Our birth control initiative was written up in the NYTimes!

[klone]

How cool is that??

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html?_r=0

Basically, Warren Buffett donated several millions of dollars to the Colorado Title X program to promote LARC (long-acting reversible contraceptives, i.e. IUDs and contraceptive implants) usage among teenage girls. It was meant to be a 5-year grant in order to prove that widespread LARC usage significantly reduces the teen pregnancy and abortion rates.

The campaign was a HUGE success! Between 2009 and 2013, the Colorado teen birth rate dropped by 40%, and the abortion rates dropped by 42%. The point of the study was to provide *temporary* funding to show how well it works, and then the state legislature needed to take over from there. Well, the funding ended 6 months ago, and the state senate voted down the bill to continue to provide funding to our LARC program.

But I work for an organization that has been instrumental in delivering these LARCs to teenage girls. One of the huge parts of my current job is offering contraceptive counseling to inner city girls and young women. I LOVE that part of my job!

Anyway, one of our providers mentioned that there was an article about us in the NY Times, and I thought that was pretty awesome!

[fawnmarie, ASN]

Great job, klone, and keep up the good work! The article is interesting and thought- provoking.

[Oedgar]

This is awesome!! We do more Nexplanons than IUD's in the young girls who have not yet had babies.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

That.. is WAY cool.

[klone, MSN, RN]

This is awesome!! We do more Nexplanons than IUD's in the young girls who have not yet had babies.

We do too, but we are trying to encourage IUDs for our nullips, particularly now that we offer Skyla (like Mirena, but a bit smaller and easier to insert on a nullip and lasts for 3 years instead of 5).

[Oedgar]

We do some skyla. .. but even those cause a fair amount of pain.

[klone, MSN, RN]

We do some skyla. .. but even those cause a fair amount of pain.

Do you ever do pre-insertion cytotec, or cervical blocks, or Valium beforehand?

[Oedgar]

Nope. They are sometimes told by doc prior to take ibuprofen. If I get them back and find our they haven't I give it. They also get a topical anesthetic gel applied to cervix

[klone, MSN, RN]

Nope. They are sometimes told by doc prior to take ibuprofen. If I get them back and find our they haven't I give it. They also get a topical anesthetic gel applied to cervix

That's too bad. There are lots of things that can be done to mitigate discomfort