Strategies for Change

expect women to be on a continuum of readiness to change, ranging from complete readiness to ambivalence to refusal....

Is Someone Special Having a Baby?

help the mother have a healthy baby...

If You're Pregnant...

when you're pregnant, your baby drinks what you drink. alcohol goes into your bloodstream and crosses the placenta....

Before You Get Pregnant...

if you have more than 7 drinks a week or more than 3 drinks on any one occasion, you may be putting your health at risk....

Additional Screening and Intervention Tools

the following tools may be used instead of the t-ace tool when screening women for risky alcohol use....

Assess Readiness to Change

the following strategies can be used to help women of childbearing age change their drinking behavior....

Contracts

as part of your advice, you recommend specific, lower drinking limits for patients who are not pregnant and not trying to become pregnant, and quitting alcohol use completely for patients who are pre...

Drinking and Reproductive Health

a fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention tool kit...

2006 Publications

Cleary-Goldman J., Bettes B., Robinson J.N., Norwitz E., D'Alton M.E., Schulkin J. Postterm pregnancy: practice patterns of contemporary obstetricians and gynecologists. American Journal of Perinatol...

January 2006

Women lack knowledge about gynecologic cancers; Complete ACOG survey and win 2006 SURVEY OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY NEWS AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR PRACTICE JANUARY 2006 THE AME...

History of District VII

1952 - 2006 presented at the 2006 annual district meeting of district vii the greenbrier, white sulphur springs, wv...

Preparing for the Boards

the following powerpoint presentation "preparing for the boards boards" was developed in 2006 by members of the junior fellow college advisory council (jfcac). the jfcac developed the presentation t...

E/M Documentation Templates

In answer to many requests for assistance with the Medicare documentation requirements for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services, The ACOG Committee on Coding and Nomenclature has developed two te...

Inappropriate Use of the Terms Fetal Distress and Birth Asphyxia

Number 326

ABSTRACT: The Committee on Obstetric Practice is concerned about the continued use of the term "fetal distress" as an antepartum or intrapartum diagnosis and the term "birth asphyxia" as a neonatal d...

Perinatal Risks Associated With Assisted Reproductive Technology

Number 324

(Reaffirmed 2007)

ABSTRACT: Over the past two decades, the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has increased dramatically worldwide and has made pregnancy possible for many infertile couples. A growing bod...

Elective Coincidental Appendectomy

Number 323

(Reaffirmed 2012, Replaces No. 164, December 1995)

ABSTRACT: Because of a lack of evidence from randomized trials, it remains unclear whether the benefits of routine elective coincidental appendectomy outweigh the cost and risk of morbidity associate...

Maternal Decision Making Ethics and the Law

Number 321

ABSTRACT: Recent legal actions and policies aimed at protecting the fetus as an entity separate from the woman have challenged the rights of pregnant women to make decisions about medical interventio...

November-December 2005

Hurricanes displace Fellows, close practices; Ob-gyns work around the clock during Hurricane Katrina NEWS AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR PRACTICE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 THE AMERICAN...

ACOG District IX Advisory Council Meeting Minutes

acog, district ix advisory council meeting minutes 10\-27\-05 i. call to order a. the meeting was called to order at 2\:30 by dr macer ii. roll call a. the following members were pr...

Screening for Tay - Sachs Disease

Number 318

(Reaffirmed 2010, Replaces No. 162, November 1995)

ABSTRACT: Tay–Sachs disease (TSD) is a severe progressive neurologic disease that causes death in early childhood. Carrier screening should be offered before pregnancy to individuals and couples at h...

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women's Health

Number 317

ABSTRACT: Significant racial and ethnic disparities exist in women's health. These health disparities largely result from differences in socioeconomic status and insurance status. Although many dispa...

October 2005

Emergency contraception hot topic in state legislatures; Paperless practices: Reality or fantasy? NEWS AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR PRACTICE OCTOBER 2005 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF O...

The Importance of Preconception Care in the Continuum of Women's Health Care

Number 313

(Reaffirmed 2012)

ABSTRACT: The goal of preconception care is to reduce the risk of adverse health effects for the woman, fetus, or neonate by optimizing the woman's health and knowledge before planning and conceiving...

September 2005

How to manage abnormal cervical cytology; ACOG links medical students with ob-gyn mentors NEWS AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR PRACTICE SEPTEMBER 2005 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETR...

August 2005

Five states achieve medical liability reform wins; Exchange program unites US and Japan residents NEWS AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT TO YOU AND YOUR PRACTICE AUGUST 2005 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETR...