Pilot #2 of Social Network Intrauterine Contraceptive (IUC) Intervention

NCT02242890 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2012-8070-2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study has two goals: 1) to test an approach to helping women who use intrauterine contraception (IUC) spread the word about this type of long-lasting, highly effective birth control method among their friends and family and; 2) to test ways of getting in touch with these women's friends and family so that investigators can track whether this approach is effective at spreading birth control information through social groups.

Conditions

Attitudes

Keywords

intrauterine contraception (IUC); social networks; social influence; diffusion of innovation; intrauterine device (IUD); LARC

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Acceptability of WhyIUD intervention to intervention participants

  Study staff will administer 3-month post-intervention surveys with participants to quantitatively assess their opinions of and engagement with the WhyIUD intervention. Staff will also conduct structured interviews with a selection of participants at 3 months to gather qualitative feedback on the intervention.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Feasability of snowball sampling procedure to obtain social network sample

  3 months

• Change in IUD-related knowledge among intervention participants

  3 months

• Change in IUD-related attitudes among patient participants

  3 months

• Change in IUD-related social communication among patient participants

  3 months

• Acceptability of WhyIUD intervention to clinic staff

  1 month

Study Arms (1)

Contraception Information Packet

OTHER

Everyone in the study will receive the intervention, which is an information packet designed to facilitate conversations among peers about intrauterine contraception.

Behavioral: Contraception Information Packet

Interventions

Contraception Information Packet BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of brief education about IUC and development of interpersonal skills, including how to initiate conversations about reproductive health issues in social settings and debunking common IUC myths.

Contraception Information Packet

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Dissemination agents:
• Have an IUD placed for contraception at clinic visit or have existing IUD for contraception
• Speak English
• Age 15-45
• Willing to disclose IUD use to friends and family
• Willing to have research staff contact their friends and family to participate in study related to family planning
• Social contacts:
• Age 15-45 Speak English
• Able to get pregnant
• Ever sexually active with men
• Acquainted with dissemination agent
• Makes contact with study team within one month of dissemination agent's enrollment (baseline arm) or within one month of dissemination agent's 3 months follow up (follow up arm)
• Lives in the United States of America.
• Clinic staff:
• Able to provide family planning care at clinic where intervention is being implemented.

You may not qualify if:

• Dissemination agents:
• Using IUD for reason other than contraception
• Unwilling to disclose IUD use to any social contacts
• Unwilling to allow research staff to enroll friends and family in study as social contacts
• Do not speak or understand English
• Social contacts:
• Unable to get pregnant
• Do not speak or understand English.
• Clinic staff:
• Not working at clinic at time of intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco: lead
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Planned Parenthood North Highlands

North Highlands, California, 95660, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

• Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 15, 2014
• First Posted: September 17, 2014
• Study Start: February 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 17, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

US (1)