The Share Health Study: Teen Social Connections and Health

"SpeakOut aims to increase social communication about IUDs and implants between adolescent IUD and implant users and their peers. SpeakOut has four components:~* Coaching session. Research staff will deliver a script to encourage recipients to share information about their contraceptive method with peers.~* Printed materials for recipients to keep and/or share with friends.~* Websites with information and resources. Staff will refer recipients to a website, either SpeakOutIUD.org or SpeakOutImplant.org, which contain information about their method.~* Text messages with information about recipients' method and about how to share their experience. Recipients will be given the opportunity to sign up for text messages that will be sent for 8 weeks following receipt of SpeakOut in clinic."

The active comparator intervention is an alcohol assessment and education intervention using an SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) framework. SBIRT is an evidence-based practice model aimed at preventing problematic use and identifying potential abuse and dependency issues. Research staff will ask two screening questions developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics to screen for adolescents potentially at risk. Using a script based on tenets of motivational interviewing to assess alcohol related consequences, the research staff will guide teens in identifying personally relevant motivators for healthier behaviors, assess readiness to change, and offer educational materials and referrals.