Influence of Peer Mentoring on Adolescent Contraceptive Decision Making

NCT02157285 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2014-06-06

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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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Mentor Counseling

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Courtney A Schreiber, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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