Reproductive health services: A missed opportunity in VA primary care?
Contraceptive services
Prepregnancy counseling
Primary care
Veterans
Journal
Contraception
ISSN: 1879-0518
Titre abrégé: Contraception
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0234361
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
19
05
2022
revised:
03
01
2023
accepted:
09
01
2023
pubmed:
18
1
2023
medline:
8
3
2023
entrez:
17
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Integration of reproductive health services into comprehensive primary care is increasingly viewed as a strategy to address service gaps and improve patient-centered care. We assess receipt of contraceptive and prepregnancy health counseling among pregnancy-capable Veterans within Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care. Data are from 1076 participants in a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of women Veterans ages 18 to 45 with an overall survey response rate of 28%. Descriptive analyses and chi square tests of association were performed. Only 44% of pregnancy-capable Veterans reported receiving any contraceptive and/or prepregnancy care from a VA primary care provider in the past year. Although VA guidelines include reproductive services as a core component of primary care, additional efforts may be needed to promote routine provision of this care in practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36649750
pii: S0010-7824(23)00010-0
doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.109957
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Contraceptive Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109957Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Inc.