"This has definitely opened the doors": Provider perceptions of patient experiences with telemedicine for contraception in Illinois.

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic increased the provision of contraception through telemedicine. This qualitative study describes provider perceptions of how telemedicine provision of contraception has impacted patient care.

Methods: We interviewed 40 obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, and support staff providing contraception via telemedicine in practices across Illinois, including Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) health centers.

Telehealth for contraceptive care: Lessons from staff and clinicians for improving implementation and sustainability in Illinois.

Objective: To solicit Illinois staff and clinician perspectives on rapid implementation of telehealth for contraceptive counseling and recommendations to improve and sustain it in the long term.

Study Design: Researchers recruited and interviewed clinicians ( = 20) in primary care and obstetrics/gynecology clinics across 13 health care systems in Illinois, as well as clinicians ( = 11), leadership ( = 6) and staff ( = 7) from Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinics. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we coded and analyzed interview transcripts in Dedoose with a focus on themes regarding steps to improve quality and sustainability of telehealth.

Comparison of vaginal and buccal misoprostol after mifepristone for medication abortion through 70 days of gestation: A retrospective chart review.

Objective: To determine the proportion of complete abortion without surgical intervention for patients who chose medication abortion with vaginal compared to buccal misoprostol following oral mifepristone through 70 days of gestation.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study. We reviewed charts via electronic medical record data abstraction of patients receiving medication abortion with mifepristone and buccal or vaginal misoprostol between September 1, 2017 and August 1, 2019.

Shared negative experiences of long-acting reversible contraception and their influence on contraceptive decision-making: a multi-methods study.

Objectives: We explored how negative stories about long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) - defined as a firsthand negative experience with LARC shared directly with the study participant - were involved in participants' decisions about whether to use LARC following abortion, and how counseling affected the influence of negative LARC stories on contraceptive choices.

Study Design: We performed a multi-methods study, embedded within a trial examining the impact of a theory-based counseling intervention on LARC uptake post-abortion. Participants completed a baseline survey to determine the influence of negative LARC stories.

Mobile contraceptive application use in a clinical setting in addition to standard contraceptive counseling: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of miPlan, a waiting-room contraceptive counseling mobile application (app), on interest in discussing long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) during the clinical encounter and LARC uptake.

Study Design: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the miPlan contraceptive counseling app. African American and Latina young women ages 15-29 years attending four family planning clinics in a large Midwestern city were randomized to either: (1) use miPlan (intervention) prior to the contraceptive clinic visit or (2) contraceptive clinic visit alone (control).

Development of a Mobile App on Contraceptive Options for Young African American and Latina Women.

Young African American and Latina women aged 15 to 24 are more likely to adopt short-acting forms of contraception over long-acting reversible contraception. Mobile applications and other forms of digital media may be useful for providing adolescents with information about sexual and reproductive health both inside and outside of the health care setting. The miPlan app was designed in accordance with principles of user experience design, and its content was informed by the theory of planned behavior and the transtheoretical model of behavior change.

Society of Family Planning Guidelines: Postplacental insertion of intrauterine devices.

Postplacental intrauterine device (IUD) placement, defined as IUD placement within 10 min after delivery of the placenta, is an appealing strategy for increasing access to postpartum IUDs because it does not require a separate postpartum visit. These guidelines present an evidence-based assessment of postplacental IUD placement after vaginal and cesarean delivery. Postplacental IUD insertion is safe and does not have higher risks of complications than interval insertion.

A motivational interviewing-based counseling intervention to increase postabortion uptake of contraception: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine if a counseling intervention using the principles of motivational interviewing (MI) would impact uptake of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) after abortion.

Methods: We conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing an MI-based contraception counseling intervention to only non-standardized counseling. Sixty women 15-29 years-old were randomized.

Prevalence and Correlates of Having a Regular Physician among Women Presenting for Induced Abortion.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and correlates of having a regular physician among women presenting for induced abortion.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of women presenting to an urban, university-based family planning clinic for abortion between January 2008 and September 2011. We conducted bivariate analyses, comparing women with and without a regular physician, and multivariable regression modeling, to identify factors associated with not having a regular physician.

Intrauterine device use in an urban university clinic: safety of use in a population at high risk for sexually transmitted infections.

Objective: The objective was to describe infection rates after intrauterine device (IUD) placement at an urban teaching hospital that did not restrict IUD eligibility based on risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Methods: We reviewed charts of patients undergoing IUD placement at the University of Chicago obstetrics and gynecology resident clinic from July 2007 to June 2008 (n=283). The primary outcome was diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) within 12 months.

Correlates of pregnancy before age 15 compared with pregnancy between the ages of 15 and 19 in the United States.

Objective: To compare pregnancy risk factors and outcomes between females in the United States with pregnancy occurring before age 15 years and between ages 15 and 19 years.

Methods: We analyzed data from the 2006 to 2010 National Survey of Family Growth. Our sample included women aged 20 to 44 years at the time of interview who reported first pregnancy before age 20 years (n=3,095).

Postplacental insertion of the levonorgestrel intrauterine device after cesarean delivery vs. delayed insertion: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: This trial was designed to compare levonorgestrel intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) use at 1 year after delivery between women randomized to postplacental insertion at the time of cesarean delivery and delayed insertion 4-8 weeks after delivery.

Study Design: This randomized controlled trial was conducted at two urban medical centers. Eligible pregnant women with planned cesarean deliveries were randomized to immediate postplacental insertion during cesarean or delayed insertion after 4-8 weeks.

Use of the intrauterine device among adolescent and young adult women in the United States from 2002 to 2010.

Purpose: Long-acting contraceptives, such as the intrauterine device (IUD), show potential for decreasing the incidence of unintended pregnancy. However, use among adolescent and young adult women remains low. We determined factors associated with IUD use among young women.

Cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment interventions for racial and ethnic minorities: a systematic review.

Objectives: To systematically review the literature to determine which interventions improve the screening, diagnosis or treatment of cervical cancer for racial and/or ethnic minorities.

Data Sources: Medline on OVID, Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Cochrane Systematic Reviews.

Study Eligibility Criteria, Participants And Interventions: We searched the above databases for original articles published in English with at least one intervention designed to improve cervical cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis or treatment that linked participants to the healthcare system; that focused on US racial and/or ethnic minority populations; and that measured health outcomes.

A missed opportunity for care: two-visit IUD insertion protocols inhibit placement.

Background: The intrauterine device (IUD) is a safe, long-acting, highly effective method of birth control. Two-visit protocols for IUD insertion may represent a barrier to IUD uptake.

Study Design: This study is a retrospective database review.

Awareness and knowledge of the intrauterine device in adolescents.

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore intrauterine device (IUD) awareness and knowledge in a diverse, multiethnic population.

Methods: We conducted a self-administered, anonymous survey addressing awareness of the IUD as a contraceptive method and knowledge about aspects of IUD use in a group of women aged 14 to 19 years. Demographic and medical information was obtained to compare awareness and knowledge between demographic groups.

Correlates of use of long-acting reversible methods of contraception among adolescent and young adult women.

Background: Most pregnancies among adolescent and young adult women are unintended, and adolescent birth rates have risen. Use of long-acting reversible contraception may be an effective strategy to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy.

Study Design: We conducted a secondary data analysis of nationally representative, cross-sectional data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.

Effect of a brief educational intervention on the attitudes of young women toward the intrauterine device.

Study Objective: The intrauterine device (IUD) is underused by young women, who are at high risk for unintended pregnancy. We aimed to assess the impact of a brief educational intervention on the attitudes of young women toward intrauterine contraception and to assess characteristics associated with a change in attitude.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This is a planned secondary analysis of a survey of 144 women, aged 14-24 years, which assessed attitudes toward the IUD.

Adolescent and young adult women's knowledge of and attitudes toward the intrauterine device.

Background: This study aimed to assess adolescent (aged 14-18 years) and young adult (aged 19-24 years) women's knowledge of and attitudes toward intrauterine devices (IUDs) before and after a brief educational intervention.

Study Design: We administered a 43-item survey to 144 women aged 14-24 years, with half in each age category. The survey assessed knowledge of and attitudes toward IUDs, and incorporated a 3-min educational intervention about IUDs.

Contraceptive care for adolescents.

Adolescents have a high rate of unintended pregnancy: 82% of pregnancies for women aged 15 to 19 years are unintended. The large majority of sexually active adolescent women are using some method of contraception, but few are using long-acting highly effective methods, that is, intrauterine devices and implants. Most adolescent women are relying on oral contraceptive pills and/or condoms as their most effective method, with the third most common method being depot medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Misoprostol administered by epithelial routes: Drug absorption and uterine response.

Objective: To quantify and compare serum levels and uterine effects following vaginal (dry), vaginal (moistened), buccal, and rectal misoprostol administration.

Methods: Forty women seeking elective abortion between 6 and 12 6/7 weeks were randomly assigned to receive 400 mug of misoprostol by one of four routes. A 2.

HIV sentinel surveillance among women seeking elective pregnancy termination, San Francisco.

Objective: The objective of this study was to measure HIV prevalence, HIV incidence, and risk factors for infection among women seeking elective pregnancy termination in San Francisco.

Study: The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey comprising a consecutive sample of women seeking elective pregnancy termination in San Francisco's county hospital from August 2002 to July 2003. Demographic and risk behavior information was abstracted from routine clinic records.