Strategies for Changing Current Contraceptive Education Methods

Implementing Structured Contraception Counseling to Increase the Contraception Knowledge of Women of Childbearing Age Seen in a Private Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project

Abstract

This is an evidence-based project that is aimed implementing a structured contraceptive counseling at our clinical setting. The number of unintended pregnancies that have been reported at our clinic have been on the rise lately, and this is a great concern since it puts pressure on the women and their families. We have analyzed several studies and they all point to the fact that structured contraceptive counseling is beneficial to the providers and to the clients. By using structured contraceptive counseling, it is possible to increase the knowledge of women on contraceptive, which is currently lacking within our clinical setting. The contraceptive counseling being conducted at out clinic is not structured and some of the providers tend to forget what they taught the client, which results in the client not receiving the appropriate information. Having a structured contraceptive counseling has been shown to be more effective and offers the client an opportunity to ask questions and seek clarification for what they did not understand. This paper is aims to demonstrate the efficacy of using a structured contraceptive counseling method and the benefits that will be gained from using such a method. As shown in our literature review, there are numerous methods that a clinic can adopt that are all aimed at implementing a structured education method. We have made recommendations based on our analysis and we recommend that the clinic implement audio-visual and shared decision-making methods.

Section One: Introduction and Overview of the Problem