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Community Health and Preventive Medicine

University of Vermont

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Contraception

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Evaluation Of Clinician Prescribing Practices For Contraceptive Care: A Quality Improvement Collaboration, Julie Desrochers Jan 2020

Evaluation Of Clinician Prescribing Practices For Contraceptive Care: A Quality Improvement Collaboration, Julie Desrochers

College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications

Purpose: Primary care providers (PCPs) have the training and opportunity to provide contraceptive care. Unplanned pregnancy is a major public health issue for which up to 50% of the population is at overall lifetime risk. Reproductive life planning during healthcare visits can reduce rates of unintended pregnancy, prompting contraception or preconception planning. Studies suggest contraceptive counseling protocols and reproductive intent screening are effective tools. This project compares clinician behaviors with best practices. The purpose is to evaluate preventive reproductive healthcare practices in primary care, identifying opportunities to meet the contraceptive healthcare needs for people of reproductive age.

Methods: PCPs and …


Implementation Of Family Planning And Contraception For Female Inmates In Vermont, Callan Janowiec Fnp Jan 2017

Implementation Of Family Planning And Contraception For Female Inmates In Vermont, Callan Janowiec Fnp

College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications

Background and Objective(s): Unplanned pregnancies are disproportionately high among female inmates, and incarceration provides a unique opportunity for care may be otherwise difficult to obtain, including reproductive health and family planning services, specifically the provision of contraception. It is known that women are 14 times more likely to initiate contraception if education and services are provided within the prison (Clarke et al., 2006b). Despite decades of research identifying the unmet need, very few prisons around the country provide any sort of sexual health or family planning care to prisoners (Braithwaite, Treadwell, & Arriola, 2008).

Methods: This project involves the creation …