National center for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Mec 2016 provides evidencebased guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among u. Womens health 9 centers for disease control and prevention, us medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use and selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use preventive care and health screening 9. Contraception 2016 cdc medical eligibility criteria for. Std services also promote preconception health but are listed separately here to highlight their importance in the context of all types of family planning visits.
Weight bmi measurement is not needed to determine medical eligibility for any methods of contraception because all methods can be used us medical eligibility criteria 1 or generally can be used us medical eligibility criteria 2 among obese women. Us medical eligibility criteria wheel for contraceptive use. This executive summary contains all the new recommendations that will be incorporated into the fifth edition of the medical eligibility. Mec first published in 2010 and updated in 2016 provides evidencebased guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among u. Mec first published in 2010 and updated in 2016 provides evidencebased. This guidance includes recommendations for use of specific contraceptive methods by people with certain characteristics or medical conditions. Across the lifespan the new us cdc medical eligibility. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010 created date. Funded by the fsrh and developed over the last 18 months by our clinical effectiveness unit, this key guidance is informed by robust and uptodate evidence on when contraceptives can and cannot be safely used.
Cdc contraceptive guidance health care providers unintended. In july 2016, cdc released updates for the us medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use us mec and the us selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use us spr to help. Medical eligibility criteria exist in multiple formats described below to encourage greater use and access by medical professionals. The full print document of the us medical eligibility criteria is intended to describe in further detail the medical evidence for each recommendation. Pages 3,4 arranged alphabetically by disease state updated november 2016. Who medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use. For accessible version of the mec summary chart, please see the full recommendations here. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use pages 1,2 color coded in the left column to match the corresponding question of the oregon hormonal contraception selfscreening tool questionnaire. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use book. Covid19, guidance for community providers fact sheet. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use wikipedia. Ed, fnp, bc, faanp nurse practitioner for 36 years newton wellesley obgyn, newton, ma 20 lifetime achievement award, mcnp massachusetts coalition of nps.
Us medical eligibility criteria us mec for contraceptive. Palliative performance score of centers for disease control and prevention cdc subject. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use 5th ed. The uk mec helps clinicians decide what contraceptives they can safely recommend based on the medical conditions of patients in their care. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use summary chart of u. A great reference tool for health care providers who want to check a patients medical eligibility for various forms of contraception as they relate to absolute and relative contraindications. Development of the medical eligibility criteria for. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use keywords. The guide is designed to be used by the ccs program nursing staff, providers, and stakeholders. Medical eligibility criteria for initiating contraception. Checklists for family planning and related preventive.
Development of earlier editions of the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use. Across the lifespan the new us cdc medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use r. One of the best known and most important resources is the united states medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive us mec published by cdc in 2010. This wheel contains the medical eligibility criteria for starting use of contraceptive methods, based on medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 5th edition 2015, one of whos evidencebased guidelines. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010 author. Checklists for family planning and related preventive health. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010 keywords. Cdc contraception app, recommendations for the contraceptive. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2010. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc recently adapted global guidance on contraceptive use from the world health organization who to create the united states medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use mec. Explain the new cdc medical eligibility criteria for prescribing various contraceptive methods and medical conditions. Chccombined hormonal contraception pill, patch, and, ring.
The initial process involved comparing the eligibility criteria used by different agencies for various contraceptives, preparing summaries of published medical and epidemiological literature relevant to medical. Adaptation of the world health organizations medical. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use pages 1,2color coded in the left column to match the corresponding key. The goals of this program are to understand cdc recommendations regarding contraception for women with various conditions or medical concerns, and to detail the numeric scheme used to categorize the recommendations in the u. Centers for disease control and prevention cdc subject. Adapted from the world health organization medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 4th edition.
Consider cuiud win 5 days of unprotected intercourse. Mec comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by women and men who have certain characteristics or medical conditions. Update to us medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2016. Fsrh uk mec faculty of sexual and reproductive healthcare. Receiving a medical diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder for your child is an important step in identifying services that are deemed as a medical necessity and that can potentially be covered by certain insurance providers. This pdf contains the files necessary to print the mec wheel.
Condition subcondition cuiud lngiud implant dmpa pop chc. These guidelines are comprehensive and evidencebased recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by patients who have certain characteristics or medical conditions, which. It guides family planning providers in recommending safe and effective contraception methods for women with medical conditions. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2016 revised recommendations for the use of hormonal contraception among women at high risk for hiv infection. Suspected coronavirus or similar infection symptoms will be presumptively considered emergent care, but other eligibility criteria does need to be met in. Reproductive health access project medical eligibility for. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use fifth. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use. The recommendations in the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, fifth edition guidance were released during a global live facebook chat on 1 june 2015. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use executive summary 1 acknowledgements the world health organization who would like to thank the members of the guideline development group and the evidence secretariat for their contributions throughout the development of. Us medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, 2016 cdc. Part i development of the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use, fifth edition for pdf, 571kb 95 pages, pdf 848 kb part ii using the recommendations pdf, 1. The us medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use mec was first published in 2010 as an adaptation of the world health organization mec, to support clinicians in determining which contraceptive methods are considered safe among women with preexisting medical conditions or characteristics. Recommendations for use of subcutaneouslyadministered dmpasc.
Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use u. This document builds on a process initiated in 1994 to develop the first edition. Generally safelow risk, w the following exceptions category may vary if initiating vs continuing this method. Summary chart of us medical eligibility criteria for.
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