Brief report: Influence of mandatory contraceptive education emphasizing long-acting reversible methods on continuation rates among military recruits.

Objectives: Determine if the replacement of patient-initiated, individual contraceptive education with mandatory group contraceptive education, during US Navy basic training, was associated with decreased LARC continuation.

Study Design: Secondary analysis of administrative billing data from female military recruits who began basic training between September 2012 and February 2020.

Results: Servicewomen who started LARC method during rather than after basic training had higher continuation rates.

Selection, Initiation, Continuation, and Efficacy of Reversible Contraception Among Enlisted U.S. Service Women in Their First Term of Service From 2012 to 2020.

Background: Pregnancy is the second most common cause of limited duty days among active duty service members in the U.S. Military.