Health centers and family planning update: implications of the 2014 Quality Family Planning Services Guidelines issued by the CDC and the Office of Population Affairs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Rosenbaum, Sara, author Wood, Susan, author Cunningham, Merle, author Beeson, Tishra, author Shin, Peter, author.
- Contributor(s):
- Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, issuing body. Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, issuing body. George Washington University, issuing body. Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, issuing body. Milken Institute School of Public Health, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, July 8, 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Centers -- standards Community Health Services -- standards Family Planning Services -- standards Quality of Health Care Community Health Centers -- economics Community Health Services -- economics Contraception Family Planning Services -- economics Financing, Government Inservice Training Quality Indicators, Health Care Value-Based Purchasing Humans United States United States. Health Resources and Services Administration. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The nation's 1,200 community health centers, operating in over 8,000 urban and rural locations nationally, represent the single largest source of comprehensive primary health care to low-income women of childbearing age. In 2012, health centers served more than 5 million women of childbearing age, and these numbers are expected to grow as a result of the Affordable Care Act, which dramatically expanded access to health insurance for low-income populations and made a direct investment in health center growth. Family planning is a required service at all health centers. In a 2013 study of health centers and family planning, the first of its kind ever undertaken, researchers at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University found that although virtually all health centers furnish family planning services, the strength and quality of their services varied significantly. The report made recommendations designed to improve the quality of family planning at health centers, better integrate family planning and contraceptive access into routine care at health centers, and foster collaboration in communities in which health centers and Title X family planning clinics operate alongside one another. The 2013 study anticipated the release of HHS guidelines that would establish standards for family planning services in primary health care settings. In April 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Population Affairs released these new guidelines for quality family planning services. The workgroup that developed the guidelines included representatives from HRSA and front-line health center clinical experts. These guidelines, as well as findings from GW's 2013 report, provide an important roadmap that can be used by HRSA to develop a strategy for ensuring that the 2014 guidelines are effectively translated and integrated into health center practice. A HRSA strategy should encompass the development of a workgroup whose task is to expeditiously translate the guidelines into health center practice. Such a work group ideally would consist of HRSA staff, health center clinical and management experts, family planning and women's health experts, and representatives of other federal agencies with expertise in reproductive health and family planning. HRSA's quality improvement strategy also should include the development of actionable performance measures, training and technical assistance, special supplemental grant awards to support quality improvement efforts and expansion of family planning services, and collaboration with CMS to identify purchasing strategies that can promote the goals of the guidelines, as translated and made actionable in a health center setting.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101735644 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735644