contraception The Biden Administration wants health insurance to cover all OTC contraception By www.npr.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:58:14 -0400 The Biden Administration has proposed a rule to require private health insurance to cover over-the-counter birth control pills, spermicide, condoms and plan B. Full Article
contraception 'Extended Cycle' Contraception Garners More Interest By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: 'Extended Cycle' Contraception Garners More InterestCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/25/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/25/2008 12:00:00 AM Full Article
contraception 6 in 10 of America's Single Guys 'Take Responsibility' for Contraception By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 PDT Title: 6 in 10 of America's Single Guys 'Take Responsibility' for ContraceptionCategory: Health NewsCreated: 8/31/2017 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/31/2017 12:00:00 AM Full Article
contraception Documenting the Provision of Emergency Contraceptive Pills Through Youth-Serving Delivery Channels: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research on Malawi’s Emergency Contraception Strategy By ghspjournal.org Published On :: 2024-10-29T12:28:39-07:00 ABSTRACTIntroduction:Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are effective and can be used safely at any age repeatedly within the same cycle. They are often favored by youth yet are underutilized. Private facilities can increase ECP access but present barriers including cost. Identifying effective public-sector ECP distribution models can help ensure equitable access. The Malawi Ministry of Health developed a strategy to improve ECP access in 2020. We documented ECP provision through select public, youth-serving channels recommended by the strategy: general and youth-specific outreach, paid and unpaid community health workers (CHWs), and youth clubs.Methods:We conducted this mixed methods study from November 2022–March 2023 in 2 rural districts (Mchinji and Phalombe) implementing the strategy. We conducted qualitative interviews with 10 national stakeholders, 46 providers, and 24 clients aged 15–24 years about ECP service delivery. Additionally, 25 providers collected quantitative tally data about clients seeking ECPs. We analyzed qualitative data using grounded theory and quantitative data descriptively.Results:Stakeholders and providers reported ECP uptake increased in geographies where the strategy was implemented, especially among youth. Providers documented 3,988 client visits for ECPs over 3 months. Of these visits, 26% were from male clients, 36% were from clients aged younger than 20 years, and 64% received ECPs for the first time. Across channels, youth club leaders and unpaid CHWs reported the most client visits per provider and served the youngest clients. However, no ECPs were dispensed during 29% of visits due to stock-outs. While many providers were supportive of youth accessing ECPs, most held unfavorable attitudes toward repeat use.Conclusion:ECP access should be expanded through provision in the studied channels, especially youth clubs and CHWs. However, to meet demand, the supply chain must be strengthened. We recommend addressing providers’ attitudes about repeat use to ensure informed method choice. Full Article
contraception All You Need to Know About Emergency Contraception By www.medindia.net Published On :: In 2020, one in every four consultations from women was for sexual and reproductive health, and seemed to be the top consulted specialty online, according to insights from Practo. Full Article
contraception Why Do Few Medicaid-Participating Physicians Provide Long-Term Contraception Care? By www.medindia.net Published On :: 1 in 10 Medicaid patients receive long-acting birth control methods such as IUDs and implants from their primary care physicians, revealed study published in iJAMA Health Forum. Full Article
contraception Subjective Expectations and Demand for Contraception [electronic journal]. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: National Bureau of Economic Research Full Article
contraception Contraception and Faith By www.christianitytoday.com Published On :: A compilation of the past three weeks of posts about contraception. I've been interested in the topic of contraception and faith for quite some time, both in light of my own unwillingness to think about contraception in theological terms in the early years of my marriage (an unwillingness I have observed in others as well), and also in the way decisions about contraception spill into the public square. As the series comes to a close, I wanted to recap the series of posts that provide personal stories and comprehensive views on contraception Are Christians Afraid to Talk about Contraception? As I wrote in this introdution to this series, "I hope that this range of voices and perspectives will aid us in thinking through these decisions in a way that brings God into the conversation. I hope they will provoke civil disagreement and growth. I hope they will expose our fears and open us up to life-giving possibilities." Contraception Saves Lives, Rachel Marie Stone Here, Rachel's experiences as a doula in Malawi prompted her to take a second look at Margaret Sanger, and, more importantly, to consider the social good of providing contraception for women who want to be able to limit the number of children they conceive. Questioning Margaret Sanger, Amy Julia Becker Rachel's post set off a storm of internet disagreement. I responded to the storm with both an apology for the confusion the post provoked as well as a plea to consider the central claim that contraception can save lives. A Doctor's View on Hormonal Contraception, Dr. Emily Gibson Many Christians worry that hormonal contraceptive methods work as abortifacients. Dr. Emily Gibson considers the ethical and personal questions that arise with the advent of hormonal contraceptive methods. Why I Have Seven Children, ...Continue reading... Full Article
contraception Pharmacy Communication to Adolescents and Their Physicians Regarding Access to Emergency Contraception By pediatrics.aappublications.org Published On :: 2012-03-26T00:07:45-07:00 Emergency contraception is a safe and effective method of pregnancy prevention after unprotected intercourse.Pharmacies commonly communicate misinformation, both to adolescents and to physicians, concerning who is able to access emergency contraception and through what means. (Read the full article) Full Article
contraception Contraception Safety Program for Acne Drug Failing in Canada By www.medicinenet.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT Title: Contraception Safety Program for Acne Drug Failing in CanadaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/2016 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/26/2016 12:00:00 AM Full Article
contraception Bipartisanship in action: Evidence and contraception By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill were just awarded the 2016 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize by the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The honor is presented to “a leading policymaker, social scientist, or public intellectual whose career demonstrates the value of using social science evidence to advance the public good.” In this case, however, for the first time the award was awarded jointly. Here at Brookings, Belle and Ron have forged a powerful and unique intellectual partnership, founding and elevating the Center on Children and Families and producing world-class work on families, poverty, opportunity, evidence, parenting, work and education, and much more besides. 5 skills for successful bipartisanship The Association highlighted Belle and Ron’s bipartisanship. This was appropriate, given that the two have different political backgrounds, and work with people across the political spectrum. The skills and attributes they display in order to work in this way are: Deep respect for the views of others regardless of their politics. Reverence for the evidence and for the facts. A willingness to adapt their views to the facts, rather than (as so often in this town), the other way around. This has been true even when it has made their life more difficult with people on “their” side of the political spectrum. A desire to work hard to bring ideas to bear on public policy. The point is to do good work, but also to have real impact. An insatiable intellectual curiosity to find out more, push new boundaries, and to keep learning. (Both of them have new books out, of course.) These attributes, when you think about it, are those every decent scholar should aspire to. Belle and Ron have shown us that the skills for bipartisanship turn out to be essentially the same skills as those required for good scholarship. The mighty oak foundations of evidence in policy In his remarks at the Prize lecture, Ron focused on the rise, importance, and prospects for evidence-based policy. Ron has tackled this subject at book length in Show Me the Evidence. Here is part of what Ron had to say: “Perhaps the most important social function of social science is to find and test programs that will reduce the nation’s social problems. The exploding movement of evidence-based policy and the many roots the movement is now planting, offer the best chance of fulfilling this vital mission of social science, of achieving, in other words, exactly the outcomes Moynihan had hoped for. Today, evidence-based policy rests on the mighty oak of program evaluation in general and the random assignment study in particular.” Ron highlighted the growth of Pay for Success programs, the Obama administration’s emphasis on evidence-based initiatives, and the creation of the Ryan/Murray Commission on Evidence-Based Policy. Ron argued that it was right to be skeptical about the likely impact of any particular intervention. But this is not to say that policy doesn’t work—just that some policies work, others don’t, and it good to know the difference. In his slides, Ron lists some programs that have been shown to have demonstrable, sustainable impact—what he described as “his entry in the evidence-based policy sweepstakes.” But there are plenty of challenges ahead, including the need to improve our understanding of implementation; and the following critical question: “When a program fails, what’s next?” Ron argued that the answer should not be to simply pull the funding, but to work on improving performance. Better contraception for a fair society: Evidence-based policy in action Belle highlighted the work captured in her latest book, Generation Unbound, on how to reduce the damaging rise of unintended pregnancies and births in the U.S. Over 40 percent of children are born outside of marriage, and 60 percent of births to single women under age 30 are unplanned. In the spirit of being faithful to the facts, and focused on what works, Belle showed the costs of unintended pregnancies for poverty, family stability, and opportunity. Child poverty rates have increased, Belle estimates, by about 25 percent since 1970 because of changes in family structure. So what are the solutions? In the spirit of following the evidence, Belle argued that the goal must be to help people plan for rather than drift into pregnancy, by broadening access to and use of long-acting reversible contraception. The best example is the intrauterine device, or IUD. The risks of pregnancy for women using this method of contraception are very much lower than for condoms or the pill: A fact-based analysis of a problem, followed by an evidence-based approach to solutions: Belle’s work on contraception (sometimes alongside Ron) is a perfect example of bipartisanship, impact-oriented scholarship and a commitment to evidence. Downloads Download Isabel Sawhill's presentationDownload Ron Haskins's presentation Authors Richard V. Reeves Full Article
contraception Side Effects Of Hormonal Contraception By www.indiansutras.com Published On :: Thu, 06 May 2010 10:34:12 +0530 The most important reason for low libido in women is the use of hormonal contraception, says the researchers. Hormonal contraceptives, which are made up of female sex hormones, include oral contraceptives, vaginal ring, trans dermal patches, intrauterine systems, injected progesterone, emergency Full Article
contraception The role of pharmacists and emergency contraception By digital.lib.usf.edu Published On :: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:57:21 -0400 Full Article
