@article{7d150e06fdda4a9e8c9f4e0c40ab43e5,
title = "Contraception as a medical countermeasure to reduce adverse outcomes associated with zika virus infection in Puerto Rico: The Zika contraception access network program",
abstract = "The Zika Contraception Access Network established a network of 153 physicians across Puerto Rico as a short-term emergency response during the 2016-2017 Zika virus outbreak to provide client-centered contraceptive counseling and same-day contraception services at no cost for women who chose to prevent pregnancy. Between May 2016 and August 2017, 21 124 women received services. Contraception was used as a medical countermeasure to reduce adverse Zika-related reproductive outcomes during the outbreak and may be considered a key strategy in other emergencies.",
author = "Lisa Romero and Koonin, {Lisa M.} and Zapata, {Lauren B.} and Stacey Hurst and Zipatly Mendoza and Eva Lathrop and Nabal Bracero and Frey, {Meghan T.} and Simmons, {Katharine B.} and Berry-Bibee, {Erin N.} and Jackie Rosenthal and Laura Angel and Reema Bhakta and Turquoise Sidibe and Ricardo Torres and Linette Sanchez and Claritsa Malave and Alicia Suarez and Pierina Cordero and Pierce Nelson and Verla Neslund and Rachel Powell and Melissa Bennett and Judith Monroe and Jamieson, {Denise J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. (CDC Foundation) was made possible by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The CDC Foundation also secured large-scale donations, offers of contraceptive products, support tools, and services from Bayer, Allergan, Medicines360, Americares and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc, Merck & Co Inc, Mylan, The Pfizer Foundation, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Church & Dwight Co Inc, RB, Power to Decide (formerly The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy), Upstream USA, and MarketVision, Culture Inspired Marketing. The Zika Contraception Access Network (Z-CAN) would not have been possible without technical assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Z-CAN Program Development Working Group: The development and rapid scale-up of the Z-CAN intervention would not have been possible without the important leadership, technical, or programmatic role of the following: Nabal Bracero, MD, Meghan T. Frey, MA, MPH, Katharine B. Simmons, MD, MPH, Erin N. Berry-Bibee, MD, MPH, Jackie Rosenthal, MPH, Laura Angel, Reema Bhakta, MPA, Turquoise Sidibe, MPH, Ricardo Torres, JD, Linette Sanchez, JD, Claritsa Malave, MD, Alicia Suarez, MA, Pierina Cordero, MPH, Pierce Nelson, Verla Neslund, JD, Rachel Powell, PhD, MPH, Melissa Bennett, MPH, Judith Monroe, MD, and Denise J. Jamieson, MD. We acknowledge the contributions to the Z-CAN program (in alphabetical order): Tanya Alvarez, Wanda D. Barfield, MD, MPH, HeatherClayton, PhD, MPH, Darielys Cordero, DrPH, Kathryn M. Curtis, PhD, Maria del Carmen Vidal, Romeo R. Galang, MD, MPH, Luis Garcia, Tochukwu Igbo, JD, Charlan Kroelinger, PhD, Kinzie Lee, MPH, Rui Li, PhD, Von Nguyen, MD, MPH, Karen Pazol, PhD, Ruth Perou, PhD, Brenda Rivera, Maria Rivera, MPH, Stephanie Rivera, MPH, Wendy Ruben, MS, Melody Stevens, MA, Claire Stinson, Brandon Talley, MPH, Naomi Tepper, MD, MPH, Ruben Torrez, Yari Vale, MD, Susanna N. Visser, DrPH, Lee Warner, PhD, and Maura Whitman, PhD. We would also like to acknowledge the collaborative contributions of (in alphabetical order) the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; the Beyond the Pill Program at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; Health Resources and Services Administration; Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Regional Operations; PowertoDecide; the Puerto Rico Department of Health; Puerto Rico Obstetrics and Gynecology; the Puerto Rico Primary Care Association; and Upstream USA. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
doi = "10.2105/AJPH.2018.304558",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "108",
pages = "S227--S230",
journal = "American journal of public health",
issn = "0090-0036",
publisher = "American Public Health Association Inc.",
}