EXERCISES: PRACTICE INTEGRATION

EXERCISE 10.1

Purpose: These exercises will help you consider potential barriers and strategies for integrating reproductive health services into your practice and community.

1. List 3 barriers that you think you may encounter in trying to integrate reproductive health services into your practice. How might you address each?

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2. Who are the key decision makers you need to engage for starting services? How would you approach getting buy-in from your stakeholders or staff?

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3. If an administrator said that Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) couldn’t provide abortions, what would you say to them?

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4. How will you secure appropriate gynecologic or hospital back up for addressing occasional complications?

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