Adolescent Postpartum Contraceptive Counseling Intervention (PPCI)

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adolescent Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief standardized contraceptive counseling intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01814930

814909

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postpartum contraceptive counseling varies widely in its provision; no standardized practice has been well-established by the literature. We intend to evaluate how directed postpartum contraceptive counseling to adolescents aged 14-19 affects key outcomes over time. Subjects will be randomized to receive either the standardized contraceptive counseling intervention or routine postpartum care. We will then assess the difference in repeat pregnancy rates between the two groups

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 14-19 years old
• primiparous
• immediately postpartum
• delivery of a full term live singleton infant (>37 weeks) at HUP

Exclusion criteria

• not planning to reside in/near Philadelphia for the next year

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Routine Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine postpartum contraceptive counseling

Individual counseling

Experimental group

Description:

Brief standardized contraceptive counseling intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief standardized contraceptive counseling intervention