UCSF Transgender Care has published Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People. To date, the website is inaccessible but an archive is available on the Wayback Machine and a PDF of the current guidelines can be found on our website. These guidelines aim to address these disparities by equipping…
Written by Silpa Srinivasulu, MPH Since it took effect in 2012, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has mandated that public and most private health insurance plans cover the full range of contraceptive methods (at least one form in each of the 18 method categories) and related services and counseling for people with reproductive capacity without…
This template by the Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health is intended to support sexual and reproductive health providers in developing or revising site-specific protocols for pain management during intrauterine device placement. A word document version is available to tailor content to your own organization. Link: https://ctcsrh.org/ctcsrh-resource/protocol-template-management-of-pain-for-iuc-placement/
The Clinician’s Guide to Disability-Informed Care, created by the National Coalition for Sexual Health, is a resource for clinicians seeking to provide respectful, person-centered physical examinations in sexual and reproductive health settings for patients with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. This guide supports clinicians in delivering compassionate care, fostering patient autonomy, building trust, and tailoring…
Written by Sophie Renaud MD, Frank Jackson DO Severe hemorrhage remains one of the most life-threatening complications after miscarriage and abortion, yet treatment options beyond uterotonics and hysterectomy are limited. The Jada device is currently the only approved vacuum device for uterine hemorrhage, but it was only studied for use in immediate postpartum hemorrhage in…
Written by Marissa Ghant MD, Mark Pearlman MD, Justine Wu MD, MPH Annually, 1 in 6 new breast cancer (BC) diagnoses occur in reproductive-aged individuals.1 Those at risk for unplanned pregnancy should receive contraceptive counseling. Per the Society of Family Planning/Society of Gynecologic Oncology Guidelines2 non-hormonal methods should be first line methods, emergency contraception (including levonorgestrel-containing)…