Continuing Education WD2915

This educational offering is designed to inform participants on the interests and health of women and girls and how best to consider individual rights and group interests in public health interventions, enabling participants to identify public health challenges and opportunities to improve the health of this population and articulate women’s health issues within a public health ethics framework. Content is derived from national leaders in women’s health and public health ethics.

Judith A. Monroe, MD, FAAFP, President and CEO, CDC Foundation

Melanie Nadeau, MPH, PhD, Operational Director/ Assistant Professor of Practice, American Indian Public Health Resource Center, North Dakota State University

Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Senior Scientist Emerita, NIH; Former Director, ORWH, NIH (Retired)

Maria Lourdes F. Reyes, MD, MPH, Director of US & Border Programs, Project Concern International (PCI)

Rosetta E. Ross, MA, MDiv, PhD, Professor of Religion, Spelman College

Kathleen S. Yep, PhD, Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges

CME activities with Joint Providers: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME^®) to provide medical education for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring material for a maximum of (3.25) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

CNE:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides (3.0) contact hours.

CEU:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer (0.3) CEU’s for this program.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to (3.0) total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer (3) CPH recertification credits for this program.

CDC is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Effective October 1, 2013, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) accepts continuing education units (CEU) for CPH recertification credits from CDC.  Please select CEU as your choice for continuing education when registering for a course on TCEOnline. Learners seeking CPH should use the guidelines provided by the NBPHE for calculating recertification credits.  For assistance please contact NBPHE.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CNE Joint Provider:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.

CDC did not accept commercial support for this activity.

To receive continuing education (CE):

• Complete the activity
• Complete the Evaluation
• Pass the posttest at 80%

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.