Elizabeth Janiak, ScD, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Over the last several decades, public health researchers and practitioners have partnered to improve population health by combating stigma around multiple health issues through mass media interventions. Examples include harm reduction campaigns to combat stigma around substance use disorder, HIV, and mental health service utilization. However, to date, no large- scale domestic mass media campaign ...Read more >
Leo Han, MD, MPH, Oregon Health and Science University
In today’s media environment, the internet is often the first source the public turns to for information and perspectives on abortion. This information, found in multimedia formats, is shared by a variety of sources and accessed through diverse platforms. Despite the obvious importance of the web as an information source, evaluating the presence of abortion ...Read more >
Gretchen Ely, PhD, MSW, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In the proposed study, the researchers will broadly examine the unmet family planning (FP) needs in Appalachia, in the context of the opioid epidemic, from the perspectives of women throughout the region. Results from focus groups conducted with regional providers and stakeholders will inform the design of an electronic survey administered to Appalachian women of ...Read more >
Brittany Charlton, ScD, MSc, Boston Children's Hospital
The goal of our interdisciplinary project is to bring together researchers from three distinct fields—epidemiology, psychology, and medicine—to illuminate the experiences of sexual minorities who have had a teen pregnancy. We began a qualitative study with sexual minority women in Phase I of this grant, during which time we secured institutional review board approval, developed ...Read more >
Objectives: This multi-phase study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, and assess knowledge, attitudes, and experiences related to family planning for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive (TGE) people assigned female at birth (AFAB). Methods: Together with a community advisory team, we developed an affirming and customizable electronic survey of ...Read more >
Yasaman Zia, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco
Abortion patients are often unable to access contraceptive information and methods, due primarily to policies that restrict funding and insurance coverage as well as the separation of abortion from other types of healthcare. The ability of providers to deliver quality contraceptive services in abortion care has become even more constrained in the post-Dobbs landscape, with ...Read more >
Kari White, PhD, MPH, Resound Research for Reproductive Health
Prior to the Dobbs decision, studies reported that the majority of patients seeking abortion care were interested in initiating a contraceptive method at their abortion visit. However, not all patients were able to obtain a method, particularly those experiencing economic hardships. Information on post-abortion contraceptive preferences following Dobbs is lacking, and preferences among pregnant people ...Read more >
Contraceptive coercion and self-protection from racism are previously described experiences of Black and Latinx patients when receiving abortion care. Contraceptive coercion at the time of abortion is a reflection of a clinician’s desire to prevent repeat abortion, abortion stigma, and cultural and structural racism. Patients protect themselves from racism when engaging with reproductive health care ...Read more >
Anna Fiastro, PhD, MPH, MEM, University of Washington
The Access, Delivered research team requests funding from the Society of Family Planning to address SFP’s priorities of understanding patient preference for and experience with post-abortion contraceptive care. For this project, Access, Delivered partners with Cedar River Clinics (CRC) who have been providing telehealth medication abortion since April 2020. In partnership with CRC, our dedicated ...Read more >
We propose a convergent parallel mixed methods study to explore preferences for contraceptive counseling and provision at the time of abortion care. AIM 1: Determine peri-abortion contraceptive choices in a patient population relatively unconstrained by legal, financial, and logistical obstacles to reproductive autonomy. We will perform a retrospective cohort evaluation of patients who received abortion ...Read more >
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