Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study: Phase 1

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy

In brief

M-CARES will use large-scale administrative data complemented by follow-up surveys and a randomized control trial (RCT) to estimate the causal impact of greater financial access to contraception on a comprehensive set of outcomes. Outcomes include contraceptive use, pregnancy, childbearing, and parenting strategies; partnership decisions and relationship quality; health and health care use; education, labor market success, and public assistance receipt; financial security; neighborhood quality; mental health and stress; and life plans. The resulting estimates will inform a more complete understanding of the costs and benefits of financial access to contraception and, therefore, the investment value of related policies and programs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03673007

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

4633

Starts

2018-08-26

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• M-CARES will recruit 5,000 women at Michigan Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) clinics who face potentially large out-of-pocket costs for highly effective contraceptives, especially LARC methods. In order to be eligible to participate in the study, the woman needs to meet the following criteria:
• . 18-35 years old,
• . physically capable (biologically female and fecund) and at risk of having a pregnancy (has sex with men),
• . not pregnant at the time of enrollment and not wishing to become pregnant in the next 12 months,
• . face some out-of-pocket costs for contraceptives at PPMI

Where it is running

• Planned Parenthood - Ann Arbor-West — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Detroit — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Ferndale — Ferndale, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Lansing — Lansing, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Livonia — Livonia, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Traverse City — Traverse City, Michigan, United States
• Planned Parenthood - Warren — Warren, Michigan, United States

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