Patient experiences with family planning in community health centers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Wood, Susan F., author Beeson, Tishra, author Goldberg, Debora Goetz, author Mead, Katherine, H., author Shin, Peter, author Abdul-Wakil, Aliyah, author Rui, Anna, author Sahgal, Bhakthi, author Shimony, Maya, author Stevens, Hallie, author Rosenbaum, Sara, 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 28, 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Centers -- statistics & numerical data Community Health Services -- statistics & numerical data Family Planning Services -- statistics & numerical data Patient Satisfaction Patient-Centered Care Confidentiality Contraception Counseling Focus Groups Health Care Surveys Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage Pregnancy Privacy Quality Indicators, Health Care Reproductive Health Services Women's Health Services Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Women of childbearing age represent one of the single largest groups of community health center patients, and family planning plays a critical role in the health, economic, and social circumstances of women, their children, and families. Family planning is a required service at all health centers, and the major expansion of health centers under the Affordable Care Act means that for low-income women of reproductive age this service should be increasingly available. The Quality Family Planning (QFP) Guidelines, jointly developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) and released in 2014, provide a new opportunity to strengthen family planning service delivery for all patients of reproductive age. But limited and somewhat dated information exists regarding both patients' experiences receiving primary care at health centers generally, and women's experiences with family planning care at health centers specifically. With patient-centeredness playing an increasingly central role in quality improvement efforts, information regarding the importance placed on family planning services by patients and their experiences receiving care becomes key.
- 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 (30 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101735688 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101735688