Clients deserve the best care and providers deserve the best support. These are resources and information on sexual and reproductive healthcare for clinical providers.
US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Division of Reproductive Health
CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health focuses on issues related to reproductive health, maternal health, and infant health. For over 50 years, the CDC has worked to improve the lives of women, children, and families through science, data, programs, and partnerships
Guttmacher Institute
The Guttmacher Institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally. The Institute produces a wide range of resources on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and publishes two peer-reviewed journals, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and the public policy journal Guttmacher Policy Review.
Bedsider and Bedsider Providers
Bedsider Providers is the clinician and provider resource from Bedsider, a project of Power to Decide. Besider offers clients relevant, easy-to-understand information on sexual health and contraception. Bedsider Providers speaks to how providers can best serve clients. Bedsider also provides all their content in Spanish as well as in English.
Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFP)
Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFP) are recommendations from the CDC and the U. S. Office of Population Affairs on how to provide family planning services so that individuals can achieve their desired reproductive life goals.
The recommendations describe:
- What services should be offered in a family planning visit—i.e., contraceptive services, pregnancy testing and counseling, helping clients achieve pregnancy, basic infertility services, preconception health services, and STD services.
- How these services should be provided by drawing upon existing recommendations and filling gaps where needed.
- Services available for female and male clients and special populations, such as adolescents, and provide detailed guidance on contraceptive services.
- Using the family planning visit to provide selected preventive health services, such as breast and cervical cancer screening.
Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC)
The Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) works in collaboration with the Office of Population Affairs to address the needs of Title X family planning service grantees and providers. The primary purpose of the RHNTC is to ensure that personnel working in family planning have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to effectively deliver high-quality family planning services.
Clinical Training Center for Sexual & Reproductive Health (CTC-SRH)
The Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health (CTC-SRH) (formerly known as the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning (NCTCFP)) has been providing training and technical assistance to Title X clinical services providers for 17 years. Clinical training activities are consistently contextualized within a client-centered, inclusive, trauma-informed care background which protects the dignity of the individual, and ensures equitable and quality service provision.
The CTC-SRH strives to provide a variety of educational opportunities based on sound methodologies to support the professional development of Title X clinical services providers no matter where they are in their careers. New or less-experienced providers can access resources for basic sexual and reproductive health care provision, while experienced and highly-experienced providers can find the latest updates and the application of new research findings to maintain and strengthen their clinical practice.
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA)
The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) is a membership organization representing providers and administrators committed to helping people get the family planning education and care they need to make the best choices for themselves and their loved ones. NFPRHA works to enhance the ability of thousands of nurse practitioners, doctors, and other health professionals to provide high-quality family planning care through training and advocacy.