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GAPS in Family Planning Care

Bruce Ferguson, MD
New Mexico Medical Group PC Albuquerque

Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(8):655-656.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

I read with great interest the article by Dietrich et al1 in the February issue of the ARCHIVES on the preventive GAPS (goal setting, assessment, planning, and start-up) approach to improving preventive care in office practice. We at the Presbyterian Hospital System in Albuquerque, NM, have identified one area—family planning and the prevention of unintended pregnancy— that merits a systematic approach to prevention, and the GAPS approach may be a useful tool for us. I am writing to thank the authors for describing this approach, but also to encourage them and others to consider the prevention of unintended pregnancy as an additional goal that may be of value in improving health2 and lowering health care costs.

The goal of reducing rates of unintended pregnancy has been supported by several national groups3,4 and task forces' and is a worthwhile area for improvement. Improvement in this area is also . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]






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