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abortion, family planning
The UC and CSU Access to Reproductive Health Services Study
The time and date have been updated!
Student Advocacy Day for SB 24
Last week, students from the Bixby Center joined students from all over California to lobby senators at the Capitol in support of SB 24, a fully-funded bill that would mandate California UCs and CSUs to provide medication abortion. Community colleges and private institutions may opt-in to receive funding grants as well.
Trust students! Do not allow barriers to their healthcare access!
#justCARE #SB24 #caleg
Summer 2019 Funding Opportunity (new deadline: 3/15)
International Conference on Family Planning
Presentation Schedule
Tuesday, November 13th
Combining structural and reproductive health to improve transition to adulthood: the Musanze Youth Center model
10:25am-11:45am | Session Room: MH 4
Presenter: Leopold Nirere
“It is not them, it is us”: how FP supply strategies in rural areas can improve demand and utilization of long acting methods
11:30am-2:30pm | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #90
*Presenter at poster from 1:30-2:30pm
Presenter: Jean Utumatwishima
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Engaging men in FP: perspectives from married men in Lomé, Togo
3pm-6pm | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #26
*Presenter at poster from 5pm-6pm
Presenters: Paul Tekou and Karen Weidert
Wednesday, November 14th
Time to act: Fertility preferences and modern contraceptive use among youth in Angola
8am-11am | Session Room: Auditorium terrace–Display #102
*Presenter at poster from 10-11am
Presenter: Ndola Prata
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Integration family planning and reproductive health services in primary health care: the Rwandan Model
10:25am-11:45am | Session Room: MH 4
*Presenter at poster from 5pm-6pm
Presenters: Paul Tekou and Karen Weidert
An Analysis: The Implementation Of Youth Centers In Musanze, Rwanda
Presentation by Bixby Summer Funding Award Recipient Kalee Singh
Kalee will present her analysis on the implementation of the Bixby Center’s youth center, based in the district of Musanze, Rwanda. The youth center model aims to utilize a multi-pronged approach–addressing both structural and social determinants–to improve the health and wellbeing of youth in Rwanda. The model, co- designed and managed by youth, strives to empower adolescents through the provision of comprehensive sexual education and linkages to high-quality, youth- friendly reproductive health services, livelihood skills, and general health information. The overarching goal of Kalee’s research was to develop a descriptive case study of the youth center model, documenting its effectiveness in addressing the health and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults in the Musanze district of Rwanda.
Combating Maternal Mortality: Ugandan lawsuit
The Uganda-based Center for Health, Human Rights and Development and the families of women who suffered preventable deaths in childbirth have sued the Ugandan government in a landmark case, demanding that the state provide minimum health guarantees to expectant mothers.
University of Wyoming Law Professor Noah Novogrodsky and UC Berkeley School of Public Health Professor Ndola Prata discuss the challenge of promoting social and economic rights through test-case litigation.
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP: tinyurl.com/HRC-maternal-mortality
New Bixby Publication in Dovepress about abortion history and modern contraception in Luanda, Angola
Women in sub-Saharan Africa often use abortion as a method of limiting their fertility and spacing births. However, it is not well understood whether having an abortion influences contraceptive behavior. The goal of this study was to examine associations between abortion history and use of a modern contraceptive method among women in Luanda, Angola. To learn more, access the paper here.
Dr. Prata and Natalie Morris Will Be Presenting at the Psychological Workshop and PAA
Psychosocial Workshop:
April 24-25, 2018 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Population Association of America (PAA) Conference:
April 26-28, 2018 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Abortion History and its Association With Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods in Luanda, Angola.
Authors: Natalie Morris and Ndola Prata
The study examined women’s history of induced abortion and their current use of modern contraceptive methods in Luanda, Angola. We used data from a 2012 cross-sectional study conducted in the capital province of Luanda. There was a positive, significant association after adjusting for potential confounders; women who had terminated one or more pregnancies were 1.23 times more likely to use a modern method as compared to those who never had an abortion (95% CI: 1.10 – 1.36, p < 0.001). While our data present basic information on the relationship between past abortion and current contraceptive use, we hope the results from this study can pave the way for future research to investigate the causal factors underlying this association to improve family planning efforts in the region.
Experience using mystery clients to measure an MA quality intervention: lessons from Uttar Pradesh.
Authors: Joanna Percher
Joanna Percher will be presenting it at the Psychosocial Workshop in Denver, CO in April 24-25.