Scaling Up Evidence-Based Practices in Contraceptive Access Initiatives
Nikita M. Malcolm, Katrin Patterson, Ellen Pliska, Sanaa Akbarali, Susan Moskosky, Jamie Hart
Abstract
C ontraception can play a critical role in individuals' achievement of personal health, social, and financial goals. 1-3Equitable, person-centered contraceptive access can promote reproductive autonomy and advance sexual and reproductive health equity so that people across the range of age, gender, race, and other intersectional identities have what they need to attain their highest level of health. 4,5Yet, many people in the United States face barriers to accessing contraception, including cost, insurance gaps, and institutional barriers. 5Discrimination and structural racism, both within and outside of the health care system, intensify these barriers for people of color, people living in poverty, people with disabilities, people who are immigrants, and others with marginalized identities.