Requirements and Applicable Federal and State Law, including State Reporting Laws. There are three documents that accompany OPA 11-01. Title X grantee staff should be fully aware of the content included in each of these documents, and have policies, procedures, and training in place to ensure compliance with all provisions included in OPA Program Instruction 11-01, as well as the other documents. (OPA 06-01) (OPA 99-1) (Provision of Abortion-Related Services in Family Planning Services Projects)
Posted on 3/10/11
Now Available – MMWR Contraceptive Methods Available to Patients of Office-Based Physicians and Title X Clinics
View report
Posted on 1/14/11
FDA Vaccine Update
FDA approves the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of anal cancer and associated precancerous lesions due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in people ages 9 through 26 years.
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm237941.htm
Posted on 1/13/11
OPA Research & Evaluation Update Now Available
The September to December 2010 OPA Research & Evaluation Update is now available. This web-based publication includes summaries of recent OPA-supported research publications, summaries of other relevant recently published research articles, and research and evaluation updates from national organizations. OPA Research & Evaluation Update: (pdf, 112 kb)
Posted on 1/11/11
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