Contraception Perspectives in Adolescents in Haiti

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

Barriers and Facilitators to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Perspectives of Adolescents and Healthcare Providers in Rural Haiti

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05252052
• Other study ID #: STUDY00001626
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 22, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 14 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

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).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception

Intervention

Other:
• Interviews/Surveys
This is a cross sectional survey and interviews of adolescents 14- 18 years old and HCPs living in rural Haiti

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Children's Mercy Hospital	Kansas City	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Masonbrink AR, Hurley EA, Schuetz N, Rodean J, Rupe E, Lewis K, Boncoeur MD, Miller MK. Sexual behaviors, contraception use and barriers among adolescents and young adults in rural Haiti. BMC Womens Health. 2023 Mar 27;23(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-0 — View Citation

Rupe ER, Rodean J, Hurley EA, Miller MK, Boncoeur MD, Masonbrink AR. Menstrual health among adolescents and young adults in rural Haiti. Reprod Health. 2022 Dec 20;19(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s12978-022-01533-4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Identification of facilitators and barriers to contraception use	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.	Data collection will occur over one day for individual participants. Study data collection will occur over 18 months