Here you can find practice guidelines, clinical reports, interactive tools, and other resources designed for health care providers.
ACOG Bookstore – Practice Bulletins and Guidelines as well as Patient Brochures available
Bedsider, a free provider portal for professionals in college health care and sexual health education
Beyond Birth Control: The Overlooked Benefits of Oral Contraceptive Pills from Guttmacher Institute
Bills Aimed at Reducing Abortion Filed as New Front Opens to Marginalize the Role of Contraception from Guttmacher Policy Review
Challenges to the Federal Contraceptive Coverage Rule from the American Civil Liberties Union
Community-Based Health Workers Can Safely and Effectively Administer Injectable Contraceptives (PDF) from USAID
Contraceptive Behavior and Risk Taking Among Adolescents from Medscape
Contraception, An International Reproductive Health Journal
Contraception from eMedicine.com
Contraception, Disability and Illness from sexualityandu.ca
Contraception is the name of the game
Emerging Answers 2007 from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
Implants: The Next Generation from Population Reports
Linkages Between HIV and Family Planning Services Under PEPFAR: Room for Improvement from Guttmacher Institute
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: The Best Kept Birth Control Secret?, ARHP member Andrew Kaunitz’s GYN video blog
Longer Duration of Hormonal Contraceptive Use Predicts Better Cognitive Outcomes Later in Life from The Journal of Women’s Health
Medicaid’s Role in Family Planning from Guttmacher Institute and Kaiser Family Foundation
Minilaparotomy for Female Sterilization: An Illustrated Guide for Service Providers from EngenderHealth
No-Scalpel Vasectomy: An Illustrated Guide for Surgeons, Third Edition from EngenderHealth
A Pocket Guide To Managing Contraception (PDF)
Over-the-Counter Access to Oral Contraceptives from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Preventing Gaps When Switching Contraceptives from Reproductive Access
Providers’ Perspectives: Perceived Barriers to Contraceptive Use in Youth and Young Adults, a report from the ARHP and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
A Real-Time Look at the Impact of the Recession on Women’s Family Planning and Pregnancy Decisions from the Guttmacher Institute
Research article about IUD use reducing rates of cervical cancerfrom The Lancet
Rekindling Efforts to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy: A Matter of ‘Equity and Common Sense’ from the Guttmacher Institute
Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Non-Hormonal Contraceptive Methods
Safety review update on the possible increased risk of blood clots with birth control pills containing drospirenone from The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Summary Chart of U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010 (color)
Summer Price Spike: A Case Study About Publicly Funded Clinics and the Cost of Contraceptive Supplies from Guttmacher Policy Review
The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services from Catholics for Choice
The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010
Update: Injectable Contraception and Skeletal Health Concerns,ARHP member Andrew Kaunitz’s GYN video blog
What You Need to Know fact sheets: Labeling Changes for Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
What You Need to Know fact sheets: Menstrual Suppression
Which birth control pills can be used for emergency contraception in the United States from Not-2-late.com
WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptives
Women’s Use of Most Effective Contraceptive Methods Has Doubled Since 2002 from Guttmacher Institute
You Decide: Making Informed Health Choices about Hormonal Contraception Tool Kit
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