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Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Education For Street-Involved Youth: Impact On Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors, Lizzie Simon
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Education For Street-Involved Youth: Impact On Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors, Lizzie Simon
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Despite evidence that long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is safe, appropriate, and highly efficacious for people under age 25, this younger population is under-represented among LARC users in the US. At the Orion Clinic in Seattle, Kaiser Permanente offers primary care to street-involved young people between the ages of 12 and 24. Since opening in 2016, young patients at the Orion Clinichave initiated LARC at low rates, which reflects national trends. The aims of this project are to understand the reasons for this population’s underuse of highly effective contraceptive methods; to increase participants’ knowledge and positive attitudes toward LARC; and to …