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The CDC released the 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, providing updated guidance for healthcare providers.
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The recommendations focus on removing unnecessary medical barriers and supporting patient-centered contraceptive counseling.
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The CDC emphasizes the importance of patient autonomy in contraceptive decision-making.
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Updates include guidance on medications for intrauterine device (IUD) placement, management of bleeding irregularities, testosterone use, and self-administration of injectable contraception.
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The 2024 U.S. SPR aims to ensure high-quality, equitable contraceptive care and support non-coercive, patient-centered counseling and services.
The 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use provides updated guidance for healthcare providers on the safe and effective use of contraceptive methods. It focuses on removing unnecessary medical barriers, supporting patient-centered contraceptive counseling and services, and affirming the importance of patient autonomy in contraceptive decision-making. The recommendations are evidence-based and aim to ensure high-quality, equitable contraceptive care, addressing updated recommendations for medications, bleeding irregularities during implant use, testosterone use, self-administration of injectable contraception, and patient autonomy in contraceptive decision-making.
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