• Gender-inclusive care includes the right to have access to safe, stigma-free reproductive health care, such as abortion care, contraception and STI testing. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • August 22, 2023 - Today, the Society of Family Planning announced that Ibis's Vice President for Research, Dr. Caitlin Gerdts , has received their 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award , which honors individuals who have dedicated their careers to advancing the science of abortion and contraception and have supported others in achieving their own success. (ibisreproductivehealth.org)
  • Adolescent health creates a major global burden and has a great deal of additional and diverse complications compared to adult reproductive health such as early pregnancy and parenting issues, difficulties accessing contraception and safe abortions, lack of healthcare access, and high rates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections and mental health issues. (wikipedia.org)
  • Access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including contraception, family planning, and safe abortion services, can help individuals and families make choices that align with their life circumstances and goals. (jointeku.com)
  • Disrupted health systems, limited contraception, and a higher instance of sexual violence cause an increase in the number of unintended pregnancies and demand for safe abortion. (iawg.net)
  • At a time when thousands of provisions have been introduced to restrict access to abortion and contraception across our nation, it is imperative that New York State stand united and pass the Reproductive Health Act. (nyc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) country office supports the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) programme to improve health care availability and access for mothers, newborns, children, adolescents and women of child-bearing age, and implement evidence-based interventions that reduce deaths in these populations. (who.int)
  • Numerous health organizations, including the World Health Organization , the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , and the American Public Health Association support allowing advanced practice clinicians to perform abortion services. (maine.gov)
  • dance with World Health Organization recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence suggesting an association of Zika virus infection with an increased risk for congenital microcephaly and other abnormalities of the brain and eye ( 5 ) prompted the World Health Organization to declare the Zika virus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on February 1, 2016 ( http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/1st-emergency-committee-zika/en/ external icon ). (cdc.gov)
  • Geneva, World Health Organization, 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • During COVID-19, it is critical that access to family planning services remains available while keeping healthcare providers and their patients safe. (cdc.gov)
  • Women are at higher risk for certain medical conditions, including some forms of cancer and reproductive health issues, which is why healthcare providers screen for specific women's health issues. (onslowcountync.gov)
  • We affirm the right of every Arizonan to access sexual and reproductive healthcare without reservation," said Affirm CEO Bré Thomas. (sedona.biz)
  • Our focus is securely on sexual and reproductive healthcare for all. (sedona.biz)
  • More than 50 Title X-funded health centers across Arizona provide sexual and reproductive healthcare services to an average of 35,000 people annually. (sedona.biz)
  • Sexual and reproductive healthcare is rapidly becoming harder to access," Thomas said. (sedona.biz)
  • But sexual and reproductive healthcare is vital to our overall health, which is why we will continue to coordinate services, connect clients to caring providers, offer inclusive health education and advocate for evidence-based health policy at every level of government. (sedona.biz)
  • The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) is an advocacy group that works directly with state and local reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations and allied groups to protect and advance access to reproductive healthcare. (nirhealth.org)
  • You can learn more about your rights when it comes to reproductive healthcare at ReproductiveRights.gov . (mfhs.org)
  • We work closely with healthcare providers from different clinics or services to care for people with medical or developmental issues that can affect their reproductive health. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • Our interdisciplinary Reproductive and Sexual Health team works closely with you and other members of the healthcare team to create customized care plans. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • This approach emphasizes the importance of access to resources, healthcare, and support for all individuals and families, particularly those who have been historically marginalized. (jointeku.com)
  • When marginalized communities have better access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities, it can lead to improved family mental health outcomes by reducing stressors related to financial instability, discrimination, and lack of resources. (jointeku.com)
  • Reproductive justice recognizes that reproductive health is interconnected with other aspects of well-being, such as economic stability, education, and healthcare. (jointeku.com)
  • A reproductive justice framework that prioritizes access to information, resources, holistic healthcare and support can positively impact child and family mental health by reducing stress, promoting informed decision-making, supporting diverse parenting choices, addressing systemic inequalities, reducing stigma, taking a holistic approach to well-being, and fostering strong community networks. (jointeku.com)
  • One of the most common responses from healthcare leaders who added or expanded benefits this year were focused on maternity and paternity leave, especially as more states mandate or plan to implement paid family leave in 2024. (mgma.com)
  • A second report compared international health status and healthcare quality for women of reproductive age. (medscape.com)
  • Reproductive health decisions are healthcare decisions, and if I'm making a decision about getting pregnant or terminating a pregnancy then I don't want the government on any level involved in my uterus or my vagina. (nyc.gov)
  • In autumn of 2018, the research group received another 6-year program grant from Forte, to develop self-care with the help of e-health in children's healthcare, in the research program eChildHealth. (lu.se)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 8, 2023 - A new study from the National Partnership for Women & Families finds that Black-led community initiatives may be vital to solving the Black maternal health crisis. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • New analysis of Census Bureau data shows persistent pay gap with women paid just 78 cents per every dollar that men make WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 12, 2023 - Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released new analysis of the pay gap. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • On July 26, 2023, the National Partnership for Women & Families released the first installment of systems transformation guides focused on jobs and employment. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • As recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, we offer our patients time in the Adolescent Medicine Clinic to talk with their provider alone. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • Their research has been published a.o. in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics and LGBT Health, and it has been presented at numerous festivals and conferences across Europe engaging a wide audience, from academic researchers to sex workers unions. (transgendernijmegen.nl)
  • Many states allow for access to some contraceptive methods directly from a pharmacist, without a separate visit to a doctor or other health care provider. (cdc.gov)
  • Hello, You've reached The National Partnership for Women & Families during our first-ever Care Week. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Access to quality health care has long been out of reach for many LGBTQ people due to medical bias and discrimination. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Many health care facilities, doctors and insurance companies do not provide gender-inclusive care that would help bridge this accessibility gap. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Recently, the Trump administration gutted the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act), which protects people from suffering discrimination in health care. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Gender-inclusive care allows for anyone who needs sexual or reproductive health services to feel comfortable and supported. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • The New York State Department of Health funds 37 agencies with over 160 sites that provide accessible, confidential reproductive health care services to women, men, and adolescents, especially low-income individuals and those without health insurance. (ny.gov)
  • Men and women often obtain family planning services even when they do not receive any other health care. (ny.gov)
  • Federal Law (known in New York as the Free Access policy) allows individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans to obtain family planning and reproductive health services from any Medicaid participating provider (in or out of a managed care plan's network), without referral or prior approval of the plan. (ny.gov)
  • New York State law guarantees that all women enrolled in managed care (not only those insured by Medicaid) can go directly to any family planning provider within their plan network, without a referral from their primary care provider. (ny.gov)
  • Prenatal care in the form of regular checkups and health screenings is important to ensure that expectant moms and their growing babies are healthy and developing appropriately. (onslowcountync.gov)
  • In addition to family planning, FCDO's sexual and reproductive health and rights portfolio includes efforts to provide comprehensive abortion care and maternal and newborn health care, end child marriage and gender-based violence, and integrate family planning with sexual and reproductive health services for marginalized and hard-to-reach populations (e.g., people living in poverty, adolescents and people living with a disability). (guttmacher.org)
  • The policy, first enacted by the Reagan administration and volleyed from enacted to repealed by each presidential administration since, has denied U.S. funding to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) unless they agreed to not provide or even discuss abortion care as a method of family planning. (nirhealth.org)
  • Reproductive health care providers should never have to choose between the funding they need and being able to provide comprehensive care to their patients. (nirhealth.org)
  • Discussing abortion as an option, or offering abortion care, is a necessary and healthy part of family planning medicine. (nirhealth.org)
  • President Biden also directed the Health and Human Services Department to consider rolling back the Trump-Pence administration's "domestic gag rule," which blocked qualified health care providers from receiving Title X funding if they discussed abortion care with their patients. (nirhealth.org)
  • Health care providers should never, ever be put in a position between deciding whether to keep their doors open or provide the best care they can," Miller continued . (nirhealth.org)
  • The Department of Health and Human Services should repeal that Title X rule immediately, and allow qualified family planning health care providers to do what they do best - provide comprehensive care to patients. (nirhealth.org)
  • In response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade , the Guttmacher Institute has launched a new research initiative to track monthly estimates of abortions provided within the formal US health care system. (guttmacher.org)
  • Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life. (wikipedia.org)
  • A further interpretation includes access to sex education, access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of birth control, as well as access to appropriate health care services, as the ability of women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth could provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women in developing countries have little access to family planning services, different cultural practices, lack of information, birthing attendants, prenatal care, birth control, postnatal care, lack of access to health care, and are typically in poverty. (wikipedia.org)
  • The DOD recognizes the complexity and uncertainty facing service members in accessing reproductive health care, to include abortion care. (health.mil)
  • They also recognize health care providers may have concerns about legal and financial risks they may face carrying out their lawful federal duties. (health.mil)
  • Service members may be forced to travel greater distances, take more time off work, and pay more out-of-pocket expenses to access reproductive health care. (health.mil)
  • Administrative absence for non-covered reproductive health care. (health.mil)
  • Travel allowances for non-covered reproductive health care. (health.mil)
  • Ensure service members are able to access non-covered reproductive health care, no matter where they are located. (health.mil)
  • Provides Service members the time and flexibility to make private health care decisions in a manner consistent with the responsibility of commanders to meet operational requirements and protect the health and safety of those in their care. (health.mil)
  • Service members may be granted an administrative absence for a period of up to 21 days to receive, or to accompany a dual military spouse or a dependent who receives, non-covered reproductive health care without taking leave. (health.mil)
  • Authorizes travel and transportation allowances for a Service member or an eligible dependent, and for an attendant or escort if a Service member or eligible dependent is incapable of traveling alone, who must travel to access non-covered reproductive health care and would otherwise have to pay for that travel themselves. (health.mil)
  • We've provided answers to some commonly asked questions with regard to reproductive health care. (health.mil)
  • Need Help Accessing Reproductive Health Care? (health.mil)
  • The US House of Representatives today passed the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), a bill that safeguards the federal right to access abortion care throughout the United States. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • We urge the Senate to quickly advance this measure so that all people are able to make their own health care decisions free from political interference. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • NFPRHA advances and elevates the importance of family planning in the nation's health care system and promotes and supports the work of family planning providers and administrators, especially those in the safety net. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • Our mission is to safeguard the health of mothers, newborns, children, adolescents and women of reproductive age by shaping and implementing evidence- based policies and interventions that increase the availability and access to care and reduce preventable deaths in children and women. (who.int)
  • We provide evidence to inform and support the development of national policies strategies, plans and service standards and guidelines on reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health based on the best scientific data that ensure better RMNCAH care with the goal of reducing preventable deaths and saving lives of women and children. (who.int)
  • We develop and implement strategies and plans to train, retain and engage health care workers, including skilled birth attendants, in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health to ensure they are competent to implement RMNCAH interventions. (who.int)
  • We engage with relevant United Nations agencies, and national and international partners to harmonize efforts to strengthen and enable health systems to address inequalities and ensure that all women and children have access to respectful and high-quality reproductive, maternity, child and adolescent health care. (who.int)
  • Roll out the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health Strategy that offers a continuum of care using high-impact interventions that will improve home care practices and health care services. (who.int)
  • The Reproductive Health Services at MFHS help you care for your own - and your partner's - sexual and reproductive health. (mfhs.org)
  • Governor Janet Mills today signed a bill to improve access to critical reproductive health care for women across Maine. (maine.gov)
  • Allowing qualified and licensed medical professionals to perform abortions will ensure that Maine women, especially those in rural areas, are able to access critical reproductive health care services when and where they need them from qualified providers they know and trust. (maine.gov)
  • These health care professionals are trained in family planning, counseling, and abortion procedures, the overwhelming majority of which are completed without complications,"said Governor Mills. (maine.gov)
  • LD 1261 "An Act To Authorize Certain Health Care Professionals To Perform Abortions" allows a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, allopathic or osteopathic physician licensed as such in Maine to perform abortions. (maine.gov)
  • As a result, women in rural areas of the state can be required to travel hours for reproductive care, despite the presence of qualified, experienced practitioners in their own communities. (maine.gov)
  • CDC has updated its interim guidelines for U.S. health care providers caring for pregnant women during a Zika virus outbreak ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Health care providers should discuss reproductive life plans, including pregnancy intention and timing, with women of reproductive age in the context of the potential risks associated with Zika virus infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Our Reproductive and Sexual Health Clinic provides developmentally appropriate care to adolescents and young adults. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • Our team is involved in research that is transforming the diagnosis, treatment and care of reproductive and sexual health issues. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • Exploring the impact of mifepristone's risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) on the integration of medication abortion into US family medicine primary care clinics " focused on the barriers to not being able to prescribe mifepristone (one of the two medications most commonly used for medication abortion in the United States) creates for people seeking abortion care. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • Both of these articles center on how well-suited providing medication abortion is in family medicine and primary care. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • We started offering weekly office hours to provide health care organizations with technical assistance in integrating abortion into their clinical practice. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • Since the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Health Women's Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey , states where abortion access is secure (aka "surge states") have experienced an unprecedented rise in patients who have the privilege and resources to travel out of state to seek care. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • These health care providers are ready to help fill a critical void in abortion access by providing abortion care in their communities. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • This is why RHAP is excited to announce two initiatives that will directly support primary care clinicians and health centers to provide medication abortion right now when it is most needed. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • In order to meet the moment we're in, we're expanding our capacity to support health centers across the country in providing abortion care. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • The percentage of all families that did not get needed medical care because of cost in the past 12 months decreased from 12.1% in 2013 to 9.7% 2018. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2013 and 2018, the percentage of families that did not get needed medical care because of cost was lowest among the not poor. (cdc.gov)
  • IFHP emphasizes a continuum of care approach at household/family, community and health facility levels through the provision of selected evidence-based and high-impact packages of services. (who.int)
  • By increasing the quality of health workers at the primary health care level and increasing demand for quality services, IFHP improves health behaviors and utilization of services. (who.int)
  • According to the brokerage Newfront , reproductive care and family planning benefits - including coverage for abortion-related medical expenses and infertility care - have been on the rise as health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) respond to the 2022 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (mgma.com)
  • Sexual health experts across Canada are concerned the COVID-19 pandemic may be causing women to neglect their reproductive care. (cbc.ca)
  • Sexual health experts are worried some women are not getting the reproductive care they need - such as mammograms - during the pandemic. (cbc.ca)
  • Spitzer said pregnancy care and abortion services have been 'prioritized quite well' in Canada, but the pandemic can affect access to reproductive health in other ways. (cbc.ca)
  • Aiming to bridge the world of queer activism with the academic gender theories avant-garde, they have fun challenging normativity within reproductive care and developing new frameworks to understand health from an intersectional decolonizing feminist perspective. (transgendernijmegen.nl)
  • International Conference on Primary Health Care Thank you for your interest in our PHC publications and resources. (pathfinder.org)
  • One of 13 states where trigger laws largely banning abortions have come into force following the court's decision, Tennessee's ban on abortions, that took effect Aug. 25, 2022, criminalizes all abortion but includes an affirmative legal defense for medical providers when the care provided was necessary to protect the life of the pregnant individual or to prevent substantial harm to their physical health. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Provost C. Cybele Raver charged the task force with identifying, and finding solutions for, impacts to clinical care, student and employee health and educational instruction, while also helping to drive academic discussion and programming to promote robust discourse and civic engagement around this important topic. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Protect women's rights to reproductive choices and safe reproductive care by creating or signing a petition in the Reproductive Rights section of Care2 Petitions. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Help women in developing countries get access to family planning services, contraceptives and quality reproductive health care. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • As part of the mid-term evaluation of a Women's Health Care Project, a study was conducted to compare the utilization of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) services in two areas with different levels of service in Punjab, Pakistan. (plos.org)
  • After comparing MNH service utilization, the two areas were compared using a logistic regression model, to identify the association of different factors with the intervention after controlling for socio-demographic, economic factors and distance of the MWRA residence to a health care facility. (plos.org)
  • Nonetheless, multivariable analysis controlling for confounders such as socioeconomic status revealed that utilization of antenatal care services at health centers and TT vaccination during pregnancy are significantly associated with the intervention. (plos.org)
  • Our findings suggest positive changes in health care seeking behavior of women and families with respect to MNH. (plos.org)
  • Wajid A, White F, Karim MS (2013) Community Health Workers and Health Care Delivery: Evaluation of a Women's Reproductive Health Care Project in a Developing Country. (plos.org)
  • This study was funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Islamabad as part of evaluation of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Project. (plos.org)
  • Apart from socioeconomic factors, evidence suggests that utilization of these services also depends on timely awareness of health care needs, service availability and accessibility, quality of care, and attitude of facility staff towards clients [2] - [7] . (plos.org)
  • The welfare of the child, prevention of harm, issues of discrimination, acceptable levels of risk, and the obligations of health care professionals also figure. (bmj.com)
  • This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. (paperpile.com)
  • Refer to the Instructions to authors for Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care . (paperpile.com)
  • Systematic reviews and empirical studies have shown that PWD experience disparities in preventive health care. (nih.gov)
  • Reproductive health care is particularly problematic. (nih.gov)
  • Effective interventions to address knowledge and practice gaps among PWD, their caregivers and partners, and health care providers using a life course approach. (nih.gov)
  • Research is sparse on reproductive health care for adolescents with disabilities who are cisgender boys, non-binary, or transgender. (nih.gov)
  • They noted that the past decade has seen significant advancements in care for youth with disabilities, but reproductive health care and sexual health education remain substandard. (nih.gov)
  • Although 10 years is hardly a long time to practice family medicine in the same place, this upcoming transition has caused me to reflect on primary care policy developments during that time. (medscape.com)
  • Earlier this year, I spoke with former American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) President, Reid Blackwelder, MD, about why he remains hopeful about the future of primary care despite staff shortages, financial challenges, and burnout that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated for many. (medscape.com)
  • In the past few years, The Lancet , the AAFP , and others have urged US policymakers to make strengthening primary care a priority to improve health outcomes and health equity. (medscape.com)
  • Largely because of the income gap between primary care physicians and subspecialists, the percentage of medical students who match into family medicine residency programs has been flat for the past 10 years . (medscape.com)
  • In a previous Medscape commentary , I asserted that having health insurance improves health and lowers mortality because it provides people with access to primary care. (medscape.com)
  • Lower-income US adults also reported worse health status and primary care access than did lower-income adults in other high-income countries. (medscape.com)
  • I wish I could say that family medicine in particular and primary care in general are in a better position today to solve our country's multiplying health woes than when I started seeing patients in my current practice in 2012. (medscape.com)
  • The mission of the Western Tribal Diabetes Project (WTDP) is to empower tribal communities to utilize diabetes data at the local level to track the Indian Health Service Standards of Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, insure patients receive timely care, improve case management, identify gaps in care, and better address program planning. (npaihb.org)
  • Healthy Native moms and babies need a continuum of support that extends across families, communities, health care and social services systems. (npaihb.org)
  • Our project is expanding the tribal community health provider programs in the Portland Area by designing and implementing TCHP education programs for CHA/P, BHA/P, and DHA/T, championing initiatives to expand health care workforce, amplifying tribal leadership in health care, supporting tribal traditional practices, and establishing infrastructure to support TCHP programs like an Area CHAP Certification Board, and the Oregon DHAT pilot project. (npaihb.org)
  • The foundation of how health care is paid for is being rewritten right now. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Government decision-makers and health care industry leaders from across the country are working to shift health care payment from paying for volume, called fee for service (FFS), to. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • The ACA brought substantial changes to the Medicaid program and the entire health care system, including the modes of access to health coverage and the benefits that must be covered. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide provides a brief overview of the Medicaid program, and explains the complex eligibility categories and requirements for the program with a focus on those categories that affect people seeking reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended access to care while also paving the way for policymakers to test new flexibilities, such as telehealth policies that helped address long-standing barriers to health access. (healthlaw.org)
  • After President Biden took office in January 2021, his administration swiftly began the work of undoing the Trump administration's far-reaching actions to gut implementation of federal health care and civil rights laws. (healthlaw.org)
  • While some of the specifics have changed, they provide a solid background understanding of Medicaid's role in providing access to reproductive and sexual health care. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Reproductive Health Act, sponsored by Assembly Member Deborah Glick and State Senator Andrea Stuart-Cousins, fixes a troubling gap in New York State law that prohibits providing abortion care to a woman if she experiences serious health complications late in her pregnancy. (nyc.gov)
  • I urge state legislators to pass the Reproductive Health Act and guarantee women in New York the ability to make choices about their private health care decisions," stated Council Member Julissa Ferreras, Chair of the Council's Committee on Women's Issues. (nyc.gov)
  • Over the past year, we have witnessed an all-out assault on reproductive health care," said Council Member Margaret Chin. (nyc.gov)
  • Every person should have the right to make their own health care choices," said New York City Comptroller John Liu. (nyc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, women in New York are denied access to the full range of health care options that are available in many other states. (nyc.gov)
  • The Web tool is not a substitute for a physician's careful assessment, but physicians and families may find the statistics it generates useful when considering the most appropriate care to provide an infant. (nih.gov)
  • 3.7 By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes. (bvsalud.org)
  • The research group Child and Family Health conducts research and education at all levels in pediatric nursing and care. (lu.se)
  • The research and education focus on how care for children with long-term illness and their families can be developed and improved, how educational efforts can reduce violence in the home and how different forms of e-health can strengthen self-care for children and families. (lu.se)
  • The research takes place in close collaboration with health care providers and is led by Professor Inger Kristensson Hallström. (lu.se)
  • Implementation of research results in practical health care has proven to be of great importance for individual children, their families and for health care. (lu.se)
  • It also seeks to allow discrimination based on someone's reproductive health history or decision to have an abortion. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • 3,4 Furthermore, the United Kingdom recognizes that ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including increases in unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion, require reaffirming its full commitment to protecting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all individuals. (guttmacher.org)
  • Reproductive justice challenges stigmatization of reproductive choices, including decisions related to abortion, adoption, and single parenting. (jointeku.com)
  • RHAP lent its perspective and expertise to the research that resulted in two recently published studies that address access to medication abortion in family medicine. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • Family Physicians' Barriers and Facilitators in Incorporating Medication Abortion " highlights the role training and technical assistance play in supporting family physicians to provide medication abortion. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • Anti-abortion politicians' long-standing efforts to pack the courts resulted in an array of harmful rulings on matters of reproductive and sexual health and justice. (healthlaw.org)
  • This bill treats the regulation of abortion as an issue of public health rather than as a potential crime. (nyc.gov)
  • Under current State law, there is no exception for late-term abortions when a woman's health is in jeopardy, and abortion is treated as a crime, rather than issue of public health. (nyc.gov)
  • The Reproductive Health Act would fix a longstanding gap in New York law and would give women the choice of having an abortion, even if late in her pregnancy. (nyc.gov)
  • This community-informed research project explored the views and documented the experiences of young Latinas in diverse California regions regarding reproductive and sexual health concerns in order to showcase the day-to-day implications that such policies have among youth in our communities. (vawnet.org)
  • Develop the first 5-year plan - Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health Strategy for Somalia 2020-2024 - to ensure the coordinated efforts of partners working to support reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health in Somalia. (who.int)
  • A core package of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services is needed to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Washington state privacy laws make it complicated for parents and caregivers to access adolescent health information. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • The US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (US MEC) , US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (US SPR) , and Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFP)* provide relevant recommendations for providing quality family planning services while helping to facilitate access and minimizing unnecessary in-person contact between patients and providers. (cdc.gov)
  • Continue to assess needs for family planning services. (cdc.gov)
  • Increased outreach may be needed to let patient populations know about current services, such as featuring access to family planning services on a health system's or clinic's website, or sending messages to patients about services offered, including family planning services. (cdc.gov)
  • This grant will enable MSI-US to incorporate behavioral science approaches to increase high-impact population's access to quality sexual and reproductive health services in Uganda. (hewlett.org)
  • MSI-United States (MSI-US) provides reproductive health services to women and men in the Sahel region of West Africa in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. (hewlett.org)
  • This grant would support a partnership between MSI and IDEO.org to use design thinking, or human-centered design, to prototype new ways to increase the number of young people who use reproductive health services in Zambia. (hewlett.org)
  • This project also seeks to demonstrate to the field the potential value of design thinking as an approach for increasing reproductive health services more broadly. (hewlett.org)
  • Reproductive rights and reproductive health services historically center around cisgender women - but these services are also needed by transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals as well. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Health education in community settings to promote reproductive health, to prevent unintended pregnancy and to promote access to reproductive and preventive health services. (ny.gov)
  • This makes such services even more important to an individual's overall health. (ny.gov)
  • Family planning clinicians also provide screening and referral to other health services such as mammograms or treatment of high blood pressure. (ny.gov)
  • The Family Planning Benefit Program (FPBP) is a public health insurance program for New Yorkers who need family planning services, but may not be able to afford them. (ny.gov)
  • It is intended to increase access to confidential family planning services and to enable women, men and adolescents of childbearing age to prevent and/or reduce the incidence of unintentional pregnancies. (ny.gov)
  • The Family Planning Extension Program (FPEP) provides 24 months of family planning services for women who were pregnant while in receipt of Medicaid (regardless of how that pregnancy ended), but who are no longer eligible for Medicaid after their 60-day postpartum period. (ny.gov)
  • Women who are eligible for benefits through FPEP, are covered on the eMedNY system using a Client Benefit Identification Card (CBIC) to access services from any Medicaid enrolled family planning service provider. (ny.gov)
  • Onslow County Health Department provides a variety of women's health services, including breast exams and mammograms, pap smears, physical exams, and pregnancy testing. (onslowcountync.gov)
  • Family planning is a fundamental component of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services. (guttmacher.org)
  • The United Kingdom, through its Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), plays a critical role in bringing voluntary family planning information, services and supplies to countries where the need is greatest. (guttmacher.org)
  • The United Kingdom was also the largest funder in 2019 of the United Nations Population Fund Supplies program, itself the world's largest provider of donated contraceptives and an important source of support for reproductive health services in humanitarian crises. (guttmacher.org)
  • As a part of the United Kingdom's international development funding, FCDO supports sexual and reproductive health and rights organizations that provide essential health services and policy and program support in low- and middle-income countries. (guttmacher.org)
  • Diminished family planning services create long-lasting negative consequences for girls and women around the world and derail progress toward gender equality. (guttmacher.org)
  • Fully investing in family planning as part of an essential package of health services not only saves lives and improves adolescents' and women's health and well-being, but it also results in cost savings. (guttmacher.org)
  • Title X is a federally administered grant program that funds Affirm which, in turn, distributes funds to health centers providing low- or no-cost services like birth control, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, counseling and other preventative services. (sedona.biz)
  • NEW YORK - The National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) applauds the Biden-Harris administration for repealing the Mexico City Policy, also known as the "global gag rule," through executive order today, and for the administration's directive to the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately reconsider the Trump-Pence administration's change to Title X funding regulations, also known as the "domestic gag rule. (nirhealth.org)
  • Individuals face inequalities in reproductive health services. (wikipedia.org)
  • Low income individuals may lack access to appropriate health services and/or knowledge of how to maintain reproductive health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Access to quality sexual and reproductive health services is an essential component to ensuring a good quality of life. (wusc.ca)
  • In Côte d'Ivoire, where rates of adolescent pregnancies are particularly high, young women are often hesitant to access potentially life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services. (wusc.ca)
  • PASSERELLE (Projet d'appui à la santé sexuelle et reproductive pour elles en Côte d'Ivoire) is a five-year initiative (2022-2027) funded by Global Affairs Canada that aims to improve access to SRHR services for young women in Nawa and San Pédro regions of Côte d'Ivoire. (wusc.ca)
  • A wide range and confidential, reproductive health services are provided regardless of age, income or insurance coverage. (mfhs.org)
  • 1 FPHPA006505-01-00 issued by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,609,630 with 100 percent funded by Office of Population Affairs/OASH/HHS. (mfhs.org)
  • Despite family planning being the most cost-effective public health and development intervention, significant challenges remain in making access to services and commodities a reality for all. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Delivery of family planning services should be non-negotiable and included in even the most frugal universal health coverage plans. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • The GFF presents real opportunities to make change happen by mobilising additional international and domestic resources for scale up of sexual and reproductive health services, as well as the prioritisation of funding for these areas at the national level. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) community has highlighted potential implications of the GFF for SRHR, including for family planning services and supplies. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Through assistance to over 13,000 health extension workers (HEWs) and thousands of community volunteers, USAID supports the delivery of key maternal, neonatal and child health services at the community level. (who.int)
  • Strengthen and promote increased use of high impact family planning, maternal, newborn and child health practices, products and services. (who.int)
  • Many of those Toronto sexual health clinics - and others across the country - have moved some of their services to a virtual platform. (cbc.ca)
  • Since June of 2018, Amplify Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health (AmplifyPF) has built relationships with Ministries of Health and facilities across its four countries of intervention - Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, and Togo - to provide family planning services and strengthen service delivery, with a focus on poor and underserved urban populations. (pathfinder.org)
  • How have notable reproductive and sexual health policies impacted California adolescents' rights to complete and accurate information and services? (vawnet.org)
  • within the country the ratio is even higher in remote, rural and underdeveloped areas, largely due to non-availability and low utilization of maternal health services. (plos.org)
  • In the past, Australian reproductive services have treated HIV discordant couples with artificial insemination using sperm from HIV negative male donors. (bmj.com)
  • The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) criticized detention center conditions for foreigners at Ellebaek Detention Center, including the detention of children, and called the health screening and language interpretation services there insufficient. (state.gov)
  • The Guide also details the various reproductive and sexual health services available to Medicaid enrollees. (healthlaw.org)
  • The Guide also describes barriers and protections to accessing reproductive and sexual health services in Medicaid and other publicly funded reproductive and sexual health programs. (healthlaw.org)
  • Partners under Contract No. 200-98-0415 for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally, we are grateful for the helpful insights and suggestions from numerous CDC, USAID, and external reviewers and for editorial and production assistance from Linda Elsner, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Technical Information and Editorial Services Branch, CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • Reproductive health services. (who.int)
  • Family planning services. (who.int)
  • This grant is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy to support the SRHR ecosystem in Francophone West Africa. (hewlett.org)
  • House passage of WHPA is a critical step toward achieving reproductive freedom and equity for millions. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: This group of Latino immigrants demonstrated behaviors conducive to reproductive health: late sexual debut, few lifetime sexual partners, and high prevalence of marriage. (cdc.gov)
  • Reducing stigma can contribute to better mental health outcomes for individuals and families, as they won't feel isolated or judged for their choices. (jointeku.com)
  • By addressing these interconnected issues, individuals and families can experience improved mental health outcomes. (jointeku.com)
  • By specifying the baby's sex, weight, and information related to each of the variables listed above, physicians and family members can generate composite statistics on infant outcomes, based on the experiences of extremely low birthweight infants in the NICHD Neonatal Research Network study. (nih.gov)
  • Increased access to family planning is particularly empowering for girls and women from the poorest sections of the poorest countries. (opencanada.org)
  • They are most likely to be married before the age of 18 and least likely to have access to family planning today. (opencanada.org)
  • Reproductive justice encourages comprehensive sex education and access to accurate information about reproductive health. (jointeku.com)
  • Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies? (bmj.com)
  • And they want access to assisted reproductive technologies (ART) which may reduce the risk of transmission to uninfected partners and offspring. (bmj.com)
  • NW NARCH offers AI/AN researchers access to the extensive health research training opportunities of two premier academic health research institutes of the Northwest-Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) and Portland State University (PSU). (npaihb.org)
  • Ensuring access for all people to their preferred contraceptive methods advances several human rights including the right to life and liberty, freedom of opinion and expression and the right to work and education, as well as bringing significant health and other benefits. (bvsalud.org)
  • At the National Partnership, we're all about making life better for women and families. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Our mission is to improve the lives of women and families by achieving equality for all women. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • These health and social problems affect not only pregnant women, but their children, partners and families. (ny.gov)
  • For more information about women's health topics, visit the CDC website . (onslowcountync.gov)
  • Additionally, many approaches involving women, families, and local communities as active stakeholders in interventions and strategies to improve reproductive health. (wikipedia.org)
  • The WHO assessed in 2008 that "Reproductive and sexual ill-health accounts for 20% of the global burden of ill-health for women, and 14% for men. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), unmet needs for sexual and reproductive health deprive women of the right to make "crucial choices about their own bodies and futures", affecting family welfare. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women bear and usually nurture children, so their reproductive health is inseparable from gender equality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Across the country, communities are eager to step up and support the health of young women. (wusc.ca)
  • Through direct outreach on SRHR issues to young women and their peers, we aim to improve the sense of agency young women feel to make free and informed decisions about their health and to advocate for their unique needs within the health system. (wusc.ca)
  • We support the adoption of important family and community practices related to reproductive, maternal and child health and development to improve child survival, growth and development by reducing mortality and morbidity in women. (who.int)
  • This update also expands guidance to women who reside in areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission, and includes recommendations for screening, testing, and management of pregnant women and recommendations for counseling women of reproductive age (15-44 years). (cdc.gov)
  • Local health officials should determine when to implement testing of asymptomatic pregnant women based on information about levels of Zika virus transmission and laboratory capacity. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies confirm that women and couples who are able to limit and space their children increase their household income and invest more in their children's health and education. (opencanada.org)
  • Studies also show that improved reproductive rights increase family income as women are able to plan their families, get education or skills and become economic actors. (opencanada.org)
  • Its mission is to initiate, promote, and implemetn quality community based reroductive health programmes that meet the needs of men, women and youth through training, technical assistance and programme support to individuals ans organisations in Nigeria and eleswhere in Africa. (asksource.info)
  • This week, reports of an unusually high number of hysterectomies performed on immigrant women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia draws attention to a long and continuous history of forced sterilizations and other attempts to limit people's reproductive choices, particularly those of women of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and people in detention. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • As a survivor of racial violence, rape and incest, Loretta Ross, reproductive justice and human rights activist and 1 of 12 Black women who started the reproductive justice movement, shares how she needed to "find another moral compass for my life's work, and that compass had to shift from hate to love. (jointeku.com)
  • Pap smears that screen for cervical cancer and mammograms, which can detect breast cancer, are particularly important for women who either have a family history or have had irregular tests in the past. (cbc.ca)
  • A cross-sectional survey was conducted to interview Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA). (plos.org)
  • Women of reproductive age have always comprised a significant percentage of my patients and those of my family medicine colleagues. (medscape.com)
  • In Pennsylvania, Black women earn 60 cents on every dollar, according to U.S. Census data compiled by the National Partnership for Women and Families. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • At the National Partnership for Women & Families, where I work, my colleagues and I have recently witnessed corporations using their clout to take a stand, many for the first time, on guaranteeing reproductive health coverage for their employees, and publicly standing against restrictions on reproductive rights. (nationalpartnership.org)
  • Now is the time for New York to stand up to make sure women can make independent choices about their health and lives. (nyc.gov)
  • Now is the time for New York State to codify reproductive rights for women under the law. (nyc.gov)
  • This bill will deliver a powerful message to families across our state: we won't allow the warped debate in Washington to infringe on the rights of women in our communities," said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. (nyc.gov)
  • In the face of a national War on Women, New York can show national leadership by passing the Reproductive Health Act. (nyc.gov)
  • Thank you for joining us today's emergency partners information connection webinar [inaudible] protecting pregnant women and babies during public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Pregnant women and families. (cdc.gov)
  • We will discuss the impact that public health emergencies have had on pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • Then we will highlight two public health emergencies the H1N1 pandemic and the Zika virus outbreak and how they uniquely affected pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • First we are going to discuss the impact of public health emergencies on pregnant women and infants. (cdc.gov)
  • It offers a range of potential non-health benefits that encompass expanded education opportunities and empowerment for women, and sustainable population growth and economic development for countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Through this construction, the right to family planning is established as an individual-based right, and women enjoy a special position hereto. (lu.se)
  • Reproductive justice advocates for addressing systemic inequalities that impact individuals' reproductive options. (jointeku.com)
  • The message should be loud and clear that critical screening practices absolutely should continue,' said Dr. Lori Brotto, a psychotherapist and the director of the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory in Vancouver. (cbc.ca)
  • This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications that address gaps in our understanding of best practices for promoting reproductive health across the transition from adolescence to adulthood for persons with disabilities. (nih.gov)
  • 2021). allows a male member of the family to bear children for a Furthermore, some cultural practices in Africa diseased relative by his wife), some widowhood inadvertently promote marital unfaithfulness (Shrout and practices, etc., favour marital unfaithfulness by the *Corresponding author. (who.int)
  • Wherever possible, we also highlight best practices, policy recommendations, advocacy tips, and legal strategies to strengthen existing programs and address reproductive and sexual health disparities. (healthlaw.org)
  • Investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights have profound and measurable benefits: Not only do they promote health and well-being throughout people's lives, but they can also lead to improvements in education, gender equality, political stability, economic development and environmental sustainability. (guttmacher.org)
  • As one of the main architects of the Family Planning 2020 initiative, 2 the United Kingdom has been a global leader in support for family planning. (guttmacher.org)
  • When surveyed, major sexual and reproductive health organizations reported they expected to receive at least £218.9 million in fiscal year (FY) 2021-2022 (from April 2021 to March 2022) for family planning activities in low- and middle-income countries. (guttmacher.org)
  • Resulting cuts to the family planning programs of these major program-implementing organizations are estimated to have totaled £132.4 million in FY 2021-2022. (guttmacher.org)
  • Information for FY 2021-2022 on FCDO's expected funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as on related funding cuts, is from reports by major implementing organizations in May and June 2021. (guttmacher.org)
  • Recognizing these gaps, in 2021 the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) updated their 2006 policy statement on the sexual health of children with disabilities. (nih.gov)
  • Beyond her own work, Dr. Gerdts's legacy will include the research she has inspired through the generations of researchers she has mentored who will continue to support advances in sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and build the partnerships that share and build power with the advocates and communities who make the change we seek. (ibisreproductivehealth.org)
  • Dr. Gerdts's leadership at Ibis exemplifies our approach to research, which aims to use a human rights and reproductive justice lens throughout the research process. (ibisreproductivehealth.org)
  • Today marks a victory for reproductive rights, health, and justice with the House passage of the Women's Health Protection Act. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • Reproductive justice is a framework that goes beyond the traditional concept of reproductive rights by considering various intersecting factors, such as race, class, gender, and socioeconomic status, that can impact individuals' ability to make informed choices about their reproductive lives. (jointeku.com)
  • The reproductive justice model includes three tenets. (jointeku.com)
  • They are reproductive health through service delivery, reproductive rights through legal advocacy, and reproductive justice through human rights organizing. (jointeku.com)
  • Through the creation of loving and supportive communities, reproductive justice offers several potential benefits for child and family mental health. (jointeku.com)
  • Reproductive justice has several potential benefits for child and family mental health, and as Loretta Ross reminds us, if we start this work when the person is pregnant, we have started too late. (jointeku.com)
  • Reproductive justice recognizes that individuals have diverse parenting choices, including the decision to become a parent, the number of children to have, and the spacing between them. (jointeku.com)
  • Reproductive justice advocates for community-based approaches and support networks. (jointeku.com)
  • California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) assessed young Latinas' perceptions about the implementation of key California reproductive and sexual health policies in order to address the questions posed above. (vawnet.org)
  • In the years since we published the 2nd edition, the legal and policy landscape for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the U.S. has altered considerably. (healthlaw.org)
  • Employers in states that enact paid family leave should pay close attention, as maternity and paternity leave often are implemented to offer fathers the same benefit as mothers. (mgma.com)
  • New York can send a powerful message to the nation that it puts a high premium on women's health, rather than join the anti-woman agenda sweeping the nation. (nyc.gov)
  • Every individual is different, and no single tool can precisely predict a given baby's chances of survival or disability," said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the NIH Institute that supports the Neonatal Research Network. (nih.gov)
  • Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The contribution of fulfilling the unmet need for family planning May 2006 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The contribution of fulfilling the unmet need for family planning May 2006 This publication was produced for review by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (rhsupplies.org)
  • The conference focused in large part on the unmet need for family planning and the potential benefits to countries if this unmet need could be fulfilled. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Fulfilling the unmet need for family planning alone would prevent 150,000 maternal deaths and 640,000 new-born deaths globally each year. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Unintended pregnancies account for nearly 50% of all pregnancies in the U.S. There is a link between unintended pregnancies and many health and social problems: inability to complete education, poverty, poor physical and mental health, neglect, abuse and family violence. (ny.gov)
  • In addition, it is given content and meaning by a discourse on autonomy, whereby the right to family planning is constructed as a right to make informed decisions on the number, spacing and timing of children, and to be free from violence and coercion. (lu.se)
  • The research group also conducts research on physical activity, obesity among preschool children, late effects of childhood cancer, young people with HIV and violence in the family. (lu.se)
  • To find a Family Planning Program provider select a county from the map below, or from a state-wide list of providers . (ny.gov)
  • Family Planning Medicaid is for Men, too! (onslowcountync.gov)
  • The graphic below shows the expected impacts of the planned level of investment and how drastic cutbacks in funding for family planning will reduce those impacts by decreasing the numbers of contraceptive users served and unintended pregnancies prevented-therefore increasing unplanned births, unsafe abortions and maternal deaths. (guttmacher.org)
  • The cuts to family planning made by FCDO, especially as countries grapple with the effects of COVID-19, represent a sizable setback in global health. (guttmacher.org)
  • 9 Funding amounts for family planning activities were estimated based on FCDO project funding information. (guttmacher.org)
  • With this award, the Society of Family Planning is recognizing a body of work that is profoundly collaborative, and an approach to research that acknowledges the shameful role that research has played in perpetuating systemic inequities and harm and seeks to do better. (ibisreproductivehealth.org)
  • We are heartened that the Society of Family Planning has recognized both Dr. Gerdts and this approach to research with their Lifetime Achievement Award. (ibisreproductivehealth.org)
  • Family Planning Scenarios. (rhsupplies.org)
  • 66 iv Acknowledgments This study grew out of a presentation made in Ghana in February 2005 at a regional conference on repositioning family planning. (rhsupplies.org)
  • The following is a statement from Clare Coleman, President & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) in response to the bill's passage. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • NFPRHA is a membership organization representing publicly funded family planning providers and administrators nationwide. (nationalfamilyplanning.org)
  • Adapt and adopt the WHO family planning guidelines to the Somali context. (who.int)
  • To schedule, find a family planning location near you. (mfhs.org)
  • Family planning clinic Tanzania. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Every dollar spent on family planning can save up to seven dollars in direct health costs according to global think tank the Copenhagen Concensus . (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • This study offers an example of human rights implementation approached through discourse theory methodology, using the right to family planning in Indonesia as an illustrative case. (lu.se)
  • Since the introduction in 1998 of the democratic reforms known as Reformasi , Indonesia has undergone significant legal reform, including in the field of human rights and family planning related law. (lu.se)
  • The right to family planning is constructed in the International Human Rights Domain by a discourse on sexual and reproductive health. (lu.se)
  • In contrast, in the Indonesian Law Domain the right to family planning is constructed by a health discourse and a discourse on the prosperous family. (lu.se)
  • The right to family planning is thus constructed as a health-related right, and a right to form and develop a prosperous family. (lu.se)
  • Individuals in their own capacity are thereby excluded by the discourses as rights-holders with respect to family planning. (lu.se)
  • Reproductive choices and family planning for people living with HIV counselling tool. (who.int)
  • That is why AFP Jhpiego, IPPF and the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition have been calling for the GFF to deliver additional investment and for there to be no gap in funding for SRHR, or interruption to supply chains for reproductive health commodities, while the GFF is operationalised. (brettonwoodsproject.org)
  • Other members of the Market Development Approaches Working Group of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition have also provided feedback and comments on this document. (rhsupplies.org)
  • Our strategy is to go on the offensive to pass laws that safeguard reproductive freedom. (nirhealth.org)
  • The NW NARCH program is operated by the EpiCenter at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB), an Indian organization uniquely qualified to administer NW NARCH based on active membership of all 43 Northwest Indian tribes in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. (npaihb.org)
  • The EHR Support Center is here to assist clinics, providers, and informaticists in understanding and navigating, and improving their use of electronic health record technology. (npaihb.org)
  • The Guide is designed to familiarize readers with the basics of the Medicaid program and highlight features that support reproductive and sexual health. (healthlaw.org)
  • The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has launched a five-part webinar series entitled "Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Health in Medicaid. (healthlaw.org)
  • IAWG members are addressing sexual and reproductive rights during COVID-19 humanitarian response. (iawg.net)
  • IAWG members and partners are producing clinical and programmatic guidance, assessments, policy papers, and statements to ensure continued prioritization of sexual and reproductive health and rights throughout COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings. (iawg.net)
  • We focus on promoting sexual health and reducing unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among adolescents and young adults. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • While awareness of health disparities related to race and ethnicity, sex, and gender has increased, awareness of health disparities among persons with disabilities (PWD) has lagged. (nih.gov)
  • The government had been fairly quiet on specifics since then until Monday, when Minister Bibeau announced a first set of initiatives on reproductive health with Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), who is in Ottawa this week. (opencanada.org)
  • The Trump-Pence administration reinstituted and expanded the policy, holding as political hostage funding for HIV, maternal and child health, nutrition, and other critical programs. (nirhealth.org)
  • The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) works to support tribal Maternal and Child Health (MCH) initiatives through community-based research projects, data, technical assistance, and coordination of resources. (npaihb.org)
  • Our Reproductive and Sexual Health providers have specialized training in adolescent medicine, giving them a deeper understanding of the development that happens during adolescence and early adulthood. (seattlechildrens.org)
  • With a background in international medicine and global health, they have been pursuing their academic interest in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. (transgendernijmegen.nl)
  • I have little doubt that I will eventually establish the kind of trusting relationships with patients in my new practice that have made practicing family medicine so rewarding . (medscape.com)
  • We have also developed e-health and robots in school in the EU-funded research project iCOPE (Interregional Childhood Oncology Precision Medicine Exploration), with the goal of improving diagnostics, treatment and quality of life for children with cancer. (lu.se)
  • They also highlight the systemic discrimination experienced by pregnant and parenting Latina youth within educational institutions and the absence of public debate focusing on health, educational and social support networks for these young parents. (vawnet.org)
  • Lastly we will provide some tips and resources for ensuring the needs of pregnant woman and infants are addressed during public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Franklin White is President at Pacific Health & Development Sciences Inc. This firm is engaged primarily in third party monitoring and evaluation of donor funded health development projects. (plos.org)