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We are at the forefront of clinical and social science research to improve contraceptive options and services around the world.</p> <h2>Research to improve care and increase access</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://beyondthepill.ucsf.edu/">Beyond the Pill</a> evaluates barriers to care and new approaches for improving access to contraception, especially for underserved populations, including adolescents and young adults.</li> <li>The Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program, led by Christine Dehlendorf, MD, researched <a href="https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/direct-and-patient-centered-approach-people%E2%80%99s-contraceptive-needs">the use of One Key Question screening tool</a> and offered a more direct and patient-centered approach to people鈥檚 contraceptive needs.</li> <li>Kelsey Holt, ScD, Lauren Suchman, PhD, and colleagues explored how family planning providers and administrators are <a href="https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/balancing-population-level-contraception-goals-and-human-rights-approach">balancing population-level contraceptive goals with a human rights approach</a> that meets the need and preferences of individual patients.</li> <li>Erica Sedlander, DrPH, led research in Ethiopia to understand what鈥檚 associated with the <a href="https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/understanding-fear-birth-control-causes-infertility">myth that birth control leads to infertility</a> and help people make informed choices about using birth control.</li> <li>ANSIRH research showed how <a href="https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/provider-support-iuds-can-lead-coercive-practices">provider support for IUDs</a> can lead to coercive practices.</li> </ul> <h2>Training and tools to provide comprehensive, person-centered care</h2> <p>聽</p> <div class="wysiwyg_quote align--left size--twofifth bg--teal"> <p class="wysiwyg_quote--content">We cannot allow this tragic ruling to cause us to inflict more harm on the people who bear the brunt. This is a test of our commitment to autonomy and reproductive justice. We cannot and must not lose the essential progress we've made, even in the most dire of times.</p> <h5 class="wysiwyg_quote--author">Christine Dehlendorf, MD</h5> <p class="wysiwyg_quote--org">responding to the Dobbs decision in MedPage Today</p> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://beyondthepill.ucsf.edu/training-overview">Beyond the Pill</a> has trained more than 12,000 providers in topics including contraceptive counseling, implicit bias, emergency contraception. They offer <a href="https://beyondthepill.ucsf.edu/tools-materials">free educational materials</a> and clinical tools, used by clinics, hospitals, health departments, and schools.</li> <li>The <a href="https://pcrhp.ucsf.edu/">Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program</a> developed decision support tools for patients deciding on contraception and people considering postpartum tubal sterilization.</li> <li>Innovations for Choice and Autonomy created a <a href="https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/framework-contraceptive-agency">framework to measure contraceptive agency</a>, offering a tool for contraceptive programs around the world to center people鈥檚 ability to make and act on their own contraceptive choices.</li> <li>The UCSF Fellowship in Complex Family Planning, founded by Phil Darney, MD, has trained experts in obstetrics and gynecology and family medicine that have gone on to study contraceptive access, counseling, use and development.</li> </ul> <h2>Informing policy</h2> <ul> <li>Bixby Center research showed that <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17077231/">providing a year鈥檚 worth of birth control pills</a> resulted in more people sticking with the method over time, and health systems and governments around the country have made this option available.</li> <li>Bixby members advocated for emergency contraception and daily birth control pills to be available over the counter, affordable, and accessible.</li> </ul> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="column"> <div class="sidebar_top"> <div class="region region-sidebar-top"> <div id="block-menu-block-2" class="block block-menu-block"> <h3><a href="/core-areas" class="active-trail">Core Areas</a></h3> <div class="content"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-2 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-2"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-2081"><a href="/abortion">Abortion</a></li> <li class="leaf active-trail active menu-mlid-2091"><a href="/contraception" class="active-trail active">Contraception</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-2101"><a href="/hiv-sexually-transmitted-infections">HIV & STIs</a></li> <li class="last leaf menu-mlid-2106"><a href="/pregnancy-childbirth">Pregnancy & Childbirth</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-sidebar"> <div id="block-block-6" class="block block-block"> <h3>Support our work</h3> <div class="content"> <p>Your tax-deductible gift helps to translate evidence into better policies.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue" href="https://makeagift.ucsf.edu/site/SPageServer?pagename=A1_API_GeneralGivingForm&Primary=Women%27s%20Health&ACode=B2872" target="_self">Donate Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-11" class="block block-block"> <h3>Subscribe to our newsletter</h3> <div class="content"> <p>Stay up to date on Bixby research, resources, and our members in the media.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue" href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/9X0tKia" target="_blank">Subscribe Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-21" class="block block-block"> <h3>Social media</h3> <div class="content"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue" href="https://bsky.app/profile/ucsfbixby.bsky.social">Follow us on Bluesky</a></p> <p>聽</p> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ucsf-bixby-center-for-global-reproductive-health/?viewAsMember=true">Follow us on LinkedIn</a></p> <p>聽</p> <p><a class="btn--large btn--blue" href="https://www.youtube.com/@UCSFBixbyCenter">Watch us on YouTube</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"> <div class="section"> <div class="footer-bottom"> <nav aria-label="Footer Navigation" class="footer--navigation"> <ul> <li><a href="/contact-us">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/accessibility-resources">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/website-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/website-terms-use">Terms of Use </a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/azlist">A-Z Website List</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="footer--copyright"> <p>© 2025 The Regents of the University of California</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ (function() { var sz = document.createElement('script'); sz.type = 'text/javascript'; sz.async = true; sz.src = '//siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_8343.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(sz, s); })(); /*]]>*/ </script> </body> </html>