Disparities and Reproductive Health in Rheumatic Diseases: Deficits in Counseling and Contraception Use in an Urban Female Hispanic Population in Los Angeles
Reproductive health counseling was inadequate for Spanish-speaking and older patients. However, reproductive health counseling was positively associated with effective contraception use among patients on teratogenic medications. Clinicians should be aware of these disparities and the potential benefit of counseling to improve highly effective contraception use.
Authors
- Jack Rodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7840-3457)
- Leanna Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-9474)
- Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5979-1922)
- Eaman Alhassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1459-7376)
- Laura Kobashigawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5169-301X)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25677
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00