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Women's Health Branch publications, manuals, fact sheets, and directories are listed below. If you need an item not provided, please call (919) 707-5700 for more information.

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Plans, Brochures and Fact Sheets

English Versions

A Test to Save Your Baby's Life (PDF, 231 KB)
Are You Pregnant? Protect Your Baby from Lead Poisoning (PDF, 496 KB)
Are You Ready? Sex and Your Future (PDF, 932 KB)
Are You Ready to be a Dad? (PDF, 305 KB)
Are You Ready to be a Mom? (PDF, 189 KB)
Cord Blood Banking in North Carolina (PDF, 787 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 Habits for Life (PDF, 2.88 MB)
Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby (PDF, 4.52 MB - Large file - Note file size before downloading.)
Looking Back, Moving Forward (Preconception Booklet; PDF, 593 KB)
Men’s Maintenance Manual (PDF, 1.52 MB)
Mirena "IUD" (Intrauterine Devices) Fact Sheet (PDF, 127 KB)
My Health Journal (PDF, 4 MB)
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)
Preconception Health [ more]
- Fact Sheets
  - The State of Preconception Health in North Carolina (PDF, 600 KB)
- General Health/Healthy Living Booklets
  - Booklets
    - Body Maintenance Manual (men’s health journal)
    - Manual del Mantenimiento del Cuerpo (Spanish adaptation of Men’s Body Maintenance Manual)
    - My Personal Journal (women’s health journal)
    - Mi Diario de Salud (Spanish adaptation of women’s health journal)
  - Magazines
    - Choices
    - Taking Care of Me
    - Mujer Total - Spanish adaptation of Choices
  - Posters
    - It's Time to Take Care of You / Es Hora de Dedicarse of Su Salud
- Reproductive Life Planning
  - Brochures
  - Booklet
    - Becoming a Parent
- Postpartum Health
  - Booklets
    - Taking Care of You (PDF, 3.74 MB)
    - Cuidados Para Usted (Spanish adaptation of Taking Care of You; PDF, 3.8 MB)
    - Provider Guide for Postpartum Booklet (PDF, 102 KB)
- Healthy Weight
  - Healthy Habits for Life (PDF, 2.85 MB)
- Folic Acid Information - available at http://getfolic.com/order/index.htm
  - Brochures
    - Take Care of Your Body
    - Mujer Prevenida Vale por Dos
    - Felicidades: Informacion para la nueva mama
  - Pocket Cards
    - Take Control
    - For your Baby
    - Busy Woman’s Guide/Guia Para la Mujer
    - The Healthier I Am, The Happier I Am
  - Posters
    - Folic Acid Promotion
    - At Our Best
    - Both of Us
    - Mujer Prevenida Vale por Dos
- Structured Self-Assessment Tools
  - Becoming a Parent - Preconception Checklist
  - Becoming a Parent - Provider Reference for Preconception Checklist
  - ¿Qué Háras en Tu Futuro? (Spanish adaptation of Are You Ready? Sex and Your Future; PDF, 2.3 MB)
- CME Modules and Care Plans
- Referral Networks
Gestational Diabetes
- Health Care Provider Fact Sheet on Postpartum Care (PDF, 360 KB)
- Patient Fact Sheet – Before the Baby, After the Baby (PDF, 629 KB)
Sickle Cell Syndrome Program Brochure (PDF, 138 KB)
Summary of Public Health Actions Based on Maternal and Infant Blood Lead Levels (PDF, 297 KB)

Spanish (En Español)

Ayude a su hijo a estar sano - Providing Hope for a Brighter Future (PDF, 897 KB)
Datos sobre el almacenamiento de sangre del cordón umbilical - Cord Blood Banking in North Carolina (PDF, 1.55 MB)
Datos sobre la Abstinencia - Facts About Abstinence (PDF, 959 KB)
Datos sobre las Inyecciones Depo-Provera - Facts about Depo-Provera (PDF, 2.1 MB)
Datos sobre los Dispositivos Intrauterinos ("DIUs") - Facts about IUDs (PDF, 1.65 MB)
¿Está Usted Embarazada? Protégé a su bebe del envenenamiento con plomo - Are you Pregnant? Protect Your Baby from Lead Poisoning (PDF, 5.2 MB)
Mamá Saludable, Bebé Saludable - Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby (PDF, 4.36 MB)
Manual de Mantenimiento del Cuerpo - Men's Maintenance Manual (PDF, 9.97 MB)
¿Qué Harás en tu Futuro? - Are You Ready? Sex and Your Future (PDF, 2.32 MB)
¿Se enteró recientemente que está embarazada? - Have You Recently Found Out You Are Pregnant? (PDF, 283 KB)

Manuals

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	1.1 - Adolescent Services Policy (PDF, 25 KB) 1.2 - Informed Consent Policy (PDF, 25 KB) Memo (PDF, 52 KB) 1.3 - Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Policy (PDF, 25 KB) Memo (PDF, 49 KB) Required Trainings
2. Clinical Services	2.1 - Emergency Contraception Policy (PDF, 19 KB) 2.2 - STI/HIV Screening Policy (PDF, 20 KB) Memos: Chlamydia Screening Data Follow-up; March 4, 2008 (PDF, 428 KB) Syphilis Testing Guidance; November 20, 2008 (PDF, 180 KB) SLPH CT-GC Swab Collection; March 24, 2011 (PDF, 467 KB) CT-GC Swab Conversion; August 9, 2011 (PDF, 390 KB) 2.3 - Initial Visit Policy (PDF, 27 KB) Memos: 4-28-09 OPA – Clinical Services in FP Clinics – Consistency with Current Practice Recommendations (PDF, 122 KB) 12-18-09 ACOG – ACOG Recommendation for Pap testing at Age 21 (PDF, 331 KB) 2.4 - Return (Annual) Exam Policy (PDF, 27 KB) 2.5 - Medical Emergency Management Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 2.6 - Referral and Follow-Up on Abnormal Findings Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 2.7 - Deferral of Exam Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 2.8 - Clinical Services for Sterilized Patients Policy (PDF, 19 KB) Memos 5-28-2010 - Clinical Services for Sterilized Women (PDF, 20 KB) 1-26-1997 – Woodcock Memo on Sterilized Clients (PDF, 47 KB) 2.9 - Pregnancy Diagnosis Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 2.10 - Permanent Contraception Policy (PDF, 25 KB) 2.11 - Immunization Policy (PDF, 24 KB) Memos 1-10-2011 - State-supplied Vaccines (PDF, 71 KB) Bivalent Vaccine Memo (PDF, 70 KB) 2.12 - Pending 2.13 - Pharmaceuticals Policy (PDF, 25 KB) Memos 6-28-2010 – Updated Family Planning Pharmacy Contracts Consents (PDF, 49 KB) Sample Pharmacy Service Agreement (DOC, 38 KB) Example of Drug Inventory System (XLS, 2 MB) 2.14 - Method Counseling Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 2.15 - Infertility Policy (PDF, 23 KB)
3. Community Services	3.1 - Community Participation Policy (PDF, 25 KB) 3.2 - Media Review Policy (PDF, 24 KB) Memo (PDF, 64 KB)
4. Financial Services	4.1 - Billing, Collections, and Fees Policy (PDF, 28 KB) Memos Coding & Billing Follow-up Family Planning Encounters; June 22, 2011 (PDF, 46 KB) FP Billing Clarification; March 3, 2009 (PDF, 23 KB) OPA Instructions; September 23, 2008 (PDF, 208 KB) Notice on Use of Debt Set Off ; April 18, 2008 (PDF, 16 KB) 4.2 - Women's Health Service Funds Policy (PDF, 22 KB) Memos (PDF, 122 KB) Women’s Health Service Funds Requirements (PDF, 53 KB) Proper Use of Women’s Health Service Funds (PDF, 42 KB) 4.3 – Required Posted Signage for Service Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 4.4 – Facilities and Accessibility of Family Planning Services Policy (PDF, 24 KB) 4.5 – Quality Assurance and Audit Policy (PDF, 24 KB)
5. Personnel	5.1 - Personnel Records and Licensure Verification Policy (PDF, 25 KB)