UCSF College Health Study on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges

NCT ID: NCT03519685

Last Updated: 2025-06-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2086 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-09

Study Completion Date

2024-05-29

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Contraception

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Contraceptive Training and Education

Colleges assigned to this arm receive a one-day UCSF Continuing Medical Education (CME # MMC18087) accredited training on contraceptives and technical assistance. The training is for staff at the student health center and local health centers where they refer for contraceptive services. Students attending colleges assigned to this arm receive education about contraceptive methods and how to access services.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contraceptive Training and Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Staff at the student health center and local health centers where they refer for contraceptive services will receive a CME-accredited education and training session and technical assistance. The one-day session emphasizes evidence-based and patient-centered contraceptive counseling and provision. Students attending colleges assigned to the intervention arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about contraceptive methods and where to access services.

Nutrition Education

Students attending colleges assigned to this arm receive nutrition education about the impacts of sugar on health.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Nutrition Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students attending colleges assigned to the nutrition education arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about the impacts of sugar on health.

Interventions

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Contraceptive Training and Education

Staff at the student health center and local health centers where they refer for contraceptive services will receive a CME-accredited education and training session and technical assistance. The one-day session emphasizes evidence-based and patient-centered contraceptive counseling and provision. Students attending colleges assigned to the intervention arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about contraceptive methods and where to access services.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Placebo Nutrition Education

Students attending colleges assigned to the nutrition education arm will receive materials and resources designed to educate young people about the impacts of sugar on health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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:

* Female;
* 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
* Willing to be contacted by email and telephone over the next 12 months.

Clinic staff must:

* Be employed by a participating clinic; and
* 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; and
* Enroll students ages 18-25 years.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cynthia C. Harper, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

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University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Other Identifiers

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A125604

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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