Study Objective: Access to contraceptive services is essential for adolescents to pursue sexual and reproductive well-being. Publicly supported family planning clinics are critical reproductive health safety net providers and are an essential source of contraceptive care for adolescents. Contraceptive care for adolescents should be centered on their needs to ensure reproductive autonomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to examine the scope of telehealth contraceptive services at publicly supported family planning clinics.
Study Design: We surveyed a sample of 446 publicly supported family planning clinics in the United States.
Results: Most clinics offer some services via telehealth, but provision varies widely by clinic type, with Planned Parenthood clinics offering telehealth most frequently, and by service, with certain contraceptive services, sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and treatment, and medication abortion less frequently available than messaging services.
Introduction: We sought to understand the extent to which the contraceptive care provided at publicly supported family planning clinics in the United States aligns with aspects of person-centered care.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a descriptive study with a national sample of U.S.
To investigate trends in the use and quality of telehealth for contraceptive care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The 2021 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences is a national online survey of 6211 people assigned female at birth, aged 18 to 49 years, and that ever had penile‒vaginal sex. We used weighted bivariable and multivariable logistic regressions to analyze the use of telehealth for contraceptive care and the quality of this care.
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