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An overwhelming 84% of young women in the United States who reported using contraception chose their method based on factors other than provider recommendation, according to a survey.

Reasons young women choose a particular contraceptive method

Yesterday, on August 11, 2020, the FDA posted the first spreadsheet of adverse event reports. 

FDA provides new information on Essure device

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Transgender and nonbinary people face disproportionate rates of stigma and discrimination in seeking healthcare—and may encounter additional unique barriers in attaining gynecologic and reproductive care.

Terminology for ob/gyns to use when treating transgender patients

Ensuring access to safe and effective contraception for postpartum women is an important national goal for India because only one-quarter of the country’s postpartum population is using contraception. 

Progesterone vaginal ring for contraception during lactation 

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new information to improve long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) access for teenagers. 

New information to improve LARC access in teens

New research suggests levonorgestrel IUDs are successful in treating adolescents with HMB and AUB. 

Controlling abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescents with levonorgestrel IUDs

“This wouldn’t have happened if I was still in Brazil!” exclaimed my patient.

Now is the time for over-the-counter hormonal contraception

Rates of depression at 6 weeks postpartum among adolescents and young adults (AYA) were significantly lower in those initiating immediate postpartum etonogestrel (ENG) implants compared to other birth control methods, according to new research.

Postpartum etonogestrel-releasing implants and depression

Plasma oxytocin levels are significantly higher in oral contraceptive (OC) users than in to non-users, according to a study in Scientific Reports. The cross-sectional study of nearly 200 women also found that scores for satisfaction with life were higher among OC users.

Study finds plasma oxytocin levels higher in OC users

After Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), use of insurance for visits to safety net clinics specifically for contraception increased in all states, according to a recent study.

Payment for contraceptive services at safety net clinics

Computer-assisted motivational interviewing may not be effective for convincing released female inmates to use contraception, according to new research from Contraception.

Motivational interviewing of women leaving prison on contraception

Women with pregestational diabetes mellitus (DM) who recognize benefits in contraception and preconception care are much more likely to use contraception postpartum, according to a survey in the Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing.

Attitudes about contraception in postpartum women with pregestational diabetes 

Besides routinely offering postpartum LARC to their patients, ob/gyns must advocate for policies that support these devices.

Immediate postpartum LARC

Research from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive indicates that school-based health centers offering comprehensive reproductive services leads to substantially fewer teenage pregnancies, abortions and births.  

Impact of contraception in school health center

Counseling strategies that target women initiating a contraception method, including structured counseling on side effects, tend to increase contraceptive continuation, according to research from BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. 

Effectiveness of contraceptive counseling strategies 

Research from Contraception indicates that a new counseling strategy could lead to enhanced patient satisfaction with their birth control method.

Contraceptive counseling and patient experience

Reproductive-aged women with at least one chronic health condition were twice as likely to use highly effective contraception than women without a chronic condition, according to new research.

Multimorbidity and effective contraception

Ben Schwartz is Associate Editor, Contemporary OB/GYN.

Medicaid patients are less likely to receive sterilization at time of cesarean, and the reason may surprise you.

Insurance status a barrier to desired sterilization 

Continuation rates for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) were high in a group of adolescent and young adult (AYA) women, according to a retrospective chart review in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

Follow-up care and continuation rates for long-acting reversible contraceptives

A JAMA Psychiatry prospective cohort study found that scores for depression were higher among younger adolescents who used oral contraceptives (OCs) than those who did not, but the connection did not remain when all included age groups of the study were combined. 

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