Effective Contraceptive Use Technical Assistance

Resources

Effective contraceptive use metric brief

Based on input from CCO and clinical staff, OHA developed an effective contraceptive metric brief. This is a user-friendly tool that CCOs can tailor for communicating with clinical staff, including strategies to support contraception care and how to code claims.

Download the metric brief and instructions (.zip file; updated 2/28/19)

Highlighted resources

• Beyond the Pill: Patient education materials, clinic tools, provider training and research focused on access and equity in women's contraceptive health care (Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Franscisco)
• Bedsider: Resources for providers to help start conversations about birth control

Adolescent-specific resources

• Contraception for Adolescents (American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement)
• Understanding Minor Consent and Confidentiality in Health Care in Oregon (Oregon Health Authority)
• Protecting Patient Privacy: The Oregon Confidential Communication Request - What Providers Need to Know (Oregon Health Authority)
• Improving Knowledge About, Access to, and Utilization of Long-acting Reversible Contraception Among Adolescents and Young Adults (Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine position statement)
• Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception - Implants and Intrauterine Devices (Committee Opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
  

Background

Providing technical assistance to health systems, CCOs and clinics is one strategy to increase effective contraceptive use, address disparities in unintended pregnancies and improve women’s health, pregnancy and birth outcomes.

Contact

Transformation.Center@odhsoha.oregon.gov