Prior to 2016, there were no validated quality measures related to contraceptive care. To address this gap, stakeholders developed measures to assess provision to all people in need of and client experience with contraceptive services. Between 2013-2019, the National Contraceptive Quality Measures Workgroup brought together experts from the family planning and sexual health services field to help develop and disseminate nationally recognized quality measures related to contraceptive services. 

Re-imagined in 2022, the National Contraceptive Quality Measures Workgroup currently focuses on sharing information and lessons learned from the multitude of past and current activities, with an explicit focus on implementation, appropriate use, and policy. NFPRHA serves as the convener of the National Contraceptive Quality Measures Workgroup and its ad hoc subcommittees. To learn more, please contact Elizabeth Jones, Senior Director of Service Delivery Improvement, at ejones@nfprha.org. 

Guidance Documents

• Contraceptive Care Performance Measures: Guidance for Health Care Providers: This resource offers guidance to teams at the health center and health care organization levels about how to use performance measures to assess and improve the quality of contraceptive care, with emphasis on use of the contraceptive care provision measures with the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) measure.
• Promoting Patient-Centered, Equity-Focused Contraceptive Measures: This document clarifies and highlights how quality measures contribute to the provision of family planning and sexual health services, including their relationship to equity, justice, patient centeredness, and other quality measures.