UC San Francisco

For Testing Peer Influence On Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive Use In An Online Social Community

Overview
Despite recent increases of American women using reversible contraception, only about nine percent use intrauterine devices (IUDs), a highly effective method of contraception. One factor appears to be negative information about IUDs received from friends and family. This grant would support research to test whether women in an online social network who receive positive information from other women who currently have IUDs will be more likely to use the method. The project will involve creation of small online social networks with varying concentrations of current IUD users to determine whether and at what point contact with satisfied users affects individual decision making.
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The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco c/o Office of Sponsored Research 490 Illinois Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0000, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for a study on contraception in community colleges in Texas and California  
This grant will support the continuation of a research project that is assessing an intervention to improve access to contraceptive services for young women attending community college in Texas and California. The project will explore how access to contraceptive services and prevention of unintended pregnancy can improve young women’s confidence in achieving their educational and career aspirations and support them to complete their degree on time and successfully enter the paid labor force. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of the post-Roe Turnaway Study project  
This grant will support the “end of Roe” study, a longitudinal, observational cohort study examining the consequences of restricting legal abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The study will document the immediate consequences of this decision by determining who was turned away from abortion services after the law change and how their characteristics compare to people who were served just prior to the law change. It will follow a subset of people who are willing to participate in order to learn who was able to get an abortion and who gave birth, and the consequent impact of these pregnancy outcomes on their health, financial well-being, and families. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for support of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health program  
This grant will support Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), a program of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California at San Francisco, to conduct rigorous, multidisciplinary research on complex issues related to people’s sexual and reproductive lives. ANSIRH’s research is designed to be utilized to inform and advance evidence-based policy, practice, and public discourse to improve reproductive well-being. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)

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