Contraceptive Technology Update – January 1, 2004
January 1, 2004
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Meeting the health needs of men: Ensure that your facility stacks up!
Review the number of services offered at your family planning agency, then check off the number that address the reproductive health needs of men. If your agency is like most of the facilities participating in a recently published survey, you may be serving some male patients, but doing very little to recruit more. -
Identify the needs, barriers to men’s care
From adolescence on, most men need information and counseling about sexual and reproductive matters, and they need somewhere reliable to go for related education and health care. -
Reach out to young men: Add strength in services
Will adding male programs to existing family planning services subtract from existing care? -
Male contraceptives: Research examines options
When you review birth control options with your female patients, you tick off several items: a shot, a patch, an intravaginal ring, intra-uterine devices, barrier methods, and several types of pills. -
Vasectomy research eyes enhancement of method
New developments are arising on the vasectomy front, with researchers taking a look at the effectiveness of different methods of vas deferens occlusion and identifying chemical candidates to help speed up time to vasectomy success. -
Clinicians change practice when it comes to EC
Your next patient is a young woman who has pressed for an appointment Monday morning after her boyfriends condom broke on Sunday night. Your formulary calls for use of progestin-only emergency contraception pills (ECPs). What is your next step? -
Conferences on tap for Contraceptive Technology
Update your knowledge on current issues in reproductive health at the annual Contraceptive Technology conference. The Washington, DC, session is scheduled for Feb. 29-March 3, with the San Francisco session set for March 24-27. -
Web Sites Target Male Information
Searching for male-centered information to boost your facilitys services to men?