ALLMedicine™ Long-acting Reversible Contraception Center

May 11th, 2022 - America's opioid epidemic has spawned an epidemic of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Studies have not tested approaches to promoting contraceptive services for women with opioid use disorder (OUD) along with treatment for this disorder. This p...

May 6th, 2022 - Contraceptive providers play an essential role in shaping contraceptive decision-making and care, with the potential to constrain patients' agency. This is a particular concern given the rising hegemony of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LAR...

May 1st, 2022 - Although multi-component policy interventions can be important tools to increase access to contraception, we know little about how they may change contraceptive use among postpartum women. We estimate the association of the Delaware Contraceptive ...

Apr 27th, 2022 - Peers and intimate partners can influence contraceptive decision-making and use. We aimed to explore the male-partner role in contraceptive decision-making, and describe ideal male-partner roles and how they relate to contraceptive use, specifical...

Apr 24th, 2022 - Prior longitudinal studies of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) satisfaction and continuation guaranteed their participants access to LARC removal. Under real-world conditions, LARC users who wish to discontinue may experience barriers t...

Mar 16th, 2022 - The contraceptive implant is long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). Like other progestin-only contraceptives, it works through the regulation of progestin levels: inhibiting ovulation, thinning the endometrium, and thickening the cervical mu...

Jun 9th, 2019 - The introduction of separate payment for the immediate postpartum implantation of long-acting reversible contraception was associated with increased use and a slow-down in the number of short-interval births in patients covered by South Carolina’s.

May 20th, 2019 - A little under 30% of teen mothers reported condom use postpartum, with those on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) less likely to use condoms, researchers found. Self-reported condom use among sexually active postpartum teenagers was 28....

May 16th, 2019 - NASHVILLE, TENN. – Immediate postpartum insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD) is highly cost effective despite an expulsion rate of 10%-30%, according to Eve Espey, MD.

Oct 24th, 2017 - An updated practice bulletin from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) expands on previous recommendations regarding long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive imp...