Actively Recruiting
Rigorous Evaluation of Let's Talk Birth Control
Led by Child Trends · Updated on 2026-03-19
1500
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
136 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
Child Trends
Lead Sponsor
U
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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
Official Title
Rigorous Evaluation of Let's Talk Birth Control
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Assigned female at birth
- Aged 15 to 24 years
- Seeking sexual and reproductive health services or general wellness exams at an enrolled community health center
- Have had penile-vaginal sex in the past year or are interested in discussing birth control with their provider
- Agree to participate in the study
- Health centers serve 400 or more patients assigned female at birth aged 15-24 receiving sexual and reproductive health services or general wellness exams annually (rural centers with fewer patients may be enrolled)
- Health centers have not recently implemented adolescent sexual and reproductive health patient-centered training
- Health centers do not currently use a contraceptive decision aid designed for adolescent patients
You will not qualify if you...
- Does not agree to participate in the study
- Is pregnant or trying to become pregnant
- Does not have access to a phone to receive text messages
- Does not speak English or Spanish
- Health centers do not serve at least 400 patients assigned female at birth aged 15-24 receiving sexual and reproductive health services or general wellness exams annually
- Health centers have recently implemented adolescent sexual and reproductive health training
- Health centers currently use a contraceptive decision aid designed for adolescent patients
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Siouxland Community Health Center
Sioux City, Iowa, United States, 51105
Actively Recruiting
2
Signature Health
Mentor, Ohio, United States, 44060
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kate Welti, MPP
CONTACT
R
Riley Steiner, Mph, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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