Jun 08
Vasectomy Aftercare Instructions
Aftercare instructions to use with patients having a vasectomy.
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May 18
Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in SRH
This course from Innovating Education, Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, is a learner-led, justice-informed curriculum designed to teach clinical learners to consider how systems of power and legacies of structural oppression impact their care for patients.
May 18
Contraceptive Pearls: Post Abortion Contraception
Most people ovulate 9-14 days after an abortion. Patients presenting to end a pregnancy may be interested in starting or changing their contraceptive method. Depending on a patient’s medical eligibility, the following contraceptive methods are safe and effective post-abortion: Estrogen/progestin pill, patch, ring Progestin-only pill, injection, implant, IUD Copper IUD Barrier methods Sterilization Fertility Awareness…
May 13
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/
Apr 20
Contraceptive Pearls: Introducing the Drospirenone Progestin-Only Pill
Some people who prefer birth control pills can’t use estrogen. Drospirenone is a new progestin-only pill (POP) that differs from the other available POP in some key ways. Until recently in the United States, the only available POP was norethindrone. Due to its short half-life, the norethindrone POP should be taken at nearly the same…
Apr 08
Diaphragm User Guide
Explains the basics of how to use a diaphragm.
Mar 25
A Conversation About Contraception Zine
A Conversation About Contraception Zine follows a group of friends who attend a presentation on different birth control options held by their school’s health center. This evidence-based resource explains the many options of contraception that a person could consider.
Mar 16
IUD Self-Removal Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains the steps someone can take to remove their own IUD at home. The fact sheet includes helpful images.
Mar 16
Contraceptive Pearls: Progestin Contraceptives and Ulipristal to Treat Uterine Fibroids
Do progestin contraceptives help control the symptoms of fibroids? A recently updated Cochrane review addressed this question. The review examined four studies of 221 premenopausal patients with symptomatic fibroids. The results were inconclusive, with uncertainty about progestins’ effects on uterine bleeding and fibroid size. Ulipristal, on the other hand, showed more promise. A study of…
Mar 03
Initiating Hormonal Contraception
Most patients can safely begin using hormonal contraception at any point in their menstrual cycle. This article covers an evidence-based, flexible, patient-centered approach to initiating contraception promotes health and enhances patients’ reproductive autonomy. This article was published in American Family Physician in March 2021. It is an update of an article originally published in 2006.…