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Natural Family Planning and its Available Mobile Applications
✍️Angelica Dator

Did you know?
Family Planning pertains to all decisions a person or a couple make of they want to have children, when or how. Counseling and health teachings plays a vital role in supporting intended pregnancy and contraception based on one's desire and condition in life.

Three Elements of Family Planning:
1. Proper Spacing
2. Timing
3. Number

Natural Family Planning - pertains to a method that does not introduce any chemicals or foreign substance to the body to avoid conception. The following are some natural methods that may help a couple:
1. Abstinence
2. Calendar Rhythm Method
3. Basal Body Temperature Method (BBT)
4. Cervical Mucus Method (CMM)
5. Symptothermal Method
6. Ovulation Detection
7. Lactation Amenorrhea Method
8. Cycle Beads Method

Mobile Applications that may Help:
1. Natural Cycle - for BBT
2. Ovia Fertility & Cycle Tracking - for BBT, CMM
3. Clue - Tracks period and ovulation

References:
Pilliterri, A., & Silbert-Flagg, J. (2017). Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family (8th ed.). LWW.
Kassel, G. (2021, November 30). 5 Birth Control Apps You Can Use to Track Your Cycle. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control-apps

Do you know what a patient portal is?

An electronic healthcare record feature, called Patient Portal, replaces the Personal Health Record. A Patient Portal is a secure online site where a patient accesses his or her health information and communicates with the healthcare provider team. Access to the Patient Portal requires username and password. The portal is accessible anytime and anywhere the patient has Internet access. Through the patient portal, patients can view physician consultations, laboratory and radiological results, medications, and allergies.
In addition, health care providers may provide patients with reminders about physical exams, upcoming appointments, medication refills, and billing information. A new feature in the Patient Portal is Electronic Visits. Using electronic visits, patients can consult their health care providers about non-emergent health conditions. Patient Portal and Personal Health Record are sometimes used interchangeably. There is an important difference. A personal health record is checked by the patient. No one, including the provider, can access it without permission. In contrast, Patient Portal is available for providers to upload information.

Reference: Sava, V. K. (2021). Essentials of Nursing Informatics: 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education eBooks

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