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The purpose of this study is to measure whether a training and education intervention for clinic staff and young women aged 18-25 on contraceptive methods, including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the implant, will result in greater contraceptive knowledge and access among students in community colleges.
In the US, young women aged 18-25 years have limited knowledge of contraception or pregnancy risks and often experience challenges in accessing reproductive health care. They have little familiarity with the full range of contraceptives, particularly long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) including the IUD and implant. This campus-level, multiple component intervention provides evidence-based contraceptive training and education to clinic staff and students in this age group attending community colleges in California and Texas.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive Training and Education | Experimental | Colleges assigned to this arm receive a one-day UCSF Continuing Medical Education (CME # MMC18087) accredited training on contraceptives and technical assistance. The training is for staff at the student health center and local health centers where they refer for contraceptive services. Students attending colleges assigned to this arm receive education about contraceptive methods and how to access services. |
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| Nutrition Education | Placebo Comparator | Students attending colleges assigned to this arm receive nutrition education about the impacts of sugar on health. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive Training and Education | Behavioral | Staff at the student health center and local health centers where they refer for contraceptive services will receive a CME-accredited education and training session and technical assistance. The one-day session emphasizes evidence-based and patient-centered contraceptive counseling and provision. Students attending colleges assigned to the intervention arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about contraceptive methods and where to access services. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in student knowledge of full range of contraceptive methods (questionnaire) | The outcome is measured by whether student knows of reversible methods including male condom, female condom, oral contraceptive pill, transdermal patch, vaginal ring, Depo-provera injectable, intrauterine device, subdermal implant, and emergency contraception. | Baseline, immediate post educational intervention session |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in student access to contraceptive services over 12 months, measured as whether student knows of or visited health services for contraceptives (questionnaire) | Baseline, 12 months | |
| Change in willingness to use long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) (questionnaire) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Unintended pregnancy incidence | The researchers will measure pregnancy through questionnaires and urine pregnancy tests. | 12 months |
| Certificate or degree completion (ordinal outcome including categories for on-time progression for graduation, delayed progression or dropout), measured by student report (questionnaire) |
Inclusion Criteria:
This study involves two groups of human subjects: students at 28 community colleges and staff at the student health center and referral clinics.
Students must be:
Clinic staff must:
For colleges to be eligible to be study sites, they must:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Cynthia C. Harper, PhD | University of California, San Francisco | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94118 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 17138775 | Background | Stanwood NL, Bradley KA. Young pregnant women's knowledge of modern intrauterine devices. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Dec;108(6):1417-22. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000245447.56585.a0. | |
| 22681426 | Background | Frost JJ, Lindberg LD, Finer LB. Young adults' contraceptive knowledge, norms and attitudes: associations with risk of unintended pregnancy. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2012 Jun;44(2):107-16. doi: 10.1363/4410712. Epub 2012 May 8. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
| ID | Term |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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| Placebo Nutrition Education | Behavioral | Students attending colleges assigned to the nutrition education arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about the impacts of sugar on health. |
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| Baseline, immediate post educational intervention session |
| Change in LARC use over 12 months (questionnaire) | Baseline, 12 months |
| Dual condom use at last sex, measured by student report of condom use together with another method of birth control at last vaginal sex (questionnaire) | Baseline, 6 months, 12 months |
| 12 months |
| Change in receipt of public assistance (questionnaire) | Baseline, 12 months |
| Likelihood of finding good job after college measured by questionnaire item asking student if she thinks she will find a good job after college (measured with Likert scale: very likely, likely, unlikely, very unlikely) | 12 months |
| Change in provider LARC practices (questionnaire) | Baseline, 12 months |
| Sub-analyses for change in student knowledge of full range of contraceptive methods (questionnaire) | The outcome is measured by whether student knows of reversible methods including male condom, female condom, oral contraceptive pill, transdermal patch, vaginal ring, Depo-provera injectable, intrauterine device, subdermal implant, and emergency contraception. The researchers will assess the outcome of student contraceptive knowledge by sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, parental education, health insurance, receipt of public assistance) and reproductive characteristics (parity, pregnancy intentions, male partner, prior contraceptive use). | Baseline, immediate post educational intervention session, 6 months |
| Sub-analyses for change in student access to contraceptive services over 12 months, measured as whether student knew of or visited health services for contraceptives (questionnaire) | The researchers will assess the outcome of contraceptive access by sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, parental education, health insurance, receipt of public assistance) and reproductive characteristics (parity, pregnancy intentions, male partner, prior contraceptive use). The researchers will also test interaction of the intervention with race/ethnicity, parental education, and health insurance. | Baseline, 12 months |
| Sub-analyses for changes in LARC use over 12 months, measured by whether student is using an IUD or implant (questionnaire) | The researchers will assess the outcome of LARC use over 12 months by sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, health insurance), reproductive characteristics (parity, pregnancy intentions, prior contraceptive use) and women's autonomy in contraceptive decision-making including perceptions of bias in education and counseling. | Baseline, 12 months |
| Sub-analyses for unintended pregnancy | The researchers will assess the outcome of unintended pregnancy by sociodemographic factors (age, race/ethnicity, parental education, health insurance, receipt of public assistance) and reproductive characteristics (parity, pregnancy intentions, male partner, prior contraceptive use). | 12 months |
| Sub-analyses for certificate or degree completion (ordinal outcome including categories for on-time progression for graduation, delayed progression or dropout), measured by student report (questionnaire) | The researchers will assess the ordinal educational outcome variable by age, race/ethnicity, parental education, and poverty. The researchers will also test interaction of the intervention with race/ethnicity, parental education, and poverty. | 12 months |
| Unintended pregnancy incidence | The researchers will measure pregnancy through questionnaires and urine pregnancy tests. | 3 years |
| Certificate or degree completion | 3 years |
| Change in receipt of public assistance (questionnaire) | Baseline, 3 years |
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