Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is vital to a person’s health and wellbeing. It includes a wide range of healthcare services and interventions. The unique public-facing role of pharmacists provides opportunities to serve the needs of the community through the delivery of SRH services thereby improving access to care.
CPhA has created a toolkit that focuses on two types of SRH services: medication abortion and contraception, to support the provision of SRH services in pharmacies. The toolkit includes a variety of resources for both pharmacists and patients in their care and are designed to easily integrate into practice as the scope of practice of pharmacists across Canada continues to expand.
The toolkit contains the following practice resources to watch, download and print as required:
Resources for Pharmacists
Medication Abortion
Micro-learning videos:
What you need to know
Identifying red flags
Counselling points
Advantages and disadvantages compared
with a procedural abortion
Safe and stigma-free
pharmacy environments
- Algorithm: A roadmap for all pharmacists
- Infographic: myths and facts about medication abortion
- Webinar: 2020 Pharmacist counselling for medical abortion: Using the Pharmacist Checklist and Resource Guide
- Posters
Contraception
- Choosing tool: Factors to consider when counselling or prescribing
- Getting started with contraceptive services
- Assessment tool
- How to manage side effects
- How to manage contraceptive missed doses
- Contraceptive start methods
- Video: Preparing to provide hormonal contraception management
- Poster
Resources for Patients
Medication Abortion
- Posters
- Take home one-pager: what to expect when ending a pregnancy at home
- Infographic: myths and facts about medication abortion
Contraception