American Urological Association Vasectomy Guidelines

American Urological Association review of vasectomy literature in order to provide guidance to clinicians who provide vasectomies.

Vasectomy User Guide
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The Vasectomy user guide provides information about the vasectomy procedure. This sheet covers questions such as “How Does a Vasectomy Work?”, “How Well Does it Work?”, and “How Long Does it Take?”   Chinese Traditional/Simplified, and Hindi: Updated October 2022 Reading Grade Level (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level): 7.3            

Women’s Satisfaction With Abortion Care in Academic Family Medicine Centers
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The primary study aim was to describe patient satisfaction with abortion care in family medicine centers (FMCs).

Post-Procedure Self-Care Card
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This 4.25″ x 5.5″ card offers a holistic lens to counseling and provides patients with information on how to care for themselves during or after a reproductive health procedure, like an IUD insertion or an abortion, with a focus on time, space, support, nourishment, and mindfulness. The card also provides a music playlist featuring BIPOC…

Mentoring For Service-Delivery Change: A trainer’s handbook

This IPAS curriculum applies the mentoring model to the health-care arena to help mentors guide change in health care settings.

National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center

This website, developed by the Fenway Institute, contains an extensive library of learning modules, videos, webinars, and other resources to support health care organizations optimize quality, cost-effective, and dignified care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people.  Link: https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/resources/        

Protocol for Pregnancy of Unknown Location
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This is a protocol to care for patients who have had an ultrasound without visualization of an intrauterine pregnancy and who have an indeterminate last menstrual period. For further guidance, read our Protocol for Ectopic Pregnancy Treatment.

Approach to Patients Undergoing Self-managed Medication Abortion
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This resource shares common questions and concerns clinicians may hear about self-managed abortion (SMA) and how you can answer patient questions and share important information. Some highlights include: “How do I know the pills are real?”, “What’s the best way to use the pills?”, and “Can anyone tell that I used these pills?”

Clinical practice handbook for safe abortion

This comprehensive reference, published by the World Health Organization, is a useful resource for clinicians in various settings to provide safe abortion care and to treat complications.  Link:  http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/unsafe_abortion/clinical-practice-safe-abortion/en/

Clinical Mentoring and Provider Support for Abortion-Related Care

An IPAS training manual for clinical mentors and others providing clinical and programmatic support to health-care providers offering abortion-related care. Includes content, activities and materials to improve knowledge, attitudes and skills for clinical mentoring and provider support.