Contraceptive Technology Update – March 1, 2012
March 1, 2012
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What are 'must-have' services for your adolescent males?
Does your facility provide reproductive health care for adolescent males? If so, add two newly published reports to your knowledge base to provide optimum care for teen boys. -
Reproductive health: Where does it stand?
Reproductive health is in for a bumpy ride in 2012, if new 2011 legislative actions are any indicator, according to a new Guttmacher Institute analysis. -
Is EC easily found? Evidence says no
The next time you offer counseling on emergency contraception (EC) for your adolescent patients, don't assume they can easily access it in their local pharmacies. -
Many providers continue unnecessary pelvic exams
Do you use a pelvic exam to screen for sexually transmitted infections, check for ovarian and other gynecologic cancers, or determine whether women should receive hormonal contraceptives? If so, your practice is not supported by scientific evidence and is not recommended by any U.S. organization, according to newly published research. -
Use new technology for communication
Since 2001, the United States has not gained traction in reducing the rate unintended pregnancy. Research indicates that of the 6.7 million pregnancies in 2006, nearly half (49%) were unintended. -
Sex education remains active battleground
The trend over the past several years toward more progressive federal and state sex education policymaking hit something of a wall in 2011. -
STI Quarterly: HPV vaccine update: No association between shot, risky sexual behavior
Good news: Results of a cross-sectional analysis of young women interviewed as part of the National Survey of Family Growth who received recommended vaccinations to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection found no association between HPV vaccination and risky sexual behavior. -
STI Quarterly: New approaches eyed to herpes simplex virus
New research points to the need for more potent approaches to containing the genital herpes simplex virus (HSV). -
STI Quarterly: New CDC online atlas offers current STI data