Source for Science

#SFP2023 highlights - Clinical care

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting. This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty: * Kelly Pfeifer, MD discussing opening plenary panel "Interpreting changes in abortion volumes post-Dobbs: #WeCount in conversation with people, practice, and policy" * Bhavik Kumar, MD, MPH summarizing "Breaking silos: Legal trends and clinical opportunities in abortion care and gender-affirming trans care"

#SFP2023 highlights - Advocacy

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting. This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty: * Kara Janssen, AD discussing opening plenary panel presentation from "Mass incarceration as reproductive oppression" * Cazembe Jackson discussing abortion story telling on the plenary "Breaking silos: Legal trends and clinical opportunities in abortion care and gender-affirming trans care"

#SFP2023 highlights - Research

Special episode - recorded at the 2023 Society of Family Planning Meeting. This episode features meeting highlights and exclusive interviews with #SFP2023 faculty: * Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH discussing opening plenary panel "Interpreting changes in abortion volumes post-Dobbs: #WeCount in conversation with people, practice, and policy" * Carolyn Sufrin, PhD, MD, summarizing her presentation from "Mass incarceration as reproductive oppression" * April Bell, PhD, MPH discussing 2nd place winning poster presentation "Digital storytelling (DST) as a tool to bolster solidarity and support among Black women who have had abortions"

Emergency preparedness: Clinical recommendations for emergency contraception

In the latest episode of the Society's podcast, Source for Science, Jennifer Salcedo, MD, MPH, MPP; Kelly Cleland, MPA, MPH; Ivana Thompson, MD, MSCI; and Nikita Kakkad discuss best practices in the provision of emergency contraception (EC), how healthcare providers support access to EC, and recommendations for addressing current barriers to care. Additional resources: * Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Emergency Contraception [https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(23)00011-2/fulltext] * American Society for Emergency Contraception informational guide for pharmacy staff [https://www.americansocietyforec.org/_files/ugd/7f2e0b_fc23debfbd29451685a17bec4cb8518f.pdf] * American Society for Emergency Contraception (ASEC) report on EC access in pharmacies [https://www.americansocietyforec.org/_files/ugd/0cdab4_422a82474dfb49deae3c20ecb1007bf0.pdf] * Commentary in Contraception on the urgency of EC in the post-Dobbs era [https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(22)00167-6/fulltext] and solutions for access * ACES' Emergency Contraception for Every Campus [https://www.ec4ec.org/] program * ASEC mechanism of action of levonorgestrel EC [https://www.americansocietyforec.org/_files/ugd/7f2e0b_5fb5b92c2e6144edb4c884c5e2a698d9.pdf] fact sheet * EC efficacy and body weight [https://www.americansocietyforec.org/_files/ugd/0cdab4_12f4b1c5cdf64feab998bc561692137c.pdf] fact sheet * UK Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare comprehensive guidelines on EC [https://www.fsrh.org/documents/ceu-clinical-guidance-emergency-contraception-march-2017/]

In their hands: Advancing self-administration of DMPA

This episode features Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH [https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/anitra-beasley-18008]; Sadia Haider, MD, MPH [https://doctors.rush.edu/details/19068]; and Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD [https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/jennifer-karlin-md-phd] discussing the benefits of supporting self-administration of DMPA, the practical ways clinicians can offer their support, and how clinicians can overcome common challenges for supporting self-administration of DMPA. Additional resources: * Science Says – DMPA-SC [https://societyfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SFP_ScienceSays_Template-Self-administered_DMPA-SC-f.pdf] * Society of Family Planning committee consensus on self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) [https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(22)00083-X/fulltext] * NCTCFP toolkit: User-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC) [https://www.ctcfp.org/user-administration-of-subcutaneous-depot-medroxyprogesterone-acetate-dmpa-sc/] * NFPRHA: Self-administration of injectable contraception [https://www.nationalfamilyplanning.org/file/documents---service-delivery-tools/NFPRHA---Depo-SQ-Resource-guide---FINAL-FOR-DISTRIBUTION.pdf] * "This is How I Teach" DMPA-SC video [https://www.innovating-education.org/2020/06/this-is-how-i-teach-self-injection-dmpa-sc/] * Patient-facing resources: * RHAP: Depo-Provera Sub-Q User Guide [https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/depo-subq-user-guide/] * Bedsider: Depo SubQ: The do-it yourself birth control shot [https://www.bedsider.org/features/789-depo-subq-the-do-it-yourself-birth-control-shot]