UCSF College Health Study: A Cluster Randomized Trial on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Contraception
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Enrollment
- 2086
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in student knowledge of full range of contraceptive methods (questionnaire)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 months ago
Overview
Brief 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.
Detailed Description
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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:
- •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
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students and clinic staff will be excluded if they do not meet the inclusion criteria.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in student knowledge of full range of contraceptive methods (questionnaire)
Time Frame: Baseline, immediate post educational intervention session
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.
Secondary Outcomes
- 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)(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)