This episode features Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH; Sadia Haider, MD, MPH; and Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD discussing the benefits of supporting self-administration of DMPA, the practical ways clinicians can offer their support, and how clinicians can overcome common challenges for supporting self-administration of DMPA.

Additional resources:

• Science Says – DMPA-SC
• Society of Family Planning committee consensus on self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
• NCTCFP toolkit: User-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SC)
• NFPRHA:  Self-administration of injectable contraception
• “This is How I Teach” DMPA-SC video
• Patient-facing resources:
  • RHAP: Depo-Provera Sub-Q User Guide
  • Bedsider: Depo SubQ: The do-it yourself birth control shot