Title X Improved Access To Most Effective And Moderately Effective Contraception In US Safety-Net Clinics, 2016-18.

ABSTRACT: Community health centers are a crucial source of health care for reproductive-age women. Some community health centers receive funding from the federal Title X program, which provides funding for family planning services for low-income women. We describe the provision of the most effective (intrauterine devices and implants) and moderately effective (short-acting hormonal methods) contraceptive methods in a large network of 384 community health center clinics across twenty states in 2016-18. Title X clinics provided more most and moderately effective contraception at all time points and for all age groups (adolescent, young adult, and adult). They provided 52 percent more of the most effective contraceptives to women at risk for pregnancy than clinics not funded by Title X. This finding wa

SUBMITTER: Darney BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature