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Texting to Increase Contraceptive Initiation Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging intervention to increase contraception among adolescent emergency department patients. METHODS:A pilot randomized controlled trial of sexually active females aged 14-19 receiving 3 months of theory-based, unidirectional educational and motivational texts providing reproductive health information versus standardized discharge instructions. Blinded assessors measured contraception initiation via telephone follow-up and health record review at 3 months. RESULTS:We randomized 100 eligible participants (predominantly aged 18-19, Hispanic, and with a primary provider); 88.0% had follow-up. In the intervention arm, 3/50 (6.0%) participants opted out, and 1,172/1,654 (70.9%) texts were successfully delivered; over 90% of message failures were from one mobile carrier. Most (36/41; 87.7%) in the intervention group liked and wanted future reproductive health messages. Contraception was initiated in 6/50 (12.0%) in the intervention arm and in 11/49 (22.4%) in the control arm. CONCLUSIONS:A pregnancy prevention texting intervention was feasible and acceptable among adolescent females in the emergency department setting.

SUBMITTER: Chernick LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701840 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Texting to Increase Contraceptive Initiation Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department.

Chernick Lauren S LS   Stockwell Melissa S MS   Wu Mengfei M   Castaño Paula M PM   Schnall Rebecca R   Westhoff Carolyn L CL   Santelli John J   Dayan Peter S PS  

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 20171019 6


<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging intervention to increase contraception among adolescent emergency department patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A pilot randomized controlled trial of sexually active females aged 14-19 receiving 3 months of theory-based, unidirectional educational and motivational texts providing reproductive health information versus standardized discharge instructions. Blinded assessors measured contraception initiation via telephone foll  ...[more]

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