Articles Tagged With: counseling
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Training Can Help Integrate LARC Options Into Contraceptive Care
Research from the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America indicates that a four-hour training intervention can significantly affect the likelihood that healthcare providers will integrate long-acting reversible contraceptives into their clinical care.
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Counsel Women About Contraception Guidelines After Bariatric Surgery
Just-published research indicates that while women should avoid conception for the first 18 months following bariatric surgery, 42% of women participating in the 10-site study reported having unprotected intercourse during the 18-month at-risk, post-surgical timeframe.
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Discussing Firearms with Emergency Department Patients: Why, Who, Where, When, and What
This article explores questions around physician firearm safety counseling — including why emergency physicians might do it, who might benefit, where and when to consider it, and what such counseling should include (along with what resources exist for emergency physicians and for patients).
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Update on Contraceptive Implant — What Family Planners Need to Know
The contraceptive implant Nexplanon (Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ) offers top-tier effectiveness against unintended pregnancy. How can you identify appropriate candidates, present counseling tips on the contraceptive and noncontraceptive benefits, and recognize and treat side effects and rare complications?
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Initiating Contraceptive Provision with Teens
Sexuality is a natural and important part of human growth for young people and a developmental milestone. Statistics from the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System show that 47% of students report they ever have had sex, yet only 19% of those teens reported using birth control pills, and 5% reported using the contraceptive shot, contraceptive vaginal ring, or a long-acting reversible contraceptive method (implant or intrauterine device), at last sex.
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It’s not just about money: Build trusting relationships
Initially, many self-pay patients have a negative perception of financial counselors.