UC San Francisco
For A Project To Reduce Unintended Pregnancy In The U.S. By Increasing Supply And Demand For LARC
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Amount$400,000
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Program
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Date Awarded2/7/2013
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Term9 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant will provide continued support to the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) for a project aimed at reducing rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States by increasing the use of the most effective contraceptive methods: IUDs and implants. The project focuses on increasing clinician and other health center staff knowledge and skill through in-person and online training and complementary materials. UCSF will work with partner organizations to develop educational materials for patients on the benefits of IUDs and implants and will disseminate the policy implications of clinical findings to funders, clinicians, and researchers. This grant would continue the momentum of the ongoing project for a short period while the Foundation waits for results from the large randomized evaluation of the UCSF in-person training intervention to increase the use of the most effective contraceptive methods. The evaluation is a precursor to possible larger investments to replicate the intervention across the country.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ucsf.edu
Address
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
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for support of the 2014 Global Conference on Social Franchising for Health
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for a study on contraception in community colleges in Texas and California
This grant will support a research project that is assessing an intervention to improve access to contraceptive services for young women attending community college in Texas. 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. (Substrategy: Economic Opportunity)
