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Executive Health: New Survey Spotlights Women’s Misperceptions About Birth Control Options and Effectiveness

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Despite the broad range of options available to women for birth control and family planning, a survey by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) shows that women do not feel knowledgeable about many of these options and have harmful misperceptions about their effectiveness. The survey also found that many women aren’t receiving the information they need from their health providers to properly use their prescribed method of birth control. Key findings from the survey include: The top methods of birth control women reported using were birth control pills (27%), condoms (20%), and withdrawal (13%). After abstinence (70%), only a little … Continue reading Executive Health: New Survey Spotlights Women’s Misperceptions About Birth Control Options and Effectiveness

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US Public Health Put at Risk by Government Shutdown

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“A Ticking Time Bomb…” With the federal government shutdown and federal public health workers deemed “non-essential,” U.S. public health has been compromised at a time when we are facing numerous disease outbreaks, a hurricane watch, and a host of other new and emerging threats, such as MERS coronavirus and H7N9. The shutdown has also placed 9 million women and children at risk because WIC funding has stopped. “This is the ticking time bomb scenario. The public health enterprise needs all components—federal, state, and local—to be functioning optimally to safeguard the American public,” says ASTHO Executive Director Paul E. Jarris, MD, … Continue reading US Public Health Put at Risk by Government Shutdown