Bixby Center Publications

Briefs

Emergency Contraception

• Controversies about Emergency Contraception: The Scientific Evidence (Feb 2009) - New!
  Lack of accurate information about emergency contraception (EC) has resulted in widespread myths and misinformation and hampered EC access and use. A great deal of research about EC is now available, but much of the scientific literature is not presented in formats that are conveniently accessible to policy makers, health care professionals, media, and the public. The UCSF Bixby Center has compiled and summarized the research in concise, clear, and user-friendly briefs. Each brief offers an authoritative, scientific basis for EC education and advocacy activities and provides evidence-based responses to the following EC controversies:

• EC Controversies (Feb 2008)

• Is Emergency Contraception Safe? - New!
• Is Emergency Contraception Effective at Preventing Pregnancy? - New!
• Does Emergency Contraception Promote Sexual Risk-Taking? - New!
• Should Teens Be Denied Equal Access to Emergency Contraception? - New!
• Should Emergency Contraception Be Available without Prescription? - New!
• Is Emergency Contraception Cost-Effective? - New!
• Does Emergency Contraception Cause Abortion? - New!

Fact Sheets

Family PACT

• Adolescent Services (2006)
• Benefits of Family Planning (2006)
• Client Rights & Provider Responsibilities (2008) - New!
• Family PACT Overview (2008) - New!
• Family Planning Methods and Services (2008) - New!
• Female Contraceptive Methods Over the Lifespan (2007)
• Increasing Access to Health Services (2004)
• Male Services (2009) - New!
• Provider Networks (2004)

• Spanish Versions

• Family PACT: Descripcion (2006)
• Beneficios de la Planificacion Familiar (2007)
• Servicios Para Hombres (2006)

• Special Reports on Family PACT's Impact

• California's Family PACT Program: County Successes & Challenges (Jun 2008)
• Decline in Unintended Pregnancies in California: California Congressional Districts (Mar 2009) - New!
• Decline in Unintended Pregnancies in California: California State Senate and Assembly Districts (Jun 2007)

Latino Youth (Nov 2002)

• Education
• Families
• Health Care Access
• Immigrant Generation
• Income & Poverty
• Issue Brief on Latino Youth: Reproductive Health
• Population
• Sexual Behavior
• STIs & HIV/AIDS

Other

• Adolescents & Parental Notification for Abortion: What can California Learn from the Experience of Other States? (Sep 2008) - New!
• Gender, Power, Culture and Reproductive Health
  (in Spanish and English)
• Innovative Outreach: Findings from the TeenSMART Outreach Evaluation (Apr 2008)
• Teen Pregnancy among Asian Pacific Islanders in California
• What do women care about when getting family planning services? (2008)

Family PACT Publication List

Monographs

• A Future With Promise: A Chartbook on Latino Adolescent Reproductive Health (2004)
• Communities Responding to the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (1998)
  In collaboration with Advocates For Youth
• Early Abortion Training Workbook (trainer and trainee versions) - New!
• Early Medical Abortion Resource: Issues for Practice (2001)
• Interrrupcion Medica del Embarazo Temprano: Aspectos Relacionados con la Practica (2001)
• El Involucramiento de los hombres jovenes en la salud sexual y reproductiva (2004)
  Hacia Una Agenda Binacional de Investigacion Accion y Politica Publica
• From Theory to Action: Frameworks for Implementing Community-Wide Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Strategies (2005)
• Honoring San Francisco's Abortion Pioneers (2003)
  A Celebration of Past and Present Medical and Public Health Leadership
• Misoprostol: An emerging technology for women's health (2001)
  Report of a seminar in collaboration with Gynuity Health Projects and Population Council
• Teen Pregnancy among Asians and Pacific Islanders in California: Final Report (2001)

To order a hard copy of a monograph, please email us.

Presentations

• A Future with Promise: A Chartbook on Latino Adolescent Reproductive Health (2004)
  PowerPoint based on the "A Future with Promise" Chartbook
• Next Stop Clinic! Your Role in Improving Youth Access to Family Planning Services (Nov 2006)
• Tips on Clinical Linkages: Connecting Youth with Reproductive Health Care (2007)
  Tip sheet to accompany "Next Stop Clinic!" PowerPoint
• Parental Involvement in Adolescents' Reproductive Healthcare: History, Research & Policy Options (Sep 2006)
  PowerPoint to accompany "Adolescents & Parental Notification for Abortion" Fact Sheet
• The times they are a changing: The challenges and joys of working with today's increasingly diverse youth (Nov 2006)
  A plenary session at the 2006 Healthy Teen Network conference, Coming of Age: Supporting Teens & Families in the 21st Century

• Family PACT APHA Presentations (2008)

• Accidents Do Happen: Emergency Contraceptives, Teen Contraceptive Use and Knowledge of Reproductive Health Services - New!
• Bringing Men Back: Does Provider Specialty Matter? - New!
• Finding Teens in TheirSpace: Using Internet Social Networking Sites to Connect Teens to the Family Planning Clinic - New!
• Oral Contraceptive Pill Dispensing Policy and Unintended Pregnancy - New!
• Pregnancy intendedness and decision-making among young Latinas: Findings from a qualitative study - New!
• Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive use/non-use among women in California - New!
• Quality improvement and utilization management performance indicators: Does individualized feedback affect provider behavior? - New!
• Teen Births Up, but We're Not Down: Why Age Matters When it Comes to Teen Pregnancy - New!
• The protective role of parents and parental support in preventing Latina teen pregnancy - New!
• Thinking spatially about contraception? Using GIS as a tool to evaluate and monitor California's family planning program - New!

• National Summit on Preconception Health and Health Care (2007)

• Meeting Women Where They Are: Preconception and Sexual Health Discussions in Jail and during interdisciplinary HIV Women's Clinic
• Optimizing Pregnancy Planning Post-Abortion
• Progress and Results from the California Family PACT Program: The Potential Role of Family Planning services in Pre-Conceptual Care

Videos

• A Question of Hope: Reducing Latina Teen Childbearing in California. ( View Video in High Quality )
  The film aims to capture the insights, choices, and opportunities of young Latina women in California. It is based on findings from a study conducted by UCSF that interviewed pregnant Latinas who would soon deliver their first child. The film is intended to be useful to policy makers, health and social services professionals, and others concerned with helping teens delay childbearing into adulthood.