Research

Research and Scholarship in NFP
For the past five years, Marquette University College of Nursing INFP has developed and presented a yearly scholarly National NFP Conference. In 2002, the INFP collaborated with the Diocesan Development Program (DDP) of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to provide a National NFP Conference titled "Integrating Faith and Science Through Natural Family Planning." The conference was held on June 21-23, 2002 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. National and international experts in NFP presented scientific and scholarly papers on NFP and related topics. A proceedings book of the conference is available through the Marquette University Press.

The Marquette University College of Nursing INFP also collaborates with the DDP/USCCB in editing and writing current medical research (CMR), a supplement of the NFP forum. CMR is published biannually through the DDP/NFP, USCCB. http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/cmr.shtml

“The staff of the INFP has completed a multi-site effectiveness and satisfaction of use research project, results of this project can be found at http://www.marquette.edu/nursing/NFP/Publications.shtml.  At this time a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of an online NFP education and service program for couples administered by professional nurses at Marquette University began  April 14, 2008 and is ongoing.  Please refer to http://nfp.marquette.edu for more information”.

Professional Innovative NFP Services
Marquette University College of Nursing has been providing professional services in NFP since 1985. In 1999 a new method of NFP was developed at Marquette University that integrates new technology (the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor - Unipath Diagnostics) with traditional natural biological markers of fertility. http://www.clearplan.com

The ClearPlan/Clearblue monitor is a hand-held device used to measure urinary female hormones that can help a woman confidently determine her fertile time. The Marquette Model of NFP is currently being evaluated in a number of cities in the United States including Milwaukee, Madison, Atlanta and Saint Louis.