Office Management of Early Pregnancy Loss
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Publication details of methods for office management of early pregnancy loss. Published by Linda Prine M.D. and Honor MacNaughton M.D. for Am Fam Physician.

Association of Reproductive Health Training on Intention to Provide Services After Residency
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Study explores how increasing reproductive health training in family medicine residents effects their competency and likelihood of providing these services after medical school.

Hospital Religious Affiliation and Emergency Contraception Prescribing Practices
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Publication examines how hospital religious affiliation effects their emergency contraception prescribing practices.

Preventing Gaps When Switching Contraceptives
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Publication details how to prevent gaps when switching contraceptives. Published by Ruth Lesnewski M.D. M.S., Linda Prine M.D., and Ruth Ginzburg PharmD.

Medication Abortion and Family Physicians Scope of Practice
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Publication details how medication abortion fits into the family physicians scope of practice, and many physicians are restricted from providing such coverage.

Benefits of Comprehensive Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine Residency
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Publication describes the benefits of comprehensive reproductive health education in family medicine residency, and how few programs include this training.

Disparities in Contraceptive Care
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Publication investigates what factors influence disparities in contraceptive care, and how providers may help patients overcome contraceptive barriers.

Community Health Centers’ Role in Family Planning
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Lisa Maldonado, co-author of Community Health Centers’ Role in Family Planning discusses her ACU Column, published in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

Initiating Hormonal Contraception
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Article describes how an evidence-based, flexible, patient-centered approach to initiating hormonal contraception may help lower the rate of unintended pregnancy in the United States.

Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management
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Hendriks, E, Rosenberg, R, Prine L. Am. Fam Physician. 2020 May 15;101(10)599-606. Link: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0515/p599.html Abstract Ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized ovum implants outside of the uterine cavity. In the United States, the estimated prevalence of ectopic pregnancy is 1% to 2%, and ruptured ectopic pregnancy accounts for 2.7% of pregnancy-related deaths. Risk factors include…