<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hoppes, Emily</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rademacher, Kate H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wilson, Lucy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mahajan, Tanya Dargan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wilson, Katrina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sommer, Marni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solomon, Marsden</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lathrop, Eva</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strengthening Integrated Approaches for Family Planning and Menstrual Health</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Global Health: Science and Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023-10-30 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e2300080</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00080</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Key MessagesThe family planning (FP) and menstrual health (MH) fields share goals and areas of work, serve similar populations, and have the potential to learn from and enhance one another, but they are not effectively integrated, which can result in missed opportunities to improve individuals' health, well-being, and dignity.Integrating FP and MH ensures that both FP and MH commodities and services are provided under a single programmatic umbrella that may include both same-day, co-located services and referral-based approaches.Potential ways to integrate FP and MH include (1) improving education and awareness; (2) integrating delivery of FP and MH commodities and services within health systems; (3) improving integrated counseling on FP and MH; (4) including evidence-based methods that rely on menstrual tracking in FP method provision; (5) addressing the issue of menstrual status as a barrier to FP; (6) including contraceptives as an option for managing menstrual disorders and pain; (7) implementing social and behavior change communication and advocacy for stakeholder engagement; and (8) strengthening national policies and guidelines.Family planning (FP) and menstrual health (MH) are closely related fields that are often not effectively integrated, which can result in missed opportunities to improve the health, well-being, and dignity of individuals. Many actors in the field have long touted MH education and programs as a key entry point for broader reproductive health efforts, especially among adolescents.1,2 Likewise, those working in FP recognize the impact of contraceptives on menstruation and the need for counseling and education to address this issue.3 Recent work has brought together experts from the fields of both FP and MH.3,4 In breaking down silos between these 2 fields, a growing interest in the topic of FP-MH integration has emerged. Experts agree that greater efforts should be made to proactively link FP …</style></abstract></record></records></xml>