Background: In low resource settings like Uganda, when contraception is not offered immediately after delivery, many women don’t access contraception at all. Uganda has the third highest unmet need for contraception in the world. Contraceptive implants are safe in the postpartum period and highly effective but are not widely used in low resource settings like ...Read more >

Background and Purpose: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of Population Affairs state sexually transmitted infection prevention is a core family planning service. Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a method of HIV prevention in which an HIV-negative individual takes antiretroviral medications before and after exposure for an indefinite period of time during ...Read more >

Hormonal contraception remains the primary form of contraception used by US women. Progestin-based hormonal methods are thought to cause thickening of the cervical mucus that causes poor sperm penetration. While it is widely accepted that progesterone is a mediator of mucus changes observed at midcycle, the regulation of this effect is not well understood. Subsequently, ...Read more >

Our overarching goal is to simplify confirmation of tubal occlusion following hysteroscopic and nonsurgical permanent contraception. Hysteroscopic permanent contraception with the Essure® system has become an increasingly popular option for women and other approaches that require no surgery (nonsurgical permanent contraception (NSPC)) are a recent focus for contraceptive development. However, the verification test for tubal ...Read more >

An estimated 30% of women in the United States will have undergone an abortion by the age of 45. Given more than 80% of women report informing their male partner or report knowing that he was aware of the abortion, a substantial number of men have experienced abortion as well. Yet, we know very little ...Read more >

Prior to the 1980s, most people with cystic fibrosis (CF) did not live beyond their 20s.  However, considerable advancement in medical treatment of the disease has increased the life expectancy to a median age of 41 years.  As a result, many women with CF are living through their reproductive years, making fertility and reproduction new ...Read more >

Background: Approximately 272,400 women in the United States used mifepristone and misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy in 2014. Women report moderate to severe pain during medical abortion, with maximum pain scores ranging from seven to eight on an 11-point scale, lasting five or more days for a majority of women. Limited data exists regarding the ...Read more >

Adolescents face many barriers to accessing reproductive health care including lack of transportation, finances, privacy, and autonomy. Improving access to sexual health care may stem high rates of sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.  “Mobile Sexual and Reproductive Health Care (Mobile SRHC)” is a new model of adolescent sexual and reproductive health care delivery. This model ...Read more >

The rising misuse and addiction to opioids has resulted in a public health epidemic. This epidemic has disproportionately impacted women because women are more likely to have chronic pain, be prescribed painkillers and given higher doses for a longer period of time. As a result, there has been a dramatic increase in opioid misuse and ...Read more >

The primary purpose of this qualitative study will be to describe the professional identity of abortion doulas by investigating their experiences and perspectives as they relate to their role in abortion care. Additional aims will be to explore the motivation and training experiences of abortion doulas, to describe the relationships with patients and the healthcare ...Read more >