Healthcare | |
Shared Decision Aids: Increasing Patient Acceptance of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception | |
Tracy P. George3  Claire DeCristofaro1  Bonnie P. Dumas1  Pamela F. Murphy2  | |
[1] College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA; E-Mail:;Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Health, Human Services, and Science, Ashford University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA; E-Mail:;Department of Nursing, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC 29502, USA; E-Mail: | |
关键词: long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs); shared decision aids; intrauterine devices (IUDs); contraceptive implants; patient education; public health nursing; | |
DOI : 10.3390/healthcare3020205 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Unintended pregnancies are an important public health issue. Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs) are reliable, safe, highly effective methods for most women; however they are underutilized in the United States. Shared decision aids were added to usual care in five public health family planning clinics in the Southeastern United States, staffed by advance practice nurses and registered nurses. All five sites showed an increase in the use of LARCs during the time period that shared decision aids were used (results statistically significant to
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