This study will be a multi-site, mixed methods needs assessment of the contaceptive care expereinces of women presenting for bariatric surgery and their care providers. The project will prived Canadian data on the number of reproductive aged women choosing bariatric surgeyr. It will improve understanding of their current experience, as there providers’, regarding contraceptive care. ...Read more >

This study will be a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial comparing pain levels in women undergoing medical abortion with one of two regimens: 1) ibuprofen 800mg and Sativex, and 2) ibuprofen 800mg and placebo at the time of misoprostol administration. Our primary objective will be to determine if a cannabinoid analgesic in addition to ibuprofen ...Read more >

Our research is focused on improving women’s access to HIV prevention methods. Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a virus that attacks the immune system, and if untreated, causes autoimmune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. There is no cure, but with proper treatment, HIV can be controlled. HIV is spread from one person to another when ...Read more >

At our institution, a grant providing donated, no-cost LARC for eligible women ended in September 2017.  Of note, the primary beneficiaries of this program were uninsured, undocumented postpartum Hispanic women.  Since the program ended, patients have been referred to outside providers to obtain LARC, and specifically Nexplanon, which was the most popular LARC choice of ...Read more >

Background: Patients and providers demonstrate significant misconceptions and lack of knowledge regarding emergency contraception (EC), contributing to its underutilization.  There is a need to increase awareness and disperse correct information about EC to women who are at high risk of unintended pregnancy.  Social media has established itself as a leading source of news and health ...Read more >

This is a qualitative evaluation of anesthesia providers’ perspectives regarding involvement in abortion care. We aim to recruit and interview individuals from several perinatal centers around Georgia via purposive and snowball sampling. We are primarily interested in characterizing the range of anesthesia opinion and involvement in abortion provision across the state, including facilitators and barriers to abortion provision at ...Read more >

The purpose of this mixed methods study is to explore changes in prevalence of contraceptive counseling before, during, and after the Zika outbreak and to examine provider knowledge, comfort level, and self-efficacy in contraceptive counseling in relation to Zika among non-US born Latina women from Zika outbreak areas (Mexico, South and Central America, and the Caribbean). ...Read more >

Specifically, University of Michigan is about to begin a donor-funded pilot program to engage non-abortion-providers in the care of medically complicated patients seeking abortion. This program will assemble a cadre of physician specialists and subspecialists to serve as a formalized network of consultants to University of Michigan/Planned Parenthood of Michigan abortion care providers. Given this ...Read more >

Background:  Women seeking abortion care may be referred to another abortion provider for a higher level of care (i.e. to a tertiary care center).  Reasons for referral include history of prior cesarean delivery, concern for abnormal placentation, and obesity.  It is unknown how many women are referred to other providers for the above reasons, and ...Read more >

The proposed study is nested within a multisite randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing expulsion rates between 2 to 4 week early postpartum (EPP) IUD insertion and the traditional 6 week IUD insertion. We propose to explore provider perceptions of EPP IUD insertion and about the early postpartum visit, both before and after implementation of a ...Read more >