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Brandi CookeStudent Intern
3rd National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care
June 12-14, 2011
Factors Affecting the Willingness of Counselors to Integrate Preconception Care into Sexually Transmitted Disease
Clinics
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
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Preconception Care
Best time to identify and address risk factor for reproductive health is before not after conception Not universally available Advancing as standard of care
• “Recommendations to Improve Preconception Health Care -- United States” (Johnson et al., 2006)
• “Policy and Financing Issues for Preconception and Interconception Health “ (Markus, 2008)
• “Preconception Health and Health Care: The Clinical Content of Preconception Care” (Jack & Atrash, 2008)
Preconception Care Challenges Major Challenges
Insufficient reimbursement for risk assessment and health promotion activities
Lack of clinical training programs emphasizing PCC risk assessment
Lack of data on effectiveness
Ongoing Challenge Rate of unintended pregnancies
“Despite these national recommendations and the plethora of newly published content there are many challenges to ensuring that all women of childbearing age in the United States receive preconception care services that will enable them to enter pregnancy in optimal health “
Preconception Care Solutions
Integrating PCC into other public health programs accessed by women at risk for unintended pregnancy STD clinics in unique position to offer PCC information
• Women at high risk for contracting STD also at high risk for unintended pregnancy
• More likely to have modifiable medical and behavioral risks• STD clinics have skilled counselors• Service admirable to expansion of preconception
counselingo Similar content- risk assessment, education, client-
centered intervention
Previous Studies vs Present Study
Previous Studies- Ignore counselors focus on doctors and nurses
Present Study- Assess counselor perception of PCC importance Identify factors that affect willingness of counselors to
integrate PCC into STD clinics
Initial Questionnaire Development
Initial Draft- self-administered, structured, closed- end questionnaire utilizing questions modified from:
• March of Dimes, Folic Acid and the Prevention of Birth defects, and ACOG surveys
Pretested by 10 former STD counselors currently working as project managers at CDC
6 questions assessed:• Completion time• Level of complexity• Readability• InterestInitial- - self-administered, structured, closed-end
questionnaire
Final Questionnaire
Final Draft solely professional attributes no demographics Questionnaire emailed to current and former STD
counselors in urban ,suburban, and rural areas of US• Counselors found through CDC listing• All counselors had at least 2 years experience providing HIV
pretest/posttest counseling and syphilis interviewing
201 counselors emailed, 140 (71.4%) counselors participated and signed IRB consent form
Final- - self-administered, structured, closed-end questionnaire
Counselor Classifications
Level of responsibility
Lower level- counselors and first line supervisors Higher level- managers and administration
Level of Syphilis Morbidity High morbidity- primary and secondary case rate
>2.0/100,000 population Moderate morbidity- primary and secondary case rate
1.0-2.0/100,000 population Low morbidity- primary and secondary case rate
<1.0/100,000 population
Counselor Classifications
Knowledge of PCC counseling Years of experience providing STD
counseling Are patients asked about PCC issues? (i.e.,
obesity, drug use, smoking, diabetes, physical activity, asthma, cardiovascular disease)
Does clinic provide referrals for high risk issues?
How prepared are you to provide PCC counseling?
Low
er
Hig
her
Exce
llent
Good
Poor
2 -
- 5
6--
10
> 1
0
Yes
No
Yes
No
Very
pre
pare
d
Som
ew
hat
pre
pare
d
Not
pre
pare
d
Hig
h
Modera
te
Low
Level of re-sponsibility
Knowledge of PCC Years of Experience Clinic refer-rals for PCC
Do you ask about PCC
How prepared are you to deliver PCC
Level of Syphillis morbidity
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
81%
97%100%
91%
69%63%
91%88%86%
83%85%81%81%
93%
72%
92%86%
45%
PCC is Important ?
Low
er
Hig
her
Exce
llent
Good
Poor
2 -
- 5
6--
10
> 1
0
Yes
No
Yes
No
Very
pre
pare
d
Som
ew
hat
pre
pare
d
Not
pre
pare
d
Hig
h
Modera
te
Low
Level of re-sponsibility
Knowledge of PCC Years of Experience Clinic refer-rals for PCC
Do you ask about PCC
How prepared are you to deliver PCC
Level of Syphillis morbidity
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
51%
78%75%
81%
14%
23%
57%
81%
63%
51%
59%
48%
81%
72%
24%
75%
31%
15%
Preconception Care Should be Delivered?
Low
er
Hig
her
Exce
llent
Good
Poor
2 -
- 5
6--
10
> 1
0
Yes
No
Yes
No
Very
pre
pare
d
Som
ew
hat
pre
pare
d
Not
pre
pare
d
Hig
h
Modera
te
Low
Level of re-sponsibility
Knowledge of PCC Years of Experience Clinic refer-rals for PCC
Do you ask about PCC
How prepared are you to deliver PCC
Level of Syphillis morbidity
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
58%
78%75%
80%
33%
47%
60%
84%
64%61%63%62%
69%74%
41%
75%
52%
25%
Interconception Care Should be Delivered?
Univariate Results: Most likely to report PCC as important and believe in
PCC and ICC delivery
High level of responsibility Good or excellent knowledge of PCC >5 years of experience Moderate or high level of syphilis morbidity
Series10
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
PCC Findings
Findings Reveal Mostly all STD counselors report PCC was important but
counselors vary on whether PCC should be delivered Cannot make conclusion about some factors
Reason for varied findings Counselors recognize interrelationship between PCC and
STD Counselors predisposed to HIV and hepatitis B
integration attempts Counselors already asking patients about high-risk
behaviors
PCC Study Limitations
Focus on integration of PCC into STD clinics No account for variability among clinics and counselors Difficult to evaluate effect of counseling session Findings not generalizable to other professionals ( i.e.,
nurses and social workers) Self reported error assessing level of knowledge and
attributes
What’s Next?
STD clinics may be plausible alternative for targeting females who might not otherwise receive PCC benefits CDC guidelines for STD clinic sessions tailored to provide
PCC counseling Additional PCC training for STD counselors
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Failure to provide adequate medical consultation and care before
conception for both planned and unplanned pregnancies will
continually result in long term consequences for parents and
children
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