Table 2.
Staff training and approach to offering long acting, reversible contraceptives (LARC) at publicly-funded health centers that offered family planning services in the USA, 2013–2014*
| Overall | Title X | Non-title X | p value^ | Planned Parenthood | Community Health Center | Health Department | Hospital | Other | p value^ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of clinics with any staff trained in insertin/removing LARC (by type): | ||||||||||
| Hormonal Intrauterine Device (IUD) | 76% | 77% | 74% | .17 | 99% | 75% | 71% | 84% | 71% | < .01 |
| Copper IUD | 74% | 76% | 72% | .02 | 99% | 71% | 69% | 86% | 70% | < .01 |
| Implant | 69% | 69% | 68% | .48 | 98% | 65% | 62% | 85% | 66% | < .01 |
| % of clinics with staff training in: | ||||||||||
| No LARC method | 21% | 19% | 23% | .05 | <1% | 22% | 25% | 12% | 27% | < .01 |
| Any LARC method | 79% | 81% | 77% | .05 | 99% | 78% | 75% | 88% | 73% | < .01 |
| All 3 LARC methods | 64% | 65% | 63% | .28 | 98% | 59% | 57% | 82% | 63% | < .01 |
| Approach to offering IUD: | < .01 | < .01 | ||||||||
| Offered onsite | 69% | 72% | 66% | 95% | 67% | 63% | 84% | 63% | ||
| Formal referral arrangement# | 11% | 12% | 11% | 0% | 11% | 17% | 5% | 10% | ||
| Informal referral arrangement | 20% | 17% | 23% | 5% | 22% | 20% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Approach to offering Implant: | .04 | < .01 | ||||||||
| Offered onsite | 55% | 58% | 52% | 92% | 51% | 47% | 74% | 49% | ||
| Formal referral arrangement# | 11% | 10% | 11% | 3% | 11% | 14% | 10% | 9% | ||
| Informal referral arrangement | 34% | 32% | 37% | 5% | 38% | 39% | 16% | 41% |
*
Data are weighted.
^
Pearson chi-squared tests.
#
Formal referral arrangement was defined as being co-located with an organization that provided it, having a parent organization that did so, or having a contract with an organization that did so. Informal referrals were defined as having an information relationship with a provider that did so or through referral only.