Updated Guidance for Safe and Effective Use of Contraception

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• Alternative Title:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt)
• Personal Author:
  Tepper, Naomi K. ; Curtis, Kathryn M. ; Jatlaoui, Tara C. ; Whiteman, Maura K.
• Description:
  Progress has been made in efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy; however, unintended pregnancy remains a public health issue in the United States. A key component of reducing unintended pregnancy is to increase correct and consistent use of contraception by reducing barriers to access and use. The CDC has recently updated its guidance for the safe and effective use of contraception. The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (US MEC), 2016, and U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (US SPR), 2016, are intended for healthcare providers to help patients choose a method that is safe and can be used effectively. The recommendations aim to reduce certain barriers to contraception and thus help women, men, and couples to control timing of pregnancies.
• Subjects:
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. Contraception Contraception Behavior Female Health Personnel Humans Male Practice Guidelines As Topic Pregnancy Pregnancy, Unplanned Public Health United States

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• Keywords:
  CDC Contraception Guidelines
• Source:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt). 25(11):1097-1101
• Pubmed ID:
  27841957
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10985638
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:379445fc2625bf5a0b687545cc60ec25f7fe9b982df56ab5ade95dce446d79c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153658/cdc_153658_DS1.pdf
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