Increasing Access to Reproductive Healthcare & Services

One Key Question® Final Report

At the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) annual conference in November 2016, the community health committee and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reached a consensus that access to contraception, specifically Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC), was a priority for Texas. The committee started looking at models to use for a quality improvement (QI) project that can address education and linkage to reproductive care. One Key Question® (OKQ) was identified as a fit given that the model was evidence-based, had been implemented in many clinics around the U.S., and was endorsed by several prominent national health organizations.

The initiative concluded in 2019. A final report is now available to download.

Myth vs. Fact


Consent for Tubal Ligation

Webinars

Power to Decide and the Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) hosted this webinar on contraception updates/counseling. The webinar provides training to family medicine physicians, general practitioners, and other non-OB clinicians on discussing contraception options with their patients. It is led by Robin Watkins, CNM, WHNP-BC. Robin is the Director of Healthcare at Power to Decide.

 
 

Funders and Partners

The committee consulted with Power to Decide (also known as the National Campaign to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy). This organization has the exclusive rights on all OKQ activities, training, agreement and licenses in the United States outside of the state of Oregon. 

Committee

Community Health

Project Lead

Nagla Elerian, MS, Director of Population Health Strategic Initiatives, UT System

Chairs

June Hanke, MSN, MPH, Harris Health System
Janet Jones, MPH, CHES, Waco-McLennan County Public Health District