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Agenda (DOC, 29 KB)
Presentation Handouts
Ada Ventura-Braswell, MD, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
Jenifer C. White, RD, CDE, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Megan (Ferguson) Mortenson, MS, CGC, NC DHHS Regional Genetic Counselor
A Test to Save Your Baby's Life (PDF, 231 KB)
Facts about Abstinence (PDF, 829 KB)
Facts about Birth Control Implants (PDF, 1 MB)
Facts about Depo-Provera (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Facts about IUDs (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Have You Recently Found Out You Are Pregnant? (PDF, 288 KB)
Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby (PDF, 4.52 MB - Large file - Note file size before downloading .)
Infant Death in North Carolina (PDF, 183 KB)
Looking Back, Moving Forward (Preconception Booklet; PDF, 593 KB)
Mirena "IUD" (Intrauterine Devices) Fact Sheet (PDF, 127 KB)
North Carolina Preconception Health Strategic Plan: September 2008-September 2013 (PDF, 1.64 MB)
NuvaRing Fact Sheet (PDF, 137 KB)
Ortho Patch Fact Sheet (PDF, 128 KB)
Sickle Cell Syndrome Program Brochure (PDF, 138 KB)
Women's Health Profiles
Family Planning Policy Manual
The policy manual is divided into five sections with related policies and relevant memos provided in PDF format. Additional policies will be added as they are written and approved.
Section
Title
1. Client Services
TBA
2. Clinical Services
2.1 - Emergency Contraception
2.2 - STI/HIV Screening
3. Community Services
TBA
4. Financial Services
4.1 - Billing, Collections, and Fees
5. Personnel
TBA
A Guide for Counseling Women Who Smoke: Helping Women Eliminate Tobacco Use and Exposure
Cover Page (PDF, 398 KB)
Introduction (PDF, 84 KB)
Section 1 - Getting Started (PDF, 332 KB)
Section 2 - 5A's Method (PDF, 474 KB)
Section 3 - Secondhand Smoke (PDF, 208 KB)
Section 4 - Smokeless Tobacco (PDF, 134 KB)
Section 5 - Counseling Through the Lifespan (PDF, 461 KB)
Section 6 - Cultural Perspectives (PDF, 304 KB)
Section 7 - Providing Support (PDF, 338 KB)
Section 8 - Resources (PDF, 214 KB)
Perinatal Substance Abuse Manual
Acknowledgement and Table of Contents (PDF, 190 KB)
Section 1 - Introduction (PDF, 349 KB)
Section 2 - Confidentiality (PDF, 892 KB)
Section 3- Common Substances Used (PDF, 685 KB)
Section 4 - Assessing the Pregnant Woman for Substance Abuse (PDF, 1.28 MB)
Section 5 - Intervention (PDF, 2.03 MB)
Section 6 - Documentation (PDF, 350 KB)
Subchapter A - General Provisions (PDF, 1.25 MB)
Appendix A - Glossary (PDF, 620 KB)
Appendix B - References (PDF, 120 KB)
Appendix C - Reviewers (PDF, 331 KB)