At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓Speak and read English
- ✓Have had vaginal intercourse in the past three months
- ✕Pregnant
- ✕Actively trying to conceive
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A Randomized Control Trial of the Effectiveness of Risk Communication in Two Contraceptive Fact Sheets
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating View CDC Poster and View Patient-Centered Poster for Contraception and Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Completed, enrolled 990 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study tests two posters that teach people about contraception: one designed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and one designed by the researchers. The investigators hypothesize that the new poster will have more increased (1) contraceptive knowledge, (2) willingness to use effective contraception, and (3) perceived pregnancy risk than the CDC poster. This study will expand useful knowledge because contraceptive knowledge, willingness to use effective contraception, and perceived pregnancy risk have been shown to affect women's likelihood of using contraception. If the investigators learn how to increase these factors, the investigators could theoretically reduce women's risk of unplanned pregnancy. The investigators will test this hypothesis by recruiting N=1000 women to complete an online survey using Amazon Mechanical Turk. These women will complete a survey that will first measure their initial contraceptive knowledge, willingness to use effective contraception, and perceived pregnancy risk. Then women will randomly be shown one of the two posters. Then, the investigators will measure their contraceptive knowledge, willingness to use effective contraception, and perceived pregnancy risk again. The investigators will use statistical tests (a t-test) to find out whether there are significant changes in these three outcomes for either of the posters, and whether one poster does a better job of changing these outcomes than the other.
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The poster designed by the CDC to explain contraceptive effectiveness.
The poster designed by the research team to explain contraceptive effectiveness. This poster was developed through cognitive interviews with 26 North Carolina women, and the final version of this poster was found to be more useful, acceptable, and attractive than the CDC poster by the majority of women participating.