Planned Parenthood Federation of America
For Pilot Projects To Offer The Copper IUD As Emergency Contraception
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Amount$175,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/18/2013
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Use of the copper IUD as emergency contraception (EC) is supported by clinical literature, which indicates that it is 10 times as effective as EC pills. However, health centers rarely offer EC-seeking patients a copper IUD. This grant would enable Planned Parenthood Federation of America to conduct an eighteen-month pilot project wherein nine health centers would offer the copper IUD as EC to all EC-seeking patients. These health centers would then present to their peers on the experience at one of Planned Parenthood's national meetings and through webinars, likely encouraging additional health centers to take up the new practice. The goal of the project is to increase the number of health centers that offer the copper IUD as EC and thus reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ppfa.org
Address
123 William Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10038, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Planned Parenthood Federation of America provides health care to millions of people nationally each year. It also educates and mobilizes a growing network of supporters to promote and protect reproductive rights; provides legal defense against laws that weaken women’s access to abortion and birth control; and develops technological advances that improve access to, and streamline the provision of, health care and information. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's international program
Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s international program, Planned Parenthood Global, provides funding and technical assistance for reproductive health advocacy, education, and services through partnerships with nongovernmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. This grant will support Planned Parenthood Global’s efforts to develop the capacity of these partners to advocate for better reproductive health policies, particularly in East and West Africa. It is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy.
