This page includes publications on measurement and the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) measure, news articles and op-eds published on the PCCC, and additional readings that provide context on topics such as person-centeredness. If a publication linked or included on this page is not accessible, please contact us for access. 

Foundational Publications

• Prioritizing Patient Experience: Validation of the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Measure as a Performance Measure. Contraception. 2023 Mar 17; 110010. Dehlendorf C, Vittinghoff E, Silverstein I, Fox E, Logan R, Reed R, Jones DH. PMID: 36934954. 
• Prioritizing Patient Experience: Validation of the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Measure as a Performance Measure. Contraception. 2023 Mar 17; 110010. Dehlendorf C, Vittinghoff E, Silverstein I, Fox E, Logan R, Reed R, Jones DH. PMID: 36934954. 
• Development of the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling scale (PCCC), a short form of the Interpersonal Quality of Family Planning care scale. Contraception. 2021 05; 103(5):310-315. Dehlendorf C, Fox E, Silverstein IA, Hoffman A, Campora Pérez MP, Holt K, Reed R, Hessler D. PMID: 33508252. 
• Development of a patient-reported measure of the interpersonal quality of family planning care. Contraception. 2018 Jan; 97(1):34-40. Dehlendorf C, Henderson JT, Vittinghoff E, Steinauer J, Hessler D. PMID: 28935217. 
• Performance measures for contraceptive care: what are we actually trying to measure? Contraception. 2015 Jun; 91(6):433-7. Dehlendorf C, Bellanca H, Policar M. PMID: 25677992. 

PCCC in Practice for Quality Improvement

• Advancing Equitable, Person-Centered Contraceptive Care Using Data-Driven Quality Improvement. JABFM. 2025. 38(5): 781-801. PMID: 41419340.
• Heeding lessons of our past: Centering sociohistorical context and health equity in efforts to expand contraceptive access. Wingo E, Gibson L, Dehlendorf C. Contraception. 2025. 155:111270. PMID: 41106794.
• Evaluation of patient experiences with contraceptive counseling during the South Carolina Choose Well contraceptive access initiative. Smith MG, Zeng L, Khoury AJ. Contraception. 2025. 155:111246. PMID: 41638791
• Testing the validity and reliability of the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) Performance Measure in a real-world contraceptive access program. Shea M, Decker E, LeRoy L, Winter M. Contraception. 2023. 123:110039. PMID: 37030339.

• Using the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC) Measure for Quality Improvement. Contraception. 2023 Apr 12; 110040. Jones EJ, Dehlendorf C, Kriz R, Grzeniewski M, Decker E, Eikner D. PMID: 37059346. 

   

 PCCC in State and National Research

• Adolescents' and Young Adults' Receipt of Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling. Whitfield B. Wilkinson TA, Lindberg LD. JAMA Network Open. 2025. 8(12):e2551287. PMID: 41632157.

• Differential associations between experiences of contraceptive care and subsequent contraceptive access and preferences among family planning patients by racial and ethnic identity: Evidence from Arizona, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Kavanaugh M, Haas M, Douglas-Hall A. PLOS One. 2024. 19(10):e0312111. PMID: 39392846.

• The status of person-centered contraceptive care in the United States: Results from a nationally representative sample. Wingo E, Sarnaik S, Michel M, Hessler-Jones D, Frederiksen B, Kavanaugh ML, Dehlendorf C. Perspectives in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2023. 55(3):129-139. PMID: 37654244

• Association of Title X clinic status with receipt of person-centered contraceptive counseling: A population-based study. Hansen K. Boniface ER, Darney BG. Contraception. 2022. 115:36-43. PMID: 35995325.

• Women's experiences with person-centered family planning care: Differences by socioeconomic characteristics. Welti K. Manlove J. Fiocharo J. Faccio B. Kim L. Contraception X. 2022. 24:4:100081/ PMID: 35965653.

   

Background on Contraceptive Care Performance Measurement 

• Evolving Contraceptive Care Performance Measures for Quality Improvement to Promote Patient-Centered Contraceptive Access. Dehlendorf C, Wingo E. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 2025. 53(1):107-120. PMID: 41692532
• Contraceptive Care Performance Measures to Advance Patient-Centered Care. Dehlendorf C, Wingo E, Hessler-Jones D.JABFM. 2025. 38(5): 921-926. PMID: 41491556.
• Future directions in performance measures for contraceptive care: a proposed framework. Contraception. 2017 09; 96(3):138-144. Gavin LE, Ahrens KA, Dehlendorf C, Frederiksen BN, Decker E, Moskosky S. PMID: 28666795. 

• Performance measures for contraceptive care: what are we actually trying to measure? Contraception. 2015 Jun; 91(6):433-7. Dehlendorf C, Bellanca H, Policar M. PMID: 25677992. 

   

  PCCC in the News 

• 6 Principles To Support Comprehensive Contraceptive Care. May 2, 2023. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/6-principles-to-support-comprehensive-contraceptive-care/   
• Advancing Access to Contraception in States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling. March 29, 2023. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/advancing-access-to-contraception-in-states-through-quality-measures-and-person-centered-contraceptive-counseling/  
• Fact Sheet: Advancing Contraceptive Access in the States Through Quality Measures and Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling. Feb. 28, 2023. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheet-advancing-contraceptive-access-in-the-states-through-quality-measures-and-person-centered-contraceptive-counseling/   

Additional Readings  

• Elevating the patient voice in contraceptive care quality improvement: A qualitative study of patient preferences for peripartum contraceptive care. Contraception. 2023 Feb 02; 109960. Minns A, Dehlendorf C, Peahl AF, Heisler M, Owens LE, van Kainen B, Bonawitz K, Moniz MH. PMID: 36736716. 
• Reproductive Life Planning and Patient-Centered Care: Can the Inconsistencies be Reconciled? Matern Child Health J. 2019 07; 23(7):869-870. Callegari LS, Aiken ARA, Dehlendorf C, Borrero S. PMID: 31152282. 
• An in-depth analysis of the use of shared decision making in contraceptive counseling. Contraception. 2019 03; 99(3):187-191. Chen M, Lindley A, Kimport K Dehlendorf C. PMID: 30471263. 
• Contraceptive Counseling in Clinical Settings: An Updated Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2018 11; 55(5):677-690. Zapata LB, Pazol K, Dehlendorf C, Curtis KM, Malcolm NM, Rosmarin RB, Frederiksen BN. PMID: 30342631; PMCID: PMC6613590. 
• Client Preferences for Contraceptive Counseling: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2018 11; 55(5):691-702. Fox E, Reyna A, Malcolm NM, Rosmarin RB, Zapata LB, Frederiksen BN, Moskosky SB, Dehlendorf C. PMID: 30342632; PMCID: PMC6655529. 
• Addressing potential pitfalls of reproductive life planning with patient-centered counseling. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Feb; 216(2):129-134. Callegari LS, Aiken AR, Dehlendorf C, Cason P, Borrero S. PMID: 27776920. 
• Provider self-disclosure during contraceptive counseling. Contraception. 2017 Feb; 95(2):161-166. McLean M, Steinauer J, Schmittdiel J, Chan P, Dehlendorf C. PMID: 27642154; PMCID: PMC5239732. 
• Shared decision making in contraceptive counseling. Contraception. 2017 May; 95(5):452-455. Dehlendorf C, Grumbach K, Schmittdiel JA, Steinauer J. PMID: 28069491; PMCID: PMC5466847. 
• Quality and Content of Patient-Provider Communication About Contraception: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status. Women's Health Issues. 2017 Sep - Oct; 27(5):530-538. Dehlendorf C, Anderson N, Vittinghoff E, Grumbach K, Levy K, Steinauer J. PMID: 28601368. 
• Association of the quality of interpersonal care during family planning counseling with contraceptive use. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 07; 215(1):78.e1-9. Dehlendorf C, Henderson JT, Vittinghoff E, Grumbach K, Levy K, Schmittdiel J, Lee J, Schillinger D, Steinauer J. PMID: 26827879. 
• Racial and ethnic differences in women's preferences for features of contraceptive methods. Contraception. 2016 05; 93(5):406-11. Jackson AV, Karasek D, Dehlendorf C, Foster DG. PMID: 26738619. 
• Contraceptive counseling: best practices to ensure quality communication and enable effective contraceptive use. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Dec; 57(4):659-73. Dehlendorf C, Krajewski C, Borrero S. PMID: 25264697; PMCID: PMC4216627. 
• A qualitative analysis of approaches to contraceptive counseling. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2014 Dec; 46(4):233-40. Dehlendorf C, Kimport K, Levy K, Steinauer J. PMID: 25040686; PMCID: PMC4487742.