Who Is Offered and Who Gets an IUD or Implant Before Leaving the Hospital after Having a Baby?

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dc.creatorHuff, Cristina Wallace
dc.creatorPotter, Joseph E.
dc.creatorHopkins, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-23T13:42:27Z
dc.date.available2021-04-23T13:42:27Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recognizes that IUDs and implants are a safe and effective contraceptive option for patients right after delivery. It is also a method that many women want. This research brief reports on a recent study in which obstetrician/gynecologist Cristina Wallace, along with PRC faculty research associates Kristine Hopkins and Joseph E. Potter, analyzed who was offered and who received these long-acting contraception (LARC) methods before discharge among 199 women who delivered a baby in a Texas safety net hospital. They found that 52% of the women were offered an immediate postpartum LARC method and that, among those who got the method before leaving the hospital, satisfaction and continuation of the methods was high. However, Spanish-speaking Hispanic women were less likely to be offered the method, perhaps due to limited use of interpretation services during contraceptive counseling. They argue for the importance of health care providers to present the full range of contraceptive options throughout pregnancy to all women to help them come to a patient-centered decision on their contraceptive method of choice.
dc.description.departmentPopulation Research Centeren_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/85424
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/12388
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austin Population Research Centeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofPRC Research & Policy Brief Seriesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPRC Research & Policy Brief;6(5)
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectIUDen_US
dc.subjectbirth control implanten_US
dc.subjectlong-acting reversible contraceptionen_US
dc.subjectLARCen_US
dc.titleWho Is Offered and Who Gets an IUD or Implant Before Leaving the Hospital after Having a Baby?en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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