2016 Updates to US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use and Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use: Highlights for Adolescent Patients.
The US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (MEC) and US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (SPR) provide evidence-based guidance to safely provide contraception counseling and services. Both documents were updated in 2016 and are endorsed by the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. The purpose of this mini-review is to highlight updates to the US MEC and US SPR that are most relevant to health care providers of adolescents to support dissemination and implementation of these evidence-based best practices. This document is intended to highlight these changes and to complement, not replace, the detailed practice guidance within the US MEC and US SPR.
Kaiser Permanente Washington, Seattle, Washington. Electronic address: hoopes.a@ghc.org.
Andrea J
AJ
Hoopes
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Katharine B
KB
Simmons
Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Emily M
EM
Godfrey
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington.
Gina S
GS
Sucato
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D003270:Contraceptive Agents
Adolescent; Contraception; Pregnancy