Aug 12
IUD Policy and Procedure
Clinical IUD policy & procedure
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Jul 20
Contraceptive Pearl: Starting Hormonal Contraception After Emergency Contraception
There are more and more options for emergency contraception (EC) available for patients. Not only do we have levonorgestrel (LNG) 1.5mg pills, ulipristal acetate 30mg pills, and the copper IUD (Cu-IUD), recent studies have shown that the 52mg progestin IUD can be used for EC up to 5 days after unprotected intercourse. While it’s great…
Jul 09
Fertility Awareness Methods (Natural Family Planning)
This patient fact sheet reviews different forms of Fertility Awareness compares methods based on efficacy and how they work.
Jun 24
Contraceptive Pearl: Lactation and Hormonal Contraception
Effective contraception helps to optimize birth-spacing, thus improving the health of parents and babies. All patients receiving prenatal care should be counseled about available forms of postpartum contraception, their risks, and timing of initiation. For otherwise healthy birthing parents, most hormonal contraception can be safely initiated in the postpartum period. Theoretical concerns exist surrounding the…
Jun 10
Access, Delivered: A Toolkit for Providers Offering Medication Abortion
A step-by-step guide on initiating medication abortion services within your primary care practice.
Jun 08
Vasectomy Aftercare Instructions
Aftercare instructions to use with patients having a vasectomy.
May 18
Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in SRH
This course from Innovating Education, Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, is a learner-led, justice-informed curriculum designed to teach clinical learners to consider how systems of power and legacies of structural oppression impact their care for patients.
May 18
Early Pregnancy Loss Care in NY Federally Qualified Health Centers
This brief report describes the provision of early pregnancy loss (EPL) management in New York State Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and barriers to providing this care. Office-based early pregnancy loss (EPL) care is safe and suitable to FQHCs, yet the prevalence of provision in FQHCs is unknown. We found that few New York FQHCs…
May 18
Barriers and Enablers to Early Pregnancy Loss Care
This publication describes the provision of early pregnancy loss (EPL) management and factors that inhibit or enable providing this care among family physicians trained in early abortion during residency. EPL is a common experience. Treatment options include expectant management, medication, and uterine aspiration. Although family physicians can offer comprehensive EPL treatment in their office-based settings,…
May 18
Clinicians’ Perspectives on Mifepristone Regulations in Primary Care
This publication details an exploratory study of US primary care clinicians’ perspectives on the effects of mifepristone restrictions, including US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, on access to medication abortion and early pregnancy loss (EPL) management in primary care. Protocols including mifepristone are the most effective medication regimens for medication abortion and EPL management.…