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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedHorner-Johnson W, Klein KA, Campbell J
Experiences of women with disabilities in accessing and receiving contraceptive care.
This study explored the experiences of women with different types of disability when they attempted to obtain contraceptive care. Four semistructured focus groups were created to sample 17 women with different types of disabilities: physical, intellectual and developmental, blind or low vision, and deaf or hard of hearing. Three main themes were identified in challenges to obtaining high-quality contraceptive care: Accessibility and Accommodations, Clinician Attitudes, and Health Insurance. Different challenges occurred with different types of disabilities such as inaccessible clinic rooms and examination tables, and inaccessible clinic forms and information. Processes and infrastructure of contraceptive care are based on an assumption of an able-bodied norm.
AHRQ-funded; HS022981.
Citation: Horner-Johnson W, Klein KA, Campbell J .
Experiences of women with disabilities in accessing and receiving contraceptive care.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2021 Nov;50(6):732-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2021.07.005..
Keywords: Access to Care, Disabilities, Vulnerable Populations, Women, Sexual Health
Küng SA, Saavedra-Avendano B, Vélez EA
Factors associated with support for adolescent access to contraception among Mexican Catholic parents.
Researchers used a nationally representative survey of 2186 Mexican Catholic parents to assess two outcomes: support for adolescent access to modern contraception and whether adolescents unaccompanied by an adult should have access to contraceptive methods. They found that Mexican Catholic parents support adolescent access to modern contraception, but support for unaccompanied access to contraception is lower. This may reflect an interest in being involved, and not necessarily opposition to contraceptive use.
AHRQ-funded; HS025155; HS022981.
Citation: Küng SA, Saavedra-Avendano B, Vélez EA .
Factors associated with support for adolescent access to contraception among Mexican Catholic parents.
J Relig Health 2021 Jun;60(3):1600-12. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01186-w..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Access to Care, Sexual Health, Women
Moniz MH, Peahl AF, Fendrick AM
Cost sharing, postpartum contraceptive use, and short interpregnancy interval rates among commercially insured women.
This study compared postpartum contraceptive use among women who had high, low, or no cost sharing for different types of contraception. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of commercially insured women undergoing childbirth from 2014 to 2018 using Optum's (Eden Prairie, MN) de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart database. The women were included if they had continuous enrollment for 12 months postpartum. Among 25,298 plans with cost sharing data, 172,941 women were identified, including 47.7% with no cost sharing, 13.1% in low cost sharing, and 39.2% in high cost sharing plans. Women in no cost sharing plans had a higher predicted probability of using long-acting reversible contraceptives and a lower predicted probability of no prescription method use than those in low or high cost sharing plans. There was no difference in short interpregnancy intervals between the plan cost sharing types.
AHRQ-funded; HS025465.
Citation: Moniz MH, Peahl AF, Fendrick AM .
Cost sharing, postpartum contraceptive use, and short interpregnancy interval rates among commercially insured women.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Mar;224(3):282.e1-82.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.109..
Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Women, Health Insurance, Access to Care, Sexual Health