Status:
COMPLETED
Reducing Teen Pregnancy in the Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
Columbia University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Reproductive Behavior
Sexual Behavior
Eligibility:
FEMALE
14-19 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will determine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of an emergency department-based pregnancy prevention intervention targeting sexually active adolescent female emergenc...
Detailed Description
Emergency Departments (ED) care for 15 million adolescents each year. Adolescents who use the ED are at particularly high risk of unintended pregnancy. To date, no intervention has successfully increa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- female emergency department patient
- age 14-19 years
- sexually active with males in the past 3 months
Exclusion
- currently using any effective form of contraception
- do not own a mobile phone with texting
- are pregnant
- are too ill for participation per the attending physician
- are cognitively impaired
- do not live locally
- do not speak English
- want to "become pregnant in the next year"
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 3 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 2 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
146 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03866811
Start Date
March 3 2019
End Date
July 2 2020
Last Update
August 6 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Emergency Department
New York, New York, United States, 10032