FAMILY PLANNING: A service to assist couples to plan the size of their family.

Cancer Screening
Condoms
Contraception
Emergency Contraception (ECP)
Pregnancy Testing and Referral for Care
Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Services
Laboratory Services
Clinics
Mammograms
 
Family Planning is not a modern Concept. For centuries woman have been seeking methods to prevent and or to space pregnancies. Although most birth control or contraceptive methods are used by women, men are just as involved. Contraception seems to work best when a woman and man choose a method and use it together.

THE LOUISVILLE AREA FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM:
offers several methods of birth control, screening examinations and pregnancy testing; offers preconceptional risk screening and counseling to increase the chances of a healthy baby.

Family planning services are available at many of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness and Partner Agency clinic sites to those women who have had an appointment with one of our clinicians. The cost of the examination and birth control supplies is based on a sliding fee scale.

Minors can receive services and supplies without parental consent.

Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness and Partner Agencies Family Planning Sites

• Abstinence
• Male & Female Condoms
• Depo Provera – "The Shot". A hormone injected in arm of female by a medical person
• Natural Family Planning
• Vaginal Diaphragm & Contraceptive Jel
• Nuva Ring
• Vaginal Foam Spermicide
• Ortha Evra Patch
• Oral Contraceptive - "The Pill" (for female)
• IUD-through referral
• Emergency Contraceptive Pills
• Male and Female Sterilization-through referral
   

BOOKLET: "Family Planning Program"

Which includes:

• Where Can I Go For Family Planning Services?
• Birth Control Facts
• Sterilization For Women
• Vasectomy (Male Sterilization)
• Understanding how pregnancy happens
• Breast Self-Exam

To receive a pamphlet call the

Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
400 E. Gray Street
502-574-6532

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

If you have had sex without birth control or your birth control method failed, within the past 5 days, you can use the emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) to reduce your risk of pregnancy. If you had sex without birth control more than 5 days ago, you may be able to have an IUD inserted to prevent pregnancy.
Contact your private physician or one of the following health centers.

• Louisville Metro Health Dept. 574-6661
• U of L Student Health Center (if you are a U of L student)– Belknap Campus 852-6479
• Planned Parenthood of Kentucky 584-2473
• Emergency Contraception HOT LINE 1-888-NOT-2-LATE

The ECP is the most common type of emergency birth control. ECPs contain the hormones estrogen and progestin. ECPs can be used for up to 5 days after unprotected sex. They reduce the chances of pregnancy by 75%.

The minipill is the second most common type of emergency birth control. It contains progestin but no estrogen. Minipills can be used for up to 2 days (48 hours) after unprotected sex. They reduce the chances of getting pregnant by 75%..

How do they work? ECPs can prevent pregnancy by temporarily keeping a woman's ovaries from releasing eggs. They also may stop fertilization or stop a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. ECPs will not work if you are already pregnant. ECPs are not the same as abortion pills, which would be taken after you miss a period. ECPs are not for regular use because they are not as effective as regular birth control methods and they do not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases.

A third type of emergency birth control is a copper-T IUD. It must be inserted by a health care provider. The IUD can be inserted up to 7 days (168 hours ) after unprotected sex. An IUD reduces the chances of getting pregnant by (99%). The IUD then can be left in place for up to 10 years as a long-term method of birth control.

Department of Public Health and Wellness Offering Free and Low-cost Mammograms and  Pregnancy Testing

The LMPHW, in conjunction with the Louisville and Jefferson County Partnership for Cancer Control is offering free and reduced-cost screening mammograms and clinical breast exams to women over age 40. Phone 574-6660 to see if you qualify and to make an appointment.

Any woman age 40 or over who does not have health insurance and who has not had a mammogram in the past 12 months may be eligible for a free mammogram and clinical breast exam. Other cancer screening services, such as Pap smears are being offered at health centers.

Every woman should have a baseline mammogram at age 40 and should have a screening mammogram every year thereafter. Mammograms should begin at an even younger age if a first degree relative (mother, sister, or daughter) has had breast cancer. All women 40 and older should do a breast self-examination monthly and should have a clinical breast exam each year.

The LMPHW is also offering pregnancy testing at its Health Clinics throughout the community.

Phone the center nearest you to make an appointment.