Conditions: Post Partum
Keywords: Teen Plan B Post Partum Emergency Contraception
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 50
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This is a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of advanced supply of emergency contraception versus routine care in a teen postpartum population. The goals are to assess feasibility of recruiting and retaining postpartum teens; to obtain estimates of the prevalence of (use of Plan B, primary contraceptive continuation, unprotected intercourse exposure, and pregnancy rates), in postpartum teens given advanced supply of Plan B; to assess whether or not (lack of use of Plan B, contraceptive method non-continuation, and unprotected intercourse exposure), are surrogate markers for risk of unintended pregnancy.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: No advance supply of emergency contraception arm 2: Advance supply of emergency contraception is given

Interventions: intervention 1: Plan B (Levonorgestrel)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: PP TEENS ARE RANDOMIZED TO PLAN B + ROUTINE CONTRACETIVE CARE VS. ROUTINE CARE ALONE. QUESTIONNAIRES ON HEALTH STATUS, SEXUAL HISTORY, AND CONTRACEPTIVE USE ARE COMPLETED AT STATED INTERVALS.

Protocol document: