Introduction Contraceptive counseling during the perinatal period is an important component
of comprehensive perinatal care. We synthesized research about contraceptive counseling …

In the last decade-plus, there has been growing enthusiasm for long-acting reversible
contraceptive methods as the solution to unintended pregnancy in the United States …

There are multi-level barriers that impact uptake of postpartum contraception and result in
disparities, including clinical barriers such as provider bias. Fortunately, clinicians have …

Objectives The study examined how clinicians described their patients in relation to their
practices of contraceptive counseling. Study design This qualitative study involved individual …

Efforts to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy by expanding access to and use of
a new generation of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in recent years led to the …

Objective We aimed to examine how peripartum contraceptive care quality improvement
efforts address or perpetuate reproductive health injustices. Study design We conducted a …

Background In 2012, South Carolina revised the Medicaid policy to cover reimbursement for
immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception. Immediate postpartum long …

Background Provision of contraception to women in the immediate postnatal period has
been endorsed by professional bodies, to reduce the incidence of short inter-pregnancy …

In the United States, unintended pregnancy is medicalized, having been labeled a health
problem and “treated” with contraception. Scholars find women's access to contraception is …

Objectives The objective of this study was to explore perceptions and experiences of
immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) counseling and decision …