Contraception
Conditions
Brief summary
The overall goal of this study is to assess facilitators and barriers to contraception with a focus on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) among adolescents and health care providers (HCPs) in rural Haiti. The investigator plans to accomplish the following objectives:
Detailed description
Objective 1: Develop locally-informed surveys and in-depth interview guides, based on the ecologically-expanded Theory of Planned Behavior, to assess attitudes, social norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions regarding contraception, with a focus on LARC, among adolescents and HCPs in rural Haiti. Objective 2: Conduct a formative mixed methods study of attitudes, social norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions regarding contraception, with a focus on LARC, among female adolescents (N=150 survey, 25-50 in-depth interviews) and HCPs (N=15; survey and in-depth interviews) in rural Haiti.
Interventions
OTHERInterviews/Surveys
This is a cross sectional survey and interviews of adolescents 14- 18 years old and HCPs living in rural Haiti
Sponsors
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
14 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
• * Adolescents who are biologically female and have reproductive potential (14-24 years old) * Adolescents who reside in the birthing clinic catchment area * Health care providers, including nurse midwives, who work at the local birthing clinic and providers at the local hospital
Exclusion criteria
-Subjects who are determined to have severe psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment (based on research team assessment).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identification of facilitators and barriers to contraception use | Data collection will occur over one day for individual participants. Study data collection will occur over 18 months | The primary outcome is identification of facilitators and barriers to contraception use among adolescent participants based on responses to the eTPB domains described in Table 1. The investigator will also explore facilitators and barriers to contraception use among HCP participants. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed