Articles Tagged With: LARC
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A Closer Look at a New Low-Dose Copper IUD
This study reports on the three-year data from an ongoing Phase III study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a new low-dose copper intrauterine device (IUD), demonstrating low rates of expulsion and discontinuation and expanding the nonhormonal IUD options available in the United States.
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Immediate Postpartum LARC Is Challenging, Especially in Rural Areas
Rural patients were less likely to have access to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) even six years after Pennsylvania Medicaid changed policy to provide a way for providers to receive fair reimbursement for the procedure, new research finds.
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Immediate vs. Delayed Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Administering long-acting reversible contraceptives before hospital discharge reduced pregnancy risk and increased usage at six months, making it an effective option for postpartum contraception.
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LARC Use Can Affect Well-Woman Visits and STI Screening
Adolescent and young adult patients who select long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) attend fewer well-woman visits and have reduced testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), new research shows.
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NYC School-Based Health Centers Successfully Provide LARC to Students
School-based health centers can offer long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) care to adolescents and have positive results regarding LARC initiation and six-month continuation, new research shows.
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Women Who Want Immediate Postpartum LARC Face Various Barriers
Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) barriers include its higher cost and the need for in-clinic/office insertion and removal.
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Study Suggests Need for Update in LARC Counseling About Acne
Investigators evaluated adolescent and young adult study participants seeking progestin-only long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and found there was a risk of the contraceptive worsening acne.
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Research Confirms the Value of Title X for Improving Contraception Access
Clients of Title X programs have greater access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, although reach has been limited by federal funding, state laws, and the Trump-era gag rule. A study revealed that people receiving contraception care from non-Title X clinics had lower proportions of receiving long-acting reversible contraception methods, nonoral hormonal methods, and extended supplies of oral contraceptives.
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Confidential Contraception for Minors Is Harder to Obtain than Ever
About half of U.S. states do not allow minors to obtain contraception without parental approval. For adolescents and teens younger than age 18 years, their only confidential option is to visit a Title X clinic, where a federal ruling from decades ago gives them a right to contraception and privacy. But how does this work in practice? Researchers say that it does not work very well — and it is only getting worse.
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Health Department Increases IUD Provision at Clinics
Alabama has one of the highest proportions of pregnant people who do not want to be pregnant, many of whom are low-income and live in contraceptive deserts. A new study revealed that a public health commitment to providing intrauterine devices at Title X clinics helped increase access to long-acting reversible contraception across the state.