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.

Effects of genotype and food on naltrexone exposure in adolescents.

Naltrexone (NTX), an opioid antagonist metabolized by aldo-keto reductase 1C4 (AKR1C4), is prescribed for psychiatric conditions like eating disorders with variable response. Systemic exposure is highly variable in adults, yet no data exist in children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate NTX exposure in adolescents with eating disorders.

Influence of military contraceptive policy changes on contraception use and childbirth rates among new recruits.

Background: Unplanned pregnancy is a common problem among United States servicewomen. Variation among service branches in contraceptive education and access during initial training is associated with differences in contraceptive use and childbirth rates despite access to a uniform health benefit including no-cost reproductive healthcare and contraception. However, it is unclear whether changes in branch-specific contraceptive policies can influence reproductive outcomes among junior enlisted women in that service branch.