Fertility Awareness-Based Methods to Prevent Pregnancy
This fact sheet provides an overview of fertility awareness-based methods to prevent pregnancy and their efficacy rates, and discusses associated costs and insurance coverage of these methods.
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Pharmacies as an Access Point for Expanding Contraceptive Care: A Geographic Analysis
Issue BriefIn this brief, we explore avenues for expanding hormonal contraceptive care and supplies through pharmacies, as well as how and where pharmacies and pharmacists may be positioned to fill gaps in contraceptive care where there are few brick-and-mortar family planning providers, as well as the challenges in expanding these pathways.
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Access to OB-GYNs: Evaluating Workforce Supply and ACA Marketplace Networks
Issue BriefThis brief examines the supply of OB-GYNs in the U.S. and the share of OB-GYNs participating in the provider networks of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market in the federal and state Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces in 2021.
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Difficult Tradeoffs: Key Findings on Workplace Benefits and Family Health Care Responsibilities from the 2020 KFF Women’s Health Survey
Issue BriefThis brief provides new data from the 2020 KFF Women's Health Survey on how workplace benefits and caring for children’s health care needs differ by gender and among different subpopulations of women.
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Misleading Narratives and Social Media Shape Contraception Perceptions — The Monitor
FeatureThis volume examines misleading claims about birth control, focusing on the mischaracterization of emergency contraceptives as abortifacients, the influence of social media on patient-provider communication, and online messages that inaccurately promote fertility awareness methods as safer alternatives.
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Democratic Women Voters See Vice President Harris As Trusted Messenger on Abortion Policy
Poll FindingFollowing the launch of Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, this analysis explores Democratic and Democratic-leaning women voters' trust in her on abortion policy. It draws on data from the KFF Survey of Women Voters, conducted prior to President Biden's decision to end his reelection bid.
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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Tylenol-Autism Link and Vaccine Policies
Poll FindingFollowing the Trump administration’s warning last month that using acetaminophen – the active ingredient in Tylenol – during pregnancy can increase the risk of autism in children, very few adults say the claim about a causal relationship is “definitely true,” though much of the public is uncertain whether to believe it. Trust in the CDC to provide reliable vaccine information has fallen to a new low.
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Experiences of Adults Who Have Been Incarcerated: Findings from the KFF Survey on Racism, Discrimination, and Health
Poll FindingThis report examines the ongoing challenges and experiences of people who have been previously incarcerated. Results from KFF's Racism, Discrimination, and Health survey show that adults with prior incarceration have significant health needs, are socially isolated, and have limited access to health care.
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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity
Issue BriefThis analysis examines how people of color fare compared to White people across 64 measures of health, health care, and social determinants of health using the most recent data available from federal surveys and administrative sets as well as the 2023 KFF Survey on Racism, Discrimination, and Health.
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5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Family Planning
Issue BriefAmid debates to limit federal Medicaid support, this brief presents five facts to know about Medicaid’s role for family planning.