Improving the quality of contraceptive counseling is one strategy to prevent unintended
pregnancy. We identify aspects of relational and task-oriented communication in family …

Background The explicit use of theory in research helps expand the knowledge base.
Theories and models have been used extensively in HIV‐prevention research and in …

Engaging women in discussions about reproductive goals in health care settings is
increasingly recognized as an important public health strategy to reduce unintended …

Patient-centered care (PCC) is frequently recommended to improve healthcare outcomes in
the United States. Despite its purported benefits, little research explores how and to what …

Objectives The study examined how clinicians described their patients in relation to their
practices of contraceptive counseling. Study design This qualitative study involved individual …

There is a wealth of literature demonstrating the presence of bias throughout the American
health care system. Despite acknowledging such presence, however, little is known about …

Objective (s) The objective of this study was to identify women's and health care providers'
information priorities for contraceptive decision making and counseling, respectively. Study …

METHODS We conducted a national probability survey of family physicians and obstetrician-
gynecologists (n= 1,192). We measured counseling and provision practices of intrauterine …

Abstract Objective Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide frontline care in women's health,
including contraception, an essential preventive service. Their importance for contraceptive …

Background Unprotected sex is a major risk factor for disease, disability, and mortality in
many areas of the world due to the prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted …