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Six Organizations and Activists Improving LGBTQ Health

WEBIn Boston, Fenway Health was established for LGBTQ people and is dedicated to improving the health and lives of the community. Founded in the basement of a church in 1971 and open only once a week, Fenway now serves more than 39,000 patients with a staff of over 750 people in three locations across the city. Fenway now …

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Reproductive Well-Being 2024 Power to Decide

WEBReproductive well-being means that all people have equitable access to the information, services, and support they need to have control over their bodies, and to make their own decisions related to sexuality and reproduction throughout their lives. This powerful idea, if shared by everyone, would dramatically change the care people receive, the

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What is Inclusive Health Care

WEBInclusive health care centers on the idea that by removing barriers, making accommodations, and deliberately providing informed and sensitive care—care that often involves people who often face the largest health disparities—we can improve the health outcomes for all people.

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Find Your Birth Control Method 2024 Power to Decide

WEBBirth control patch. The patch is a birth control method that sticks to your skin like a small Band-Aid or a patch you would use to help you stop smoking. It contains two different kinds of hormones, estrogen and progestin, that work together to prevent pregnancy. These hormones are absorbed through your skin.

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Power to Decide 2024

WEBThis year we’re encouraging everyone to go back to basics when to comes to discussions about sex, love, birth control, and relationships. April 24, 2024. A member of our Shared Learning Collaborative recently spoke with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff about the importance of reproductive health. The Fall of Roe and Its Unintended …

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Rural Health Challenges Affect Reproductive Well-Being

WEBOne of the issues that defines rural health disparities is access to reproductive health care. Although 19.3% of people live in rural regions, only about 9% of physicians practice in those areas. Rural America faces a huge shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists; shockingly only about 50% of American counties have OBGYNs.

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Contraceptive Access in Alabama Power to Decide

WEBContraceptive Access in Alabama. More than 19 million US women with low incomes live in contraceptive deserts—counties in which there is not reasonable access to a health center offering the full range of contraceptive methods. Of those 19 million women, roughly 1.2 million women live in counties without a single health center that offers the

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Facing Health Disparities in Rural America Power to Decide

WEBFacing Health Disparities in Rural America. On average, nearly 60 million, or 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas. Compared to their urban counterparts, rural areas are typically less populous and are often geographically isolated. Due to the remote nature of these rural regions, problems accessing critical health care services are often

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A New Normal: Telehealth Delivers Birth Control

WEBOverall, while only 11% of people in the US were using telehealth in 2019, nearly 50% had switched by late 2020. And a new survey recently released by Twentyeight Health verifies this. In fact, it found that 97% of the 1,400 respondents plan to continue to use telehealth services to receive their birth control method even after the pandemic ends.

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Asian Americans and Sexual Health: What Role Do Health Care …

WEBIn light of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which just passed, we wanted to take a closer look at the research on Asian adolescents and sexual health. Although Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States (U.S. Census 2010), they are often overlooked by researchers when it comes to …

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Why Sex Education Matters Power to Decide

WEBPlus, beyond giving young people facts, inclusive sex ed provides skills such as effective communication, active listening, and the ability to make informed decisions that will help them to grow and live safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives. In 2014, a study found that 93% of parents supported having sex education in middle school and 96%

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Disparities in Black Reproductive Well-Being Power to Decide

WEBEveryone also deserves the power to say #ThxBirthControl —yet only about 40% of Black women of reproductive age would be able to afford $10 or less to pay for birth control today. Compared with 91% of their Hispanic and white peers, just 83% of black women at risk of unintended pregnancy are currently using birth control.

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Reproductive Federal Legislation In 2023 Power to Decide

WEBSeptember 25, 2023. Over a year has passed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. While the dust still settles, the reproductive health and well-being landscape looks starkly different than it did before June 24, 2022. Attacks on abortion and contraception have

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One Key Question® Online 2024 Power to Decide

WEBPower to Decide’s One Key Question provides a framework for health care providers, social service providers, and champions to routinely ask their patients about pregnancy desires and goals and offer personalized counseling and care based on their response. The One Key Question approach is patient-centered and focuses on equally supporting

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One Key Question Overview Power to Decide

WEBOne Key Question ® supports people's power to decide by helping to transform their health care experience. Learn about the tool by reading this overview document. September 2020. One Key Question_Overview.pdf (501.18 KB) One Key Question.

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What is One Key Question®

WEBFor more information: Email [email protected] or go to powertodecide.org/select360-consulting Multnomah County Southeast Primary Care Clinic This pilot

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