NATIONAL CHLAMYDIA COALITION UPDATE

National Chlamydia Coalition Meeting 2010

Susan K. Maloney, MHSPartnership for Prevention

National Chlamydia Coalition (NCC) Timeline

Changes this Year

NCQA 2010 Accreditation Measure

Why Chlamydia?

Why is it Graded A? It’s prevalent When untreated, its consequences may be serious There is an effective, simple screening test It’s cured with an antibiotic There’s evidence of clinical effectiveness

Why is it a Quality Indicator? It establishes the need for risk assessment and/or

sexual history Thus, sets the stage for dealing with behavioral

health issues among teens and young adults

Photo collage

Provider Education Committee Expanded outreach to state or regional

chapters and affiliates Developing additional tools in response

to requests Slide set on chlamydia screening

Working on joint policy statement on chlamydia screening

Discussing kit of clinical tools

The “…Research Committee goal is to synthesize, summarize and disseminate ongoing and published research for the use of the NCC members in order to facilitate…” achieving NCC’s mission

Developed summaries of key research articles for NCC News

Drafted first research brief on testing technology

Policy and Advocacy Committee Maintains focus on pending legislation

and budget appropriations Addressing confidential care for

adolescents and young adults Opportunity provided by clinical preventive

services What next?

Looking at emerging opportunities

Public Awareness Committee Support GYT and STD Awareness Month Completed assessment of needs FOR

public awareness materials and availability OF materials

Reviewed how materials are shared in other fields

Developing Chlamydia Resource Exchange

NCC Newsletter

Chlamydia Mondays

Swedish website

NCC Committee Highlights

• Provider Education: Lisa Goldstein• Provider Pilot Outreach Project

• Public Awareness: Yvonne Hamby• Chlamydia Resource Exchange

• Evaluation: Sonal Doshi• Evaluation subcommittee• Update

• NCC Mini-grants

Public Awareness Committee

Development of Chlamydia Resource

Exchange (CRE)

Brief Overview of CRE

Purpose of clearinghouse Why a public awareness clearinghouse? How did the PAC approach the site

development? Initially developed key questions to guide

committee consideration and discussion of site Reviewed other sample sites Conducted end-user survey Determined target audience of site

CRE User Survey Summary of Findings Background of survey

Primarily to solicit feedback on the design and development of the CRE

Survey sample 179 surveys completed

Key findings Of note was that 87% of respondents reported

they did not have materials to submit to the CRE site and 90% of respondents did not know of any colleagues that would be able to submit materials either. This response suggests a strongly felt, unmet need for public education and awareness materials.

Recent Site Design Accomplishments Recently established many functions for

the web-based public awareness system Submission form Suggested web site features Discussion of site promotion and solicitation

of materials

CRE Site Map

Next Steps for CRE

Complete web site development Determine role(s) and functions for

review of materials Solicit materials for CRE Launch it Disseminate information and promote

site

National Chlamydia Coalition

www.prevent.org/NCC