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Consortium Meeting and Public Hearing Family Planning |
ISSUES RAISED: 1. Background Issues Lack of mention of certified nurse-midwives as family planning providers. The American College of Nurse-midwives has some additional research on contraceptive issues that might be useful in bolstering the introductory section of the family planning chapter. 2. Data Issues In order to provide more in-depth looks at specific trends within population groups, racial/ethnic breakouts should provide more detail by age groupings, especially for objectives #1 and 3. It was pointed out that adolescent Hispanics have the highest rates of sexual activity and pregnancy and marry younger than their counterparts.It would be helpful to look at rural/urban or other geographic distributions where possible. An observation was made about the lack of information on adolescents under the age of 15, and a suggestion made that perhaps the YRBSS could be used as a measure for this age group. Concern was expressed about the need for collecting data on use of emergency contraception, as well as data on correct utilization of emergency contraception (although this was acknowledged as being difficult to do). 3. Draft Objectives The chapter does not include any measure of abortion. The document should include a measure that monitors abortion use among women. Targeted prevention efforts would seek to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies that result in abortion. Participants: Evelyn Kappeler Ana Rivas-Beck Mychelle Farmer Kimberly Cowins Dorothy Koslowski
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