CONTRACEPTION

Australian women continue to experience high rates of unplanned pregnancy even with the availability of effective contraceptive methods.

One factor that is contributing to this is the low uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) among Australian women. Research has demonstrated that LARCs can reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancy and associated poor outcomes for the mother, her child and wider community.

SPHERE is embracing an opportunity to improve delivery of and uptake of LARCs in the primary care setting. We are investigating the current trends and preferences in contraceptive use amongst Australian women and current barriers to LARC uptake, which will guide our work into testing appropriate, cost-effective solutions for improving women's knowledge about contraceptive options as well as reducing rates of unplanned pregnancy.

The Australian Contraceptive Choice Project (The ACCORd Project)

The Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support (AusCAPPS) Network

PUBLICATIONS

Increasing long-acting reversible contraceptives: the Australian Contraceptive ChOice pRoject (ACCORd) cluster randomized trial (2019)

Danielle Mazza, Cathy J Watson, Angela Taft, Jayne Lucke, Kevin McGeechan, Marion Haas, Kathleen McNamee, Jeffrey F Peipert, Kirsten I Black

Scoping review of pharmacy-based initiatives for preventing unintended pregnancy: protocol (2019)

Philippa Buckingham, Natalie Amos, Safeera Hussainy, Danielle Mazza

Cost and effectiveness of using Facebook advertising to recruit young women for research: PREFER (Contraceptive Preferences Study) Experience (2019)

Edwina McCarthy and Danielle Mazza

Who takes responsibility for contraception, according to young Australian women? (2017)

Britta Wigginton, Melissa L Harris, Deb Loxton, Jayne Lucke

Increasing the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception in general practice: the Australian Contraceptive ChOice pRoject (ACCORd) cluster randomised controlled trial protocol (2016)

Danielle Mazza, Kirsten Black, Angela Taft, Jayne Lucke, Kevin McGeechan, Marion Haas, Heather McKay, Jeffery F Peipert

Current barriers and potential strategies to increase the use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies in Australia: An expert roundtable discussion (2017)

Danielle Mazza, Deborah Bateson, Meredith Frearson, Philip Goldstone, Gab Kovacs, Rod Baber

Comparison of uptake of long-acting reversible contraception after abortion from a hospital or a community sexual and reproductive healthcare setting: an observational study (2015)