Quality Care® Newsletter

NAFC's Quality Care® newsletter contains articles written by health professionals which are reviewed by their peers. It's distributed, via print and email, on a quarterly basis to over 20,000 consumers and healthcare professionals. This 8-10 page newsletter addresses the concerns of a diverse audience including those with bladder control concerns, voiding dysfunction, and related pelvic support, and their caregivers. Health professionals share it with patients in their waiting areas; often ordering multiple copies for distribution. Every quarter the latest issue is available in the "Latest News" section on NAFC's homepage and archived in the "Library" web section.

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2009 - 2010 Editorial Calendar

Sexual Health and Functionality

• Female Sexual Dysfunction
• Male Sexual Dysfunction
• Remedies for Uterine Bleeding:  Beyond the Hysterectomy
• Writing a Birth Plan:  Repair of Obstetrical Trauma

DISCOVERIES®

• Outline of the newest management and treatment options for bladder and bowel control
• Descriptions of products
• Manufacturer contact information
• Recent changes in Medicare coverage

Review of 2009 Educational Women's Forum

• Function of the Bladder and the Role of Pelvic Support
• Types of incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and the Impact of the Aging Process
• Overactive Bladder: Symptoms and Treatment Options
• Bowel Health: Managing Chronic Constipation
• Patient Testimonial
• Nocturia: Risk Factors for Falls & Fractures and Nighttime Fall Prevention Strategies
• Non-Surgical Intervention to Treat SUI
• Surgical Treatments of SUI and/or Prolapse
• Combating Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

What's the Alternative?

• Acupuncture for OAB
• Shopping guide for herbal remedies and vitamins
• Online shopping
• Medical Tourism: Pros and Cons

The Continuum of Care for Continence (the multi-diciplinary role of practitioners)

• Quality of Life Dimensions to Consider
• Selecting a Provider
• Robotic Surgery for Prostatectomy
• The Training and Roles of a Multi-Discipline Care Team
• Second Opinions and Changing Doctors

Men's Health Issue

• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Enlarged Prostate): Managing Symptoms
• Diagnostic Testing and Risks
• Options for Treating Prostate Cancer: Assessing the Risks of Incontinence
• Fecal Incontinence

The Older Child and Young Adult

• Bedwetting
• Managing Spina Bifida
• Chronic Constipation
• Toileting and the Autistic Child