LONG ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION

Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Facts

• Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Fact Sheet (NMCPHC)

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• IUD Video (Planned Parenthood)
• IUD Patient fact sheet (Reproductive Health Access Project)/span>
• IUD Video (NMCPHC)
• IUD Information (Bedsider.org)
• IUD Information (Planned Parenthood)
• Birth Control Implant (Planned Parenthood)
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• Birth Control Implant (bedsider.org)
• Birth Control Implant Video (NMCPHC)

For Family Planning Counselors; Healthcare Para-Professionals; Health Educators

• Contraception Counseling
  Produced by BUMED VI and NMCPHC-SHARP (2017), Training film for the Navy health care team. Part 1 explains tiered counseling, the "GATHER" sequence of family planning counseling and important data to collect regarding the patient's medical history; Part 2 demonstrates tiered counseling; Part 3 covers suggested follow-up messages for the patient. Stream live from                (Navy MTFs only; SWANK course number NMETLC-17-MPHSA-1.0). Also available on the SHARP Toolbox DVD and TV-friendly DVD (send email now).
• Sexual Health Quickie - Intrauterine Device (IUD) (2017). Available on the SHARP Toolbox DVD (send email now) or stream now (CaC required)
   
• Video Demonstration: LARC-First Contraception Counseling (Contraceptive CHOICE Project)

For Clinicians

• DHA PI 6200.02, Comprehensive-Contraceptive-Counseling and Access to the Full Range of Methods of Contraception; 13 May 2019
• BUMED Patient Counseling Resource to Encourage LARC Continuation
• U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, 2016 (CDC)
• U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2016 (CDC)
• Providing Quality Family Planning Services: Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs
• American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement: Contraception for Adolescents
• Video Demonstration: LARC-First Contraception Counseling (Contraceptive CHOICE Project)
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• Journal of Adolescent Health - Special Supplement on LARC (all articles free)
• Improving Contraceptive Use in the U.S. (Guttmacher; 2008)
• Renewed Interest in Intrauterine Contraception in the United States: Evidence and Explanation (David Hubacher; Family Health International; 2010)
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• Reversible Contraception Update: The Importance of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (PostGrad Med; 2009)
• Use of the Mirena LNG-IUS and Paragard CuT380A intrauterine devices in nulliparous women (Society for Family Planning; in press 2010)