Influence of Peer Mentoring on Adolescent Contraceptive Decision Making

NCT02157285 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 816769
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 110
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, randomized-controlled trial in which subjects will be randomized to receive either routine contraceptive counseling or peer mentoring plus routine contraceptive counseling.

Conditions

Peer Counseling; LARC Desire

Keywords

Unintended pregnancy in adolescence; LARC; contraception

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of study participants who chose long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) after all contraceptive counseling was done.

  This data was obtained by the number of participants who chose to have an IUD or Implant inserted after counseling at their clinic visit.

  at enrollment/baseline visit

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Number of participants who maintained LARC uptake

  4 months from enrollment/baseline visit

• Number of participants who maintained a positive opinion of LARC method as their primary choice for birth control

  4 months after enrollment/baseline visit.

Study Arms (2)

Routine Counseling

NO INTERVENTION

Subjects randomized to receive routine counseling before selecting a method of contraception

Peer Mentor counseling

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects randomized to receive peer counseling before selecting a method of contraception

Behavioral: Peer Mentor Counseling

Interventions

Peer Mentor Counseling BEHAVIORAL

Peer mentoring will entail the peer mentor describing her positive experience with her LARC method. The participant will then have a chance to ask any experience related questions to the mentor. Any clinical inquiries or questions the mentor does not feel comfortable answering, she will defer to the contraceptive counselor/ physician who will be subsequently providing the routine counseling. The entire peer mentor encounter should not last more than 10 minutes.

Peer Mentor counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 21 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• English speaking
• Female
• Age 13-21 years old at enrollment
• Desiring contraception; either currently not taking any method of contraception, or not satisfied with current method, and not desiring pregnancy in the next 12 months
• Willing and able to follow the study protocol

You may not qualify if:

• Male gender
• Younger than 13 years old, older than 21 years old
• Pregnant or desiring pregnancy within the coming year
• Issues or concerns in the judgement of the investigator that may compromise the safety of the subject or confound the reliability of compliance and information acquired in this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pennsylvania: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Courtney A Schreiber, MD

  University of Pennsylvania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director, Fellowship in Family Planning

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2013
• First Posted: June 5, 2014
• Study Start: February 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2013
• Study Completion: October 1, 2013
• Last Updated: June 6, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-06

Locations

US (1)