Using Focus Group to Explore Cultural Acceptability of Long Acting Contraception in a Diverse, Urban Population.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 64
- 试验地点
- 7
- 主要终点
- Level of acceptance of contraception among diverse women
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to learn what women of childbearing age think of Long Acting Reversible Contraception. A variety of myths regarding LARCs have been described in the literature. This study is designed to asses women's cultural belief's regarding LARCs. Investigators are looking to collect information from women in general, rather than solely who are seeking contraception. Investigators will be recruiting women ages 18-45 years from seven family health centers affiliated with UPMC. Participants will be asked to a attend a 60-90 minutes focus group session. During the session the facilitator will try to engage participants in a discussion about contraception in general. They will also be asked to complete a short demographic survey of 8-12 questions. Data from focus groups will be assessed for recurring themes which will be used to create a cultural survey instrument that will be used in the second phase of the study.
详细描述
Following approval by the University of Pittsburgh institutional review board (IRB), female participants between 18 and 45 years of age seeking care for contraception or other women's health services were recruited from seven Family Health Centers (FHCs) partnered with the Department of Family Medicine. The participants agreed to participate in one 2 hour facilitated focus group session (recorded for later transcription) to discuss their perceptions about contraception.
Recordings were transcribed and de-identified. The resulting texts were coded by a team. Concepts and themes that arose from the coding were analyzed to inform the development of a survey on the topic of perspectives on contraception.
Qualitative analysis of the transcripts and coding was carried out and results were shared in pubic fora.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18-45 years
- •Not pregnant
排除标准
- •Pregnancy
结局指标
主要结局
Level of acceptance of contraception among diverse women
时间窗: Three months
Level of acceptance: 1-Totally not accepted 2-May accept 3-Neither accept/not accept 4-Accept with preservation 5-Totally accept
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jeannette E. South-Paul
Andrew W. Mathieson UPMC Professor and Chair
University of Pittsburgh