A Pilot Study Using Text Messaging to Communicate With Adolescent Females in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy

In brief

The objective of this study is to develop and test an emergency department (ED)-based intervention which uses text messages to facilitate contraception initiation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02093884

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

100

Starts

2014-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-20

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 14-19 years
• Sexually active with males in the past three months
• Presenting to the ED for a reproductive health complaint.

You may not qualify if…

• Presently pregnant
• Too ill for participation per the attending physician
• Cognitively impaired
• In foster care or a ward of the state
• Does not speak English or Spanish
• Does not own a cellular or mobile phone with text messaging capabilities
• Used contraception at last intercourse and/or is currently using any "highly effective" or "effective" form of contraception (as defined by the World Health Organization)
• Does not live in Manhattan or the Bronx

Where it is running

• Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Emergency Department — Manhattan, New York, United States

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