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INTRODUCTION: Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is a feasible solution to reduce unintended pregnancy and abortion rates. Nonetheless, the worldwide prevalence of LARC remains low. The LARC uptake depends heavily on healthcare workers because every LARC insertion requires a clinician's visit, and they are a trusted source of contraceptive information. The study is aimed to explore the trend and distributions of global publications related to LARC and healthcare workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Articles related to LARC and healthcare workers were retrieved from the Scopus database. Eligible publications were limited to research articles, reviews, and conference papers published in the English language with no date restriction. The bibliometric data was analysed using Biblioshiny to obtain distributions in terms of the number of publications, journals, countries, institutions, citations, and keywords. RESULTS: A total of 681 eligible publications related to LARC and healthcare workers were retrieved from the Scopus database between 1967 to 2022. The number of publications was low for the first four decades but increased steadily from 2010 onwards. The leading country in this research area was the United States of America and the majority of the most productive institutions were from this country. Half of the frequently cited publications highlighted healthcare workers' bias, attitude, and practice on LARC provision to clients. CONCLUSION: This bibliometric analysis can guide scholars to understand the global overview of research about LARC and healthcare workers. It may be useful for health practitioners and researchers who are interested in exploring this research area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several articles of information are provided including a call for conference papers, a book award, a website review, exhibition reviews, book reviews and a list of members of the Texas State Historical Association. The article reviews the exhibition titled "United States Military Uniforms from the Permanent Collection" at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) in Canyon, Texas from January 26, 2013 through January 4, 2014. The article also reviews the books "Born on the Island: The Galveston We Remember," by Eugene Aubry, "Texas Furniture," by Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren and a foreword by Miss Ima Hogg, and "Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe," by Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, with introductions by Rebecca A. Senf and Stephen J. Pyne.

The article presents information on a symposium titled "The Color of the Economic Crisis: Exploring the Downturn from the Bottom Up" held in Denver, Colorado, in October 2010. It informs that the global financial crisis that began in 2008 affected subordinated communities in the U.S. It also informs that the papers presented in the symposium focused on approaches to consider the impact of the economic crisis.

The article presents the selected papers for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group to be held in Ottawa, Ontario from November 9-13. Among the papers chosen focus on topics lie primary healthcare improvement, patient-centered medical home patient benefits and patient engagement intervention. The factors for the qualification of these papers such as excellence, relevance and overall impact are also mentioned.