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Arduous admin requirements + abortion stigma discourage Drs from rx'ing #mifepristone to #miscarriage patients. These obstacles are not insurmountable. Our pep talk in @JAMANetworkOpen on overcoming #REMS for better pregnancy loss care⤵️: doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35861

Most women's HIV Drs in #Botswana do not discuss birth control. We developed a plan: ♥️Honor pt values/goals. ♥️increase Dr confidence. Results: 96% of pts preferred to discuss BCM @ their HIV-treatment visit. Read more about HIV care ➕Fam Planning: doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.1…

We are just beyond thrilled about the #rhogam update in early pregnancy from @acog in @greenjrnl 🩸🩸🩸 It is an incredible feeling to see a authoritative clinical guidance revised based on our team's hard work (at the helm of @obgdocsarah!) Amazing work!

Spontaneous Abortion is an "all around hated term" when talking about miscarriage and pregnancy loss. @rachelegross of @nytimes dives into 'When ‘Abortion’ Wasn’t a Dirty Word', citing @PennOBGYN Dr. Clement and our study at @PEACEUPenn @PennMedicine nytimes.com/2024/08/13/sci…

The @Bedsider method explorer is fun to play around with. Even if you are happy with your current method, you can compare it to what's out there, and confirm your priorities when looking at birth control options.

📢 Most women prefer to receive delayed #postpartum #IUD placement compared with immediate IUD placement. ♀️ 🏥 @GreenJrnl Read more below! 👇 healio.com/news/womens-he…

Counseling about IUD placement timing should not vary by demographic characteristics of patients...even if a doctor feels that a patient with lower access to care is well-suited to have an IUD placed right after delivery, as opposed to at their 6 week postpartum visit.

Great longitudinal in @greenjrnl from the folks at U of Utah SLC looking at switching and discontinuing contraceptive methods. Patients unhindered by cost barriers are more likely to try different methods, or change methods when goals/priorities change. journals.lww.com/greenjournal/f…

If you've had a bad experience with birth control, don't give up! There are lots of options – with and without hormones – that you can try: bedsider.org/birth-control #ThxBirthControl

If you’re at high risk for HIV, PrEP might help reduce your chances of infection! What to know: bedsider.org/features/1088

Our 2015 pilot found that medication abortion patients were interested and satisfied with starting the depo shot birth control on the same day as their abortion. Important research from @UMNews / @ContraceptionJL will help council MAB patients between #DMPA and #Nexplanon

Pregnancy of Unknown Location is a confusing diagnosis. Black patients are more likely to experience loss to follow up during monitoring for #PUL. We talked to patients to explore what helps people return for a follow-up, and barriers to coming back. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38959225/

The study concludes that 'behavioral flags are inequitably deployed in ED settings, replicating societal biases of assumed criminality, eg racialization of the diagnoses of schizophrenia, the so-called super predators in the 1990s, to contemporary use of agitated delirium.

Patients with behavioral flags experience longer ED wait times, shorter time with a clinician and less clinical testing.

Starting Monday with some hard data and hard truths. Black patients are more likely to receive a 'behavioral flag' on there medical record. The implications are sobering: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

How do postpartum patients weigh the benefits and drawbacks of getting an IUD right after labor vs at a follow up visit? New study examining preferences and the decision making process will have you obsessed with choice-based-conjoint methodology 🤓@greenjrnl @GreenjrnlEd

Looking good! Glad to see the Penn Medicine Repro representation 💙❤️💙❤️

"I just have a harder time trying to fit myself in this...box that I’m being expected to." ❤️🏳️‍⚧️ Check out new research exploring connections that non-binary autistic adults make between those aspects of their identity. 1st author is a @PEACEUPenn alum🥰 doi.org/10.1177/136236…

It's #MaleContracpetionDay! Our friends down the block at @PennMedicine REI are part of this FACINATING #CCTN trial. A topical gel applied to the shoulders?! Per @nbcnews Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show @PennOBGYN nbcnews.com/health/mens-he…

A useful companion to @EricBoodman's horrifying piece on sickle cell patients pressured into sterilization ( statnews.com/2024/05/21/sic…) is a new study by Andrea Roe & co that discusses shortcomings in contraceptive counseling for sickle cell patients. authors.elsevier.com/a/1j1It3kcbYwe…