Rigorous Evaluation of Let's Talk Birth Control

Summary

The goal of this cluster-level randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the impacts of Let's Talk Birth Control, a clinical decision support intervention for adolescents that consists of a printed contraceptive decision aid (CDA), contraceptive counseling, and a QR code to the Bedsider.org Method Explorer (ME). The goal of Let's Talk Birth Control is to reduce rates of sex without a contraceptive method among adolescent patients, increase use of preferred contraceptive method, as well as to increase self-efficacy to discuss, obtain, and correctly use contraceptive methods

The primary research questions are:

* Does receiving care from a health center participating in Let's Talk Birth Control reduce rates of sex without a contraceptive method among adolescent patients compared to those visiting a standard of care control health center?
* Does receiving care from a health center participating in Let's Talk Birth Control increase use of preferred contraceptive method among adolescent patients compared to those visiting a standard of care control health center?

The evaluation will focus on the impacts of receiving the Let's Talk Birth Control intervention, as compared to receiving standard health care services.

As part of this study:

* All participants will be asked to complete baseline, 1-week post-intervention, and 9-month follow-up surveys.
* Participants at health centers randomized to receive the Let's Talk intervention, will be asked to:
* Review the Let's Talk CDA independently prior to meeting with their healthcare provider
* Participate in an observation focused on the provider's use of the CDA for contraceptive counseling during the healthcare visit (select participants only)
* Participate in a focus group discussing their perceptions of the Let's Talk Birth Control intervention (select participants only)

Staff at health centers randomized to receive the Let's Talk intervention will be asked to:

* Complete a 45-60 minute online asynchronous training covering patient-centered contraceptive counseling (PCCC) for adolescents and using the CDA
* Use the Let's Talk CDA to facilitate patient-centered contraceptive counseling with patients that have enrolled in the study

Conditions

• Sexual Behavior
• Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Let's Talk Birth Control

Let's Talk is an innovative, multi-level intervention addressing adolescents and providers that includes both in-person and online components and is feasible to implement in clinical settings. The three core components are: (1) a printed contraceptive decision aid (CDA) with a QR code linking to the Method Explorer (ME) page on Power to Decide's online birth control website, Bedsider; (2) the Bedsider ME, with information on the full range of contraceptive methods and a personalized method comparison feature; and (3) an online training for providers on Patient-centered Contraceptive Counseling (PCCC), including use of the CDA to support shared decision-making with adolescents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco

  collaborator OTHER

• Power to Decide

  collaborator OTHER

• Child Trends

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Max Age

24 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-01-15

Primary Completion

2027-08-31

Completion

2027-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations