Nov 1, 2015 · Increasing access to immediate postpartum LARC and eliminating two-visit protocols for LARC insertion may increase postpartum LARC use. As the Affordable Care Act …

Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), specifically implants and intrauterine devices (IUDs), are highly effective, low maintenance forms of birth control. Practice guidelines from …

Immediate postpartum LARC is significantly more effective at reducing short interpregnancy intervals than other forms of reversible contraception.9. In Minnesota, the LARC device and …

Objective: To assess why postpartum women who desired long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) did not receive it in the postpartum period and to assess which contraceptive methods …

Women using highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) have nearly four times the odds of achieving an optimal birth interval than women using a barrier or no method. …

Our concern is that when efforts move beyond ensuring access for all women to promoting use among “high-risk” populations through programs and contraceptive counseling aimed at …

Objectives: Short interpregnancy intervals are associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. Increased postpartum use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) could reduce short …

Sep 1, 2023 · Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is one option for preventing unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy intervals.

This topic is supported by the LARC program, which works to lower the unintended pregnancy rate in the U.S. by providing the most up-to-date information on LARC methods. Learn about …

Two types of LARC are available in the United States: 1) intrauterine devices (IUDs) and 2) the etonogestrel single-rod contraceptive implant. Five IUDs are currently marketed in the United …