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Failure Of Effective Contraception In Opioid Addicted Mothers: A Disparity In Planned And Actual Usage, Robert C. Bowers, Makenzie Hatfield Kresch, Amy Roy, Danielle Lancaster, Jennie L. Yoost Jan 2019

Failure Of Effective Contraception In Opioid Addicted Mothers: A Disparity In Planned And Actual Usage, Robert C. Bowers, Makenzie Hatfield Kresch, Amy Roy, Danielle Lancaster, Jennie L. Yoost

Marshall Journal of Medicine

The ongoing opioid epidemic in West Virginia has given rise to a unique population of opioid-addicted obstetric patients. Appropriate education, counseling, and implementation of contraception is of extreme importance among this high risk patient population. This study was a retrospective chart review aimed at evaluating contraception choice and initiation rates among patients enrolled in a maternal buprenorphine maintenance program compared to non-opioid addicted patients. Rates of planned contraception initiation were compared between the two groups. Rates of actual contraception initiation were also compared. Contraceptive choices were then placed into one of three tiers based on efficacy, and rates of initiation …


Barriers To Sexual And Reproductive Health Care Access In Central America With A Focus On Modern Contraception, Maria Mccoshen Jan 2019

Barriers To Sexual And Reproductive Health Care Access In Central America With A Focus On Modern Contraception, Maria Mccoshen

Theses and Graduate Projects

Reproductive health is an important indicator of overall population health and is a priority of international organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN includes the right to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in their international covenant on rights stating, “...a woman’s reproductive option is considered a basic human right”. This paper will evaluate whether SRH, specifically modern contraceptive access, is met throughout areas of Central America, with a focus on the country of Costa Rica.