Apr 30
Non-Prescription Birth Control Methods
This patient fact sheet outlines non-hormonal and hormonal birth control methods that can be purchased or used without a prescription.
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Feb 04
Medical Eligibility Criteria for Initiating Contraception
A tool for health care providers who want to check a patient’s medical eligibility for various forms of contraception as they relate to absolute and relative contraindications.
Apr 16
Your Birth Control Choices Poster
This poster compares birth control choices based on efficacy, cost, side effects, and other patient-focused factors.
Dec 19
Birth Control Choices for People Assigned Male at Birth
This colorful and easy-to-read chart compares birth control choices for people assigned male at birth. The sheet explains how to use different methods, things to know, and how well each method works. Ideal for health centers, doctor’s offices, and school clinics.
Nov 03
Contraception: Updates on the Evidence
This presentation is a teaching tool was created for a clinical audience to demonstrate how to use WHO/CDC categories for eligibility, how to counsel patients about contraceptive efficacy for successful prevention of unintended pregnancy and to address systems practices which can affect contraceptive initiation and continuation rates.
Oct 07
Your Birth Control Choices Fact Sheet
This patient fact sheet compares different birth control choices in a colorful and easy to read chart. The methods are organized alphabetically. The sheet includes essential information about each method, how to use, impact on bleeding/menstruation, along with common side effects. Ideal for health centers, doctor’s offices, and school clinics.
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.
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.
Mar 03
Initiating Hormonal Contraception
Most patients can safely begin using hormonal contraception at any point in their menstrual cycle. This article covers an evidence-based, flexible, patient-centered approach to initiating contraception promotes health and enhances patients’ reproductive autonomy. This article was published in American Family Physician in March 2021. It is an update of an article originally published in 2006.…
Nov 19
Contraceptive Pearl: Natural Family Planning
Natural Family Planning (NFP) methods, also known as Fertility Awareness, help women track their fertile and non-fertile days. This Contraceptive Pearl discusses Natural Planning Methods, their efficacy and important considerations.