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Reproductive Health and Health Care Providers

 

-Why do I need a PCP? -Check-Ups
-How to Find a PCP -Confidentiality
-Health Plans current guideReproductive Health
-Qualifications of PCPs -I Don't Like My PCP
-Deciding on a PCP -When to Visit?

 

Do all PCPs' also see adolescents and young women for reproductive health issues or Pap smears?

Some PCPs' do, but not all. You should discuss any reproductive health questions with your provider. If your provider does not see adolescents and young women for reproductive health issues, menstrual problems, contraception, pregnancy, or Pap smears, she/he will help you find someone that does. This might be a gynecologist or an adolescent medicine specialist in your community. If you are referred to a gynecologist, check to make sure she/he is an expert in providing care to teens. If it's important to you, make sure he/she provides confidential care (be prepared to ask those confidentiality questions again), contraception, and STD screening. You might also want to make sure that he/she gives impartial pregnancy counseling, meaning he/she gives you all the facts and discusses all of the issues so you can make an informed decision about what you want to do.

 

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Written by the Center for Young Women's Health Staff

 

Updated 11/20/2008

 

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