A Novel Approach to Postpartum Contraception Provision Combined with Infant Care: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Background: Unintended pregnancy among women with short interpregnancy intervals remains common. Women's attendance at the 4- to 6-week postpartum visit, when contraception provision often occurs, is low, whereas their attendance at well-baby visits is high. We aimed to evaluate if offering co-located contraceptive services to mothers at well-baby visits increases use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) at 5 months postpartum compared with usual care in a randomized, controlled trial.

Moxibustion for Cephalic Version of Breech Presentation.

Moxibustion, a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is the burning of the herb moxa (Folium Artemisiae argyi or mugwort) over acupuncture points. It is often used in China to facilitate cephalic version of breech presentation. This article reviews the history, philosophy, therapeutic use, possible mechanisms of action, and literature pertaining to its use for this indication.

Adolescent Contraception Use after Pregnancy, an Opportunity for Improvement.

Study Objective: To describe contraceptive method use by adolescent women in the 6 months after any pregnancy.

Design: We conducted a secondary analysis of the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth.

Setting: This survey is a nationally-representative population-based survey of reproductive aged women in the United States.

Family Planning for Sexual Minority Women.

The family planning needs of sexual minority women (SMW) are an understudied but growing area of research. SMW have family planning needs, both similar to and distinct from their exclusively heterosexual peers. Specifically, SMW experience unintended pregnancies at higher rates than their exclusively heterosexual peers, but factors that increase this risk are not well understood.

Global women's health is more than maternal health: a review of gynecology care needs in low-resource settings.

Women's health care efforts in low-resource settings are often focused primarily on prenatal and obstetric care. However, women all over the world experience significant morbidity and mortality related to cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections, and urogynecologic conditions as well as gynecologic care provision including insufficient and ineffective family planning services. Health care providers with an interest in clinical care in low-resource settings should be aware of the scope of the burden of gynecologic issues and strategies in place to combat the problems.

Reproductive health disparities: a focus on family planning and prevention among minority women and adolescents.

Minority women and adolescent females of all races and ethnicities are disproportionately affected by unintended pregnancy in the United States. Adolescents also experience an additional proportion of the burden compared to other age groups, as 82% of pregnancies among women 19 years old and younger are unintended. Moreover, minority and adolescent mothers are at increased risk for having preterm deliveries, low birth weight infants, and other complications.