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Online sexual health education can be engaging and effective

Group-based online sexual health education can expand young people's access to information. Researchers led by Mara Decker, PhD, delved deeper to understand how students felt about online programs and whether there was a difference in their sexual health knowledge.

Social networks influence women's contraceptive use in Uganda

A new study led by Alison Comfort, PhD, Sarah Piombo PhD, and US and Ugandan colleagues collected social network data across 8 villages in Uganda to examine the role of social influence on contraceptive use among partnered, reproductive-age women.

Racism persists in contraceptive care

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In a study led by Yasaman Zia, PhD, researchers interviewed contraceptive providers around the country and identified 3 main themes of contemporary racism among contraceptive care providers.

Why this Little-Known Birth Control Option Deserves More Attention

By Victoria Colliver on
This study is the first to document the barriers that prevent widespread U.S. adoption of self-administered injectable contraception.

Social networks can help spread information about infant HIV testing

By Bixby Center on
A new paper led by Alison Comfort, PhD, and colleagues in Uganda and the US explored whether having social ties to people who knew when babies should be tested for HIV was linked to a person’s knowledge about early infant testing.

Contraceptive providers show bias toward transgender patients

By Bixby Center on
A new paper led by Yasaman Zia, PhD, used interviews with healthcare providers across the US to understand bias in contraceptive providers’ attitudes toward and interactions with transgender and gender diverse patients.

Intimate partner violence linked to delays in contraceptive care

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A new paper from Beyond the Pill shows that among young community college women in California and Texas, experiencing IPV is linked with delays in getting the contraception they wanted.

Clinicians don’t feel confident helping adolescents get abortion care

A new study published in Contraception found that less than half of clinicians felt confident helping adolescents navigate the logistics of getting abortion care.