Postmarketing Surveillance of Inferior Vena Cava Filters Among US Medicare Beneficiaries: The SAFE-IVC Study.

Importance: Inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) are commonly used to prevent pulmonary embolism in selected clinical scenarios, despite limited evidence to support their use. Current recommendations from professional societies and the US Food and Drug Administration endorse timely IVCF retrieval when clinically feasible. Current IVCF treatment patterns and outcomes remain poorly described.

Cigar Cessation Prevalence and Trends by Demographic Characteristics Among US Adults, TUS-CPS, 2010-2019.

Introduction: Disproportionate rates of cigar smoking across demographic groups can contribute to tobacco-related health disparities in the United States. We assessed overall and demographic-specific cigar cessation rates from 2010 to 2019.

Aims And Methods: To characterize cessation prevalence among selected demographic groups over time, we analyzed data from the 2010-2011, 2014-2015, and 2018-2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS).

Trends in Smoking Before, During, and After Pregnancy in the United States from 2000 to 2020: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.

This study used 2000-2020 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data to estimate trends in smoking before, during, and after pregnancy, as well as quitting smoking during pregnancy. Weighted prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by year for each smoking-related measure. Annual percent change (APC) and average annual percent change (AAPC) in prevalence were estimated using Joinpoint regression to characterize trends over time.

Nicotine Pouch Awareness and Use Among Youth, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2021.

Introduction: This manuscript examines prevalence of awareness and use of nicotine pouches among U.S. middle and high school students by sociodemographic characteristics and other tobacco product use and characterizes nicotine pouch and other tobacco product use behaviors among current nicotine pouch users.

A prospective analysis of the relationship between sexual acceptability and contraceptive satisfaction over time.

Background: Contraceptives are used to prevent unwanted pregnancies and treat certain gynecologic conditions, but many women report non-use or inconsistent use because of method dissatisfaction. The sexual acceptability of contraception-how birth control methods affect users' sexual well-being-is likely an important component of contraceptive satisfaction but has yet to be systematically examined.

Objective: This study aimed to assess contraceptive satisfaction among new-start contraceptive users and examine whether sexual acceptability measures predict contraceptive satisfaction at 3 months while controlling for more commonly measured contraceptive side effects.

Expectations about availability of contraception and abortion at a hypothetical Catholic hospital: Rural-urban disparities among Wisconsin women.

Objective: To examine rural-urban differences in reproductive-aged Wisconsin women's expectations for contraceptive and abortion care at a hypothetical Catholic hospital.

Study Design: Between October 2019 and April 2020, we fielded a 2-stage, cross-sectional survey to Wisconsin women aged 18 to 45, oversampling rural census tracts and rural counties served by Catholic sole community hospitals. We presented a vignette about a hypothetical Catholic-named hospital; among participants perceiving it as Catholic, we conducted multivariable analyses predicting expectations for contraceptive services (birth control pills, Depo-Provera, intrauterine device or implant, tubal ligation) and abortion in the case of serious fetal indications.

Prevalence and experiences of Wisconsin women turned away from Catholic settings without receiving reproductive care.

Objective: To estimate prevalence of being turned away from a Catholic healthcare setting without receiving desired reproductive care among Wisconsin women and to document firsthand accounts of these experiences.

Study Design: Between October 2019 and April 2020, we fielded a two-stage survey to Wisconsin women aged 18-45, oversampling rural census tracts and rural counties served by Catholic sole community hospitals. We present prevalence of ever being turned away from a Catholic hospital or clinic without receiving desired contraceptive or fertility care and document accounts of referrals, perceived barriers, and wait times to acquire services elsewhere.

Association Between Patients' Perceptions of the Sexual Acceptability of Contraceptive Methods and Continued Use Over Time.

This cohort study examines the association of sexual function, satisfaction, and self-reported sexual acceptability with continued contraceptive use.

Provision of Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Before and After Wisconsin Medicaid's Payment Change.

Objectives: We aimed to estimate the association between Medicaid unbundling of payment for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) from the global delivery fee and immediate postpartum (IPP) LARC provision, in a state outside a select group of early-adopters. We also examine the potential moderating roles of hospital academic affiliation and Catholic status on the association between unbundling and IPP LARC provision.

Methods: We used a pre-post design to examine the association between unbundling and IPP LARC provision.

Sexual Functioning, Satisfaction, and Well-Being Among Contraceptive Users: A Three-Month Assessment From the HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative.

Few large, longitudinal studies document multiple contraceptive methods' effects on sexual functioning, satisfaction, and well-being. We leveraged data from the HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative, a prospective cohort study with patient surveys at baseline, one month, and three months. Surveys assessed bleeding changes, contraceptive-related side effects, sexual functioning and satisfaction, and perceptions of methods' impact on sexual well-being.

Progesterone Supplementation for the Prevention of Preterm Birth: Provider Practice in Wisconsin.

Objective: To assess provider practice patterns on type of progesterone prescribed and barriers specific to 17 α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate utilization for preterm birth prevention.

Study Design: A survey mailed to providers assessed utilization and barriers to long-acting reversible contraception and progesterone for preterm birth prevention. Data analysis included chi-square tests for homogeneity followed by post hoc tests of proportions to detect significant pairwise differences.

Health Care Barriers to Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in Wisconsin.

Introduction: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), specifically implants and intrauterine devices (IUD), are highly effective, low maintenance forms of birth control. Practice guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that LARC be considered first-line birth control for most women; however, uptake remains low. In this study, we sought to understand practices and barriers to provision of LARC in routine and immediate postpartum settings as they differ between specialties.

Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of long-acting reversible contraceptive use in the United States, 2011-2015.

Objective: To investigate whether demographic, socioeconomic, and reproductive health characteristics affect long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) use differently by race-ethnicity. Results may inform the dialogue on racial pressure and bias in LARC promotion.

Study Design: Data derived from the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 National Surveys of Family Growth (NSFG).

Provider Bias in Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Promotion and Removal: Perceptions of Young Adult Women.

Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is effective and acceptable. However, concern exists about potential provider bias in LARC promotion. No study has documented contraceptive users' attitudes toward or experiences with provider influence and bias regarding LARC.