Table 2.
Percentage of centers reporting frequent reproductive life plan assessment, and percentage reporting frequent provision of preconception care, by selected characteristics; and prevalence ratios from multivariable general linear models assessing correlates
| Characteristic | % | Prevalence ratio |
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| FREQUENT REPRODUCTIVE LIFE PLAN ASSESSMENT* | ||
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| Total | 87.4 (.01) | |
| Type of center | *** | |
| Community Health Center (ref) | 80.6 (.03) | 1.00 |
| Health Department | 92.3 (.01) | 1.00 (0.92–1.09) |
| Planned Parenthood | 90.4 (.02) | 0.94 (0.85–1.03) |
| Hospital/Other (Includes private non-profit organizations, and other) | 88.3 (.02) | 1.02 (0.94–1.12) |
| Health center focus | *** | |
| Reproductive health (ref) | 92.2 (.01) | 1.00 |
| Primary care | 80.5 (.02) | 0.94 (0.87–1.00) |
| Other | 95.2 (.02) | 1.04 (0.99–1.09) |
| Receipt of Title X funding | *** | |
| Yes | 92.3 (.01) | 1.06 (1.00–1.13) |
| No (ref) | 81.7 (.02) | 1.00 |
| Service area | ||
| Mostly urban/suburban (ref) | 88.6 (.02) | 1.00 |
| Mostly rural | 85.8 (.02) | 0.97 (0.91–1.04) |
| Combination (urban/suburban/rural) | 89.5 (.03) | 1.00 (0.94–1.07) |
| Annual family planning caseload | ||
| <1000 | 85.2 (.02) | 0.94 (0.87–1.00) |
| 1000–4999 | 88.3 (.02) | 0.96 (0.90–1.02) |
| ≥5000 (ref) | 92.5 (.02) | 1.00 |
| Has written protocol for Reproductive life plan assessment | *** | |
| Yes | 92.8 (.01) | 1.10 (1.04–1.17) |
| No (ref) | 79.9 (.02) | 1.00 |
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| FREQUENT PROVISION OF PRECONCEPTION CARE† | ||
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| Total | 55.3 (0.02) | |
| Has written protocol for reproductive life plan assessment | *** | |
| Yes | 59.9 (0.02) | na |
| No (ref) | 49.0 (0.03) | na |
| Frequently provides reproductive life plan assessment | *** | |
| Yes | 57.9 (0.02) | 1.38 (1.09–1.75) |
| No (ref) | 37.7 (0.05) | 1.00 |
Multivariable general linear models with Poisson distribution used to estimate aPR controlling for type of center, health center focus, receipt of Title X funding, service area, annual family planning caseload, and written protocol for reproductive life plan assessment
Multivariable general linear models with Poisson distribution used to estimate aPR controlling for type of center, health center focus, receipt of Title X funding, service area, annual family planning caseload, and frequent reproductive life plan assessment
In chi-square tests, differences by category are significant at p<.001.
Notes: “Frequent” assessment denotes that assessment was reportedly offered “very often” or “often” (as opposed to “not often” or “never”) during family planning counseling with female clients in the previous month. “Frequent” provision of care denotes that preconception care was reportedly offered “frequently” (as opposed to “never,” “rarely” or “occasionally”) in the past three months. Figures in parentheses are standard errors (in the percentage column) or 95% confidence intervals (in the prevalence ratio column). ref=reference group in the multivariable model. na=not applicable, because differences were not assessed in the multivariable model.