Women's Health Resources
This page offers information from the AAFP and other national organizations focused on women's health. You'll find clinical recommendations, continuing medical education, policies and papers, and patient education to help you care for women at every stage of their lives.
Pregnancy
Advocating for the Health and Well-Being of all Mothers | March for Moms
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Community Care Initiative | AIMCCI.org
Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy | AAFP
Cesarean Delivery: Counseling Issues and Complication Management | AAFP
Clinical Practice Guideline Executive Summary: Labor After Cesarean/Planned Vaginal Birth After Cesarean | Annals of Family Medicine
Clinical Practice Guideline: Planning for Labor and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean | AAFP
Elective, Non-medically Indicated Inductions of Labor or Cesarean Deliveries Before 39 Weeks - Choosing Wisely | AAFP
Family Physicians Provide Maternity Care to Hundreds of Thousands of Women | AAFP
Immunizations in Pregnancy: Updated Recommendations | AAFP
Inculcating Equity | AIMCCI.org
Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression | AAFP
Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: Recommendation Statement | AAFP
Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Issues | AAFP
Maternal Health | AAFP
Maternal Immunization Task Force for Pregnant Women: A Call to Action | AAFP
Maternal Mental Health Hotline | HRSA
Maternity Care Clinical Recommendations & Guidelines | AAFP
National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC) | For All Black Birthing People
Postpartum Depression: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management Programs 2000 through 2010 | AAFP
Pregnancy: Making Choices | familydoctor.org
Practice Manual: Addressing Alcohol and Other Substance Use
Striving for Birth Equity | AAFP
Striving for Birth Equity: Family Medicine's Role in Overcoming Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality | AAFP
Talking About Vaccines During Pregnancy | AAFP
Toolkits | Black Mamas Matter Alliance
Vaccines in Pregnancy: What Patients Need to Know
Vaccines in Pregnancy: What Family Physicians Need to Know
What Is Ectopic Pregnancy? Tubal Pregnancy | familydoctor.org
Perinatal Support Resources
In a two-podcast series, Dr. Keyona Oni offers discussion approaches and resources for treating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). Dr. Beth Oller shares guidance on screening and treating PMADs accompanied by an overview of treatment resources.
Supported by grants from Sage Therapeutics and Biogen.
Podcasts
Optimizing Postpartum Care | Dr. Keyona Oni: Prioritizing Perinatal Mental Health
Optimizing Postpartum Care | Dr. Beth Oller: Reducing Perinatal Mental Health Stigma
Resources
Postpartum Care Plan Template | AAFP
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Resource for Family Physicians | AAFP
Other Postpartum Resources
Advocate for Breastfeeding | AAFP
Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | USPSTF
Galactorrhea (Milk Discharge) | AAFP
Mastitis: What You Should Know | AAFP
Neonatology/Newborn Issues | AAFP
Postpartum Depression Toolkit | AAFP
Postpartum Depression | AAFP
Postpartum Medicaid/CHIP Toolkits | Equitable Maternal Health Coalition equitablemhc.org
Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Hear Her Campaign | CDC
Save Your Life: Post-birth Warning Signs (English) | AWHONN
Save Your Life: Post-birth Warning Signs (Spanish) | AWHONN
U.S. Breastfeeding Committee | usbreastfeeding.org
Obstetric Emergencies
Emergency Contraception
These new AAFP tools can help you navigate a difficult topic to make the right health care decisions for your patients.
Contraception
Birth Control Choices | reproductiveaccess.org
Contraceptive Care via Telehealth | reproductiveaccess.org
Evaluating and Treating Infertility | familydoctor.org
Family Planning and Contraception | AAFP
Infertility - Treatment and Causes | familydoctor.org
Natural Family Planning | familydoctor.org
Options After Fertility Treatments | familydoctor.org
Abortion Care
Abuse and Trauma
Communication Tips for Caring for Survivors of Sexual Assault | AAFP
Female Genital Mutilation | AAFP Policy
Human Trafficking | AAFP Policy
Intimate Partner Violence | AAFP Policy
Reparative or Conversion Therapy | AAFP Policy
Rights, Protections, and Support for Survivors of Sexual Assault | AAFP Policy
Sexual Assault as a Public Health Issue | AAFP Policy
Treatment of Survivors of Sexual Assault | AAFP Policy
Undetected Childhood Sexual Trauma and Its Health Effects in Adults | AAFP
Violence as a Public Health Concern | AAFP Policy
Violence Position Paper | AAFP
Dysfunction
Diagnosis and Treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction | AAFP
Dyspareunia in Women | AAFP Menstrual Disorders | AAFP
Sexually Transmitted Infections | AAFP
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Updated CDC Guidelines | AAFP
CDC Laboratory Recommendations for Syphilis Testing | CDC
Urinary Tract Infections/Dysuria | AAFP