Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Bich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH
Dr. Bich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH, FAAFP is a teaching physician in Sugar Land, Texas. She received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her residency training in Family Medicine at Boston University.
2015 Policy Prescriptions® Symposium
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Doctor-Patient Relationship is Sacrosanct
Oppegaard et al. recently published results from a rigorous randomized-controlled trial comparing an in-person follow-up to home self-assessment after a medical abortion. They found that home self-assessment after early medical abortion is safe. Additionally, women who did not have the routine, Continue Reading …
Protecting Babies and Women’s Rights
Does protecting abortion rights paradoxically lower infant mortality rates? A new study from Health Affairs examined trends in US infant death rates between1960–1980, and though the hypothesis is provocative, the study’s level of evidence is limited due to its descriptive Continue Reading …
Is sex safer?
Emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, moderately effective option to prevent an unintended pregnancy. It is one of the FDA-approved, family planning options that health insurance plans are required to cover without any copayment through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Continue Reading …
Brenda’s Got A Baby
In 2013, the United States had the highest rate of teen births of all developed countries, with 274,641 girls aged 15-19 giving birth in that year alone. Only 38% of women who have a child before 18 years of age Continue Reading …
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