ResearchGeneral gynecologyThe Contraceptive CHOICE Project: reducing barriers to long-acting reversible contraception
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Materials and Methods
The Contraceptive CHOICE Project is a prospective cohort study of 10,000 women in the St. Louis region. Each participant is provided the contraceptive method(s) of her choice at no cost to her for 3 years duration. The CHOICE protocol was approved by the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Human Research Protection Office before initiation of participant recruitment.
CHOICE is a convenience sample of women in the St. Louis region. Participants are recruited at specific clinic
Results
From August 2007 through December 2008, we screened 4107 women for eligibility. Eighty-six percent (3522) met the eligibility criteria to participate in the study and were offered the opportunity to enroll. The most common reasons for ineligibility included a desire to continue with their current contraceptive method (84%) or had not been and were not planning on being sexually active with a man (11%). Of the 3522 eligible women, 2500 enrolled. After adjusting for age, eligible women were
Comment
In the United States, currently less than 3% of women use a LARC method. In this initial planned analysis of CHOICE, 56% chose IUC and 11% chose a subdermal implant. Thus, two-thirds of participants who were not using a contraceptive method or were willing to switch to a new method chose LARC. The overwhelming selection of LARC methods among the first 2500 women enrolled in CHOICE is evidence of a greater than expected interest in the use of the most effective, reversible methods of
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Supported by an anonymous foundation. This research was also supported in part by a Midcareer Investigator Award in Women's Health Research (K24 HD01298), by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1RR024992), and by Grant no. KL2RR024994 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.
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Cite this article as: Secura GM, Allsworth JE, Madden T, et al. The Contraceptive CHOICE Project: reducing barriers to long-acting reversible contraception. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:115.e1-7.