This study is in progress, not accepting new patients

UCSF College Health Study on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges

a study on Contraception

Summary

Eligibility
for females ages 18-25 (full criteria)
Location
at San Francisco, California
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Cynthia C. Harper, PhD
Headshot of Cynthia C. Harper
Cynthia C. Harper

Description

Summary

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.

Official Title

UCSF College Health Study: A Cluster Randomized Trial on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges

Details

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.

Keywords

Contraception, Hormonal contraception, Long-acting reversible contraception, Condoms, Emergency contraception, Family planning services, Contraceptive Agents, Contraceptive Training and Education

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to females ages 18-25

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:

  • Female;
  • Age 18-25;
  • Speaks English;
  • Sexually active (vaginal sex with a male partner) in the last year;
  • Not currently pregnant;
  • Does not want to become pregnant in the next 12 months;
  • At risk of pregnancy (including not sterilized);
  • Enrolled in the current term at the participating community college;
  • First-time college students, meaning no college enrollment prior to the current academic year; and
  • Willing to be contacted by email and telephone over the next 12 months.

Clinic staff must:

  • Be employed by a participating clinic; and
  • Offer clinical care, counseling or education for contraception at the clinic.

For colleges to be eligible to be study sites, they must:

  • Be an accredited community college;
  • Not share health center staff with a participating college site;
  • Have no active LARC intervention; and
  • Enroll students ages 18-25 years.

You CAN'T join if...

  • Students and clinic staff will be excluded if they do not meet the inclusion criteria.

Location

  • UCSF
    San Francisco California 94118 United States

Lead Scientist at UCSF

  • Cynthia C. Harper, PhD
    Cynthia C. Harper, PhD, is a Professor in Residence in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and is the Director of the UCSF-Kaiser Permanente BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health) K12 scholar training program. She is a member of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health Executive Committee.

Details

Status
in progress, not accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT03519685
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
About 2086 people participating
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