Objectives: North Carolina has one of the fastest growing Latino populations, yet providers have minimal information on how to address the family planning needs of this population. We explored three domains relating to postpartum care: family size intentions; influence of social networks in family planning decisions; and satisfaction with contraceptive care. Methods: We conducted semi-structured ...Read more >

Objective: To compare the probability of pregnancy after hysteroscopic compared to laparoscopic sterilization procedures. Methods: An evidence-based clinical decision analysis using a Markov model was performed to estimate the probability of pregnancy after a hysteroscopic sterilization procedure, a laparoscopic sterilization procedure with bipolar coagulation, and a laparoscopic sterilization procedure with silicone rubber band application over ...Read more >

Background: The web is an increasingly popular avenue for information gathering and political claims-making. To date, there has been no comprehensive investigation of online content about abortion. Recent research on Internet usage finds that women—and particularly users between 18 and 49, women’s reproductive years—regularly seek health information online, and search for information on abortion in ...Read more >

Purpose: Adolescents are at high risk for unintended pregnancy and abortion. Medication abortion accounts for 21% of early abortions in the US, and is well-tolerated and efficacious among adolescents. The purpose of this study is to understand if providers caring for adolescents have accurate knowledge to counsel on medication abortion. Methods: Using an online questionnaire, ...Read more >

While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) represents an extraordinary expansion of healthcare access, barriers to achieving reproductive health equity persist. This project seeks to investigate how insurer practices can limit and delay access to abortion and family planning care among Latinas in California’s Central Valley, an agricultural region lacking access to abortion providers and inundated ...Read more >

Somalia’s reproductive health indices are among the worst in the world. Rates of maternal death, total fertility, and sexual and gender based violence reflect the poor reproductive health outcomes of women living in Somalia. Over two decades of civil unrest left the majority of the population without access to basic health care, particularly reproductive health ...Read more >

Objective: To compare post-abortion long-acting contraception (LARC) use, continuation, and subsequent pregnancy among women who were and were not eligible to participate in a Medicaid 1115 waiver program that provided these methods at no-cost. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 518 abortion patients at Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas. Low-income, uninsured, Travis County residents ...Read more >

Objective: To compare outcomes of medical and surgical abortion at 42 days gestation by procedure type as well as compared to abortions performed at 43-48 days gestation. Methods: We conducted a multicenter cohort study to review outcomes of all cases of medical and surgical abortion

Objective: This study examined the effect of immediate versus delayed postpartum levonorgestrel IUD insertion on breastfeeding outcomes. Methods: This noninferiority randomized controlled trial conducted at two sites assigned healthy pregnant women who desired a levonorgestrel IUD and planned to breastfeed 1:1 to immediate postpartum insertion (immediate group) or insertion four to 12 weeks postpartum (delayed ...Read more >

Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARC) including intrauterine devices and implants provide highly effective birth-control but are underutilized among low-income women in the US. With higher rates of unintended pregnancies in this population and higher use of less effective contraceptive methods, greater efforts are necessary to address barriers to acceptance and use of effective family planning ...Read more >