STI Screening, Testing And Treatment

Additional barriers and unique challenges to accessing sexual and reproductive health care services.

What the research shows about telehealth’s safety, acceptability, and ability to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care services.

An analysis of the benefits and risks of immediate postpartum IUD insertion, demonstrated improved health outcomes for society as a whole with universal access to contraception, a systematic review of studies of the efficacy and safety of extended IUD use, and more.

The CDC’s 2020 recommendations for evidence-based STD care, telehealth abortion consultations to help patients overcome barriers to care, a systematic review of the use of misoprostol prior to IUD insertion, and more.

The importance of patient-centered contraceptive counseling, expedited scheduling of interval tubal ligation as a way to improve access to sterilization, a study of barriers to IUD access for adolescent patients, and more.

Identify barriers to birth control and how you can help patients overcome them.

The ACOG Committee Opinion’s support for over-the-counter hormonal contraception, efficacy of intracervical blocks for pain management during levonorgestrel IUD placement, studies on the mechanism of function of ulipristal acetate, and more.

An analysis of the efficacy and safety of telehealth medication abortion care, IUD use and a decreased risk of ovarian cancer, widespread support for HPV vaccination, and more.