Contraceptive Technology Update – April 1, 2014

April 1, 2014

• Contraceptive implant makes inroads as birth control option

  Women continue to choose long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods, say respondents to the 2013 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey.

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• Get practice up to speed on LARC methods

  Clinics looking to increase use of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods have tools and evidence to support their actions.

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• Extended OC use, Quick Start has arrived

  Responses to the 2013 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey indicate that many clinicians have moved to remove one hurdle to contraception by adopting the Quick Start method of method initiation.

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• Pills are still popular with many women

  According to results from the 2013 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey, while many women continue to pick combined oral contraceptives (OCs), other options are making inroads on the popular choice.

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• Contraception focus: Combined hormones

  Results of the 2013 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey indicate that use of the NuvaRing contraceptive vaginal ring and the Evra contraceptive patch is consistent with 2012's figures.

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• Add screening for violence by intimate partners

  Intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive and sexual coercion disproportionately affect women. Such behavior is aimed at establishing control of one partner over the other.

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