Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs)

   
​Reductions in Unplanned Pregnancies - June 2018

• In 2014 Mark Edwards of Upstream shared with SIG members their organization’s initiative to reduce unplanned pregnancies through the greater availability and use of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).  For the past two years his organization has worked with the cooperation of Delaware and has some recent remarkable news - - Child Trends reports an estimated decrease in unplanned pregnancies among Title X patients between 2014 and 2016 of 15 percent, as compared to a nationwide 1.3 percent decrease. Mark will describe how these Delaware results were achieved.  
  

​         Upstream USA
​         Mark Edwards, Co-Founder, Upstream

Update on LARCs - June 2016

• In November several secretaries expressed interest in long acting reversible contraceptives (e.g. IUDs), but asked for more information about prospective costs and implementation particulars with their public health partners.  Mark will provide a short update on recent implementation results and provide an action plan with costs for those wish to explore the next step.

​         Upstream USA
​         Mark Edwards, Co-Founder, Upstream USA

Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) - November 2015

• Mr. Haskins will discuss the proven reductions in unwanted pregnancies resulting from proper counseling and availability of LARCs (e.g. IUDs).  Mr. Edwards runs a national organization which trains for and implements state LARC initiatives in conjunction with human service and Medicaid agencies.  

​         Improving Access to IUDs and Implants as a Pathway to Decreasing Costs, Increasing Educational Attainment, and 

​         Expanding Opportunity in America
​         Mark Edwards, CEO, Upstream
​         Unintended Pregnancy in the United States

Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) - June 2015

• Mr. Haskins will discuss the proven reductions in unwanted pregnancies resulting from proper counseling and availability of LARCs (e.g. IUDs).  Mr. Edwards runs a national organization which trains for and implements state LARC initiatives in conjunction with human service and Medicaid agencies.  

​         LARC Presentation
​         Ron Haskins, Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution
​         Improving Family Planning as a Pathway to Decreasing Costs, Increasing Educational Attainment, and

​         Expanding Opportunity in America
         Mark Edwards, CEO, Upstream
​         Upstream USA​
​         Cost as a Barrier to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Use in Adolescents

November 2014

• Author of Generation Unbound:  Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

​         Generation Unbound: Drifting Into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage
​         Isabel Sawhill, Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution

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