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Published on: January 12, 2018
Prevention of unintended pregnancy: a focus on long-acting reversible contraception
Sarah Pickle1, Justine Wu1, Edith Burbank-Schmitt2
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, Medical Education Building Room 262, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Abstract:
This article summarizes the literature regarding the epidemiology and prevention of unintended pregnancy in the United States. Because of the Affordable Care Act and its accompanying contraceptive provision, there is a need for more primary care clinicians to provide family planning services. Office-based interventions to incorporate family planning services in primary care are presented, including clinical tools and electronic health record use. Special attention is paid to long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (the subdermal implant and intrauterine devices); these highly effective and safe methods have the greatest potential to decrease the rate of unintended pregnancy, but have been underused.
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