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Articles Tagged With: contraceptive

  • What Will Happen to the Reproductive Healthcare Workforce?

    Months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive healthcare providers and patients are experiencing enormous — and sometimes disastrous — changes. For instance, state abortion bans are expected to affect where OB/GYNs and other reproductive health clinicians choose to study and practice. These bans also will affect how and whether medical students and residents are fully educated in contraceptive care and counseling, abortion care, miscarriage care, ectopic pregnancy treatment, and high-risk pregnancy care.

  • When Is the Ideal Time in the Menstrual Cycle for IUD Insertion?

    In this retrospective cohort study, women using the levonorgestrel intrauterine device for noncontraceptive indications had higher expulsion rates (38% vs. 17%, P = 0.03) when insertion occurred on day 1 to day 8 of the menstrual cycle compared to after day 8.

  • Adolescents with HIV Experience High Rates of Unintended Pregnancies

    Adolescents living with HIV in the United States are among the groups with the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy. The latest research shows these pregnancies are likely to be unintended. Researchers found 83.6% of pregnancies among HIV-infected adolescents were unintended. Among adult women with HIV in this study, 68.7% experienced unintended pregnancy.

  • For Adolescents, Menstrual Health Is a Vital Sign

    From both a global and domestic perspective, reproductive health providers should focus on menstrual health issues with women as part of their overall reproductive wellness and healthcare, according to the authors of a new paper on sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights. Menstruation should be thought of as a vital sign, particularly for adolescents.

  • Women Have Expressed Pregnancy Hesitancy in the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Research suggests that many women have been unwilling to become pregnant and start or increase their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they sometimes have faced new contraceptive barriers.

  • Study: Hormonal IUDs Provide Safe, Effective Emergency Contraception

    A recent study reveals hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) are safe and effective as emergency contraception. Hormonal IUDs are more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Plan B levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill, and they provide a long-term contraception solution.

  • Educational Sessions for Women with Opioid Use Disorder Improve Engagement

    A Maine family planning clinic launched a program to reach women who experience barriers to reproductive healthcare, counseling, and testing for sexually transmitted infections. The program focused on outreach, sending an educator to various locations and providing an educational session for women who are especially vulnerable, including those who use opioids.

  • Study: Risk Assessment for Contraceptives Is Influenced by Cultural Biases

    Cultural assumptions create unbalanced risk assessment when the medical community weighs the risks and benefits of common contraceptive methods, the authors of a recent study concluded. Researchers studied contraception risks and assessed how these risks were prioritized in reproductive health providers’ understanding of contraceptives and their potential side effects.

  • Study: Contraception Program for Incarcerated Women Can Prevent Pregnancies

    An estimated 5% of women in jails are pregnant, and human rights groups and researchers have collected evidence that these women often receive poor care and are neglected. One solution is to provide contraceptive care to incarcerated women who would like to avoid pregnancy.

  • Contraceptive Use Is Less Consistent for Young Women Experiencing Hardships

    Researchers studied more than 1,000 women, ages 18 and 19 years, over several years, asking them weekly questions about their contraceptive use, sex, and pregnancy. They found that women who experience material hardship use contraceptives less consistently.