This colorful and easy-to-read chart compares birth control choices for people assigned male at birth. The sheet explains how to use different methods, things to know, and how well each method works. Ideal for health centers, doctor’s offices, and school clinics.
By Rachel Chisausky, DO Do hormonal contraceptives affect mood? Studies in a general population yield conflicting results, showing decreased, increased, or unchanged depression scores.¹ Limitations of current data include few randomized control trials, small sample sizes, the possible conflation of psychosocial factors associated with contraception initiation, the predominant focus on combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and…
Written by Jillian MacLeod This Insights provides information about supported decision-making (SDM), which can be used as a tool in obtaining informed consent from people with disabilities that affect their decision-making capacity, like intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) or cognitive disabilities. A patient’s decision to access abortion or early pregnancy loss care is a significant one. As…
By Lori Atkinson, MD and Maya Bass, MD MA FAAFP With the increased use of long-acting reversible contraception, clinicians are more likely to encounter difficult intrauterine device (IUD) insertions and removals in their practice. Below are a few strategies and techniques to help troubleshoot these procedures. Difficult IUD Insertions IUD insertions are most commonly…
This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment (using misoprostol-only) and aftercare instructions for early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) and answers frequently asked patient questions.
This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment and aftercare for early pregnancy loss, or miscarriage, and answers frequently asked patient questions.