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Emergency Contraception

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Immigrant Women's Health Initiative

Promoting Cultural Competency Among Family Planning Providers
October 2006
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

In this resource you will find assessment methods, results and lessons learned from three assessment sites discussed at the statewide roundtable meeting, held at Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York City. Over 70 participants also generated ideas for future actions to improve access to care for Limited English Proficient patients.

Summary of National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
March 2001
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health

This document is a summary of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (CLAS) which is a collective set of CLAS mandates, guidelines and recommendations issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health (OMH) to inform, guide and facilitate required and recommended practices related to culturally and linguistically appropriate health services.

Working Together to Increase Immigrant Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care
December 2002
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

This report from a statewide roundtable in New York City deepens understanding of barriers facing immigrant women in accessing services, providers in delivery of services to immigrant women as well as strategies to overcome the challenges. 

Working Together to Increase Immigrant Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care: Report on Upstate Regional Meetings
May 2003
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

In this report based on upstate regional meetings held in Albany and Rochester, you will find promising models designed to bridge the gap and build durable partnerships between immigrant women’s organizations and family planning providers. The report provides trainings on concrete barriers to access.

Working Together to Increase Immigrant Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care: Report on Downstate Regional Meetings
October 2003
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

Through this resource, discussing proceedings from downstate regional meetings held in New York City, you will deepen your understanding of cultural, legal and funding barriers to reproductive health care for immigrant women. This resource examines the need for culturally competent services and care for undocumented immigrant women. It also shares innovative models for serving immigrant women and explores strategies for developing and strengthening partnerships between programs to increase women’s access to care. 

Emergency Contraception

Medicaid Coverage of Plan B® Over-the-Counter: New York State’s Experience
September 2008
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

New York significantly expanded access to emergency contraception when it agreed to cover Plan B® over-the-counter (OTC) through Medicaid beginning February 1, 2007. New York is one of the few states in which Medicaid covers the nonprescription Plan B® product without requiring a fiscal order from a health practitioner. This brief examines the impact this policy has had on the provision of EC and calls for the continuation of the policy and increased efforts to inform recipients, pharmacists and health care providers about Medicaid coverage for the Plan B® OTC product.

Information for Consumers about Plan B®
January 2007
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates

What New York Consumers Need to Know: Plan B® is Over-the-Counter informs consumers about what to expect when they visit the pharmacy to obtain Plan B now that it is a dual label product (i.e., available by prescription for women 17 years and younger, and behind-the-counter for women and men 18 years and older).

Information for New York State Pharmacists and Pharmacy Staff about Plan B®
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State

• Plan B® - Now an Over-the-Counter and Prescription Product is a fact sheet that contains questions and answers about the provision of Plan B® as a dual label product. (January 2007)
• Plan B® Use by Women Who Are Victims of Sexual and/or Domestic Violence is a fact sheet that describes situations in which victimized women may seek Plan B® in pharmacies and best practices for assisting them. (June 2007)
• Plan B® - Helping Adolescents Prevent Unintended Pregnancy is a fact sheet describing best practices for increasing adolescents’ access to Plan B® in pharmacies and family planning centers. It also discusses the information young people need to know about the product. (July 2007)
  
  
  

Preventing Pregnancy from Sexual Assault: Four Action Strategies to Improve Hospital Policies on Provision of Emergency Contraception
December 2003
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of NYS, and the Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project of the ACLU of Pennsylvania

• Entire Document
• Introduction
• Assessing the Need
• Strategy 1: Legislation
• Strategy 2: Administrative Action
• Strategy 3: Litigation and Liability
• Strategy 4: Voluntary Action
• Appendix 1: The New York Experience
• Appendix 2: Sample Legislation
• Appendix 3: Voluntary Change
• Appendix 4: Resource Guide
  

Concerned Clergy for Choice

Concerned Clergy For Choice Newsletters
Spring & Fall
Rabbi Dennis Ross, Director of Concerned Clergy for Choice

Stem Cell Toolkit

November 2006
Rabbi Dennis Ross, Director of Concerned Clergy for Choice

Religious leaders from all the major western faiths turn to embryonic stem cell research for the hope it offers to people suffering from Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, serious burns, blindness and other life-threatening and life-altering medical conditions. "Stem Cell Research: An Education and Advocacy Toolkit for Clergy" describes the medical, ethical, policy and religious support for this promising field of medical research. For a complimentary electronic copy of the Toolkit, please email Concerned Clergy for Choice.