Overview

The UCSF College Health Study on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges looks to measure whether or not a training and education intervention for women at community colleges will result in more comprehensive knowledge and access to contraception. Students and staff will be educated on methods such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants in a one-day education course.

Study Information

In this study, participating community colleges will have their staff and students complete a one day course intended to educate and train staff to counsel and provide contraception. Students will then be given materials and resources about contraception and access if they are in the intervention arm. In the placebo arm, students will be given nutrition education about the impacts of sugar on health. Subjects will then take a questionnaire to see if the intervention arm students are more educated on birth control.

Inclusion Criteria

This study involves two groups of human subjects: students at 20 community colleges and staff at the student health center and referral clinics.

Students must be:

• Females Age 18-25
• English speakers
• Sexually active (vaginal sex with a male partner) in the last year
• Not currently pregnant and 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 (no college enrollment prior to the current academic year)
• Willing to be contacted by email and telephone over the next 12 months

Clinic staff must:

• Be employed by a participating clinic
• 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
• Enroll students ages 18-25 years

Locations

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94118

Sponsors/Collaborators

University of California San Francisco