title: Characteristics of women associated with continuing instruction in the Creighton Model Fertility Care System.
abstract: Effective use of natural family planning is strongly dependent upon adequate instruction. The Creighton Model Fertility Care System (CrMS) has a standardized protocol for instruction of new users that includes individual follow-up visits in the first year of use. This study evaluated the number of follow-up visits completed by new CrMS users from eight CrMS centers in the United States. Four follow-up visits were completed by 75.7% of women. Women who continued instruction were more likely to be educated, Catholic, and white, and to have a more challenging reproductive status (discontinuing oral contraceptives, or breastfeeding). These results suggest that the number of follow-up visits needed varies among new CrMS users. Future research should address the optimal length of instruction for adequate use of the CrMS by women with different characteristics and needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. jstanford@dfpm.utah.edu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D012252:Natural Family Planning Methods; D010298:Parity; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012071:Religion and Sex; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012923:Social Class; D044465:White People