Research on Equity in Abortion Care by TeleHealth

Description

This study will examine the ways in which telehealth for reproductive healthcare affects timing, costs, and follow-up care; whether telehealth reaches people in areas with greater health inequities; and the attributes of telehealth that patients want. Study surveys will be administered to interested, eligible participants: 2,000 patients seeking abortion care will complete the study, comprising of 2 groups: patients seeking medication abortion care either (1) in-person or (2) via telehealth. This project will address how telehealth services can be optimized for people of color, low-income people, and immigrants to increase digital inclusion and health equity.

Conditions

Abortion in First Trimester, Abortion Early, Abortion; Attempted

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study will examine the ways in which telehealth for reproductive healthcare affects timing, costs, and follow-up care; whether telehealth reaches people in areas with greater health inequities; and the attributes of telehealth that patients want. Study surveys will be administered to interested, eligible participants: 2,000 patients seeking abortion care will complete the study, comprising of 2 groups: patients seeking medication abortion care either (1) in-person or (2) via telehealth. This project will address how telehealth services can be optimized for people of color, low-income people, and immigrants to increase digital inclusion and health equity.

Improving Health Equity by Understanding Preferences in Telehealth Abortion

Research on Equity in Abortion Care by TeleHealth

Condition
Abortion in First Trimester
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Oakland

Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), Oakland, California, United States, 94612

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Must be currently or about to be obtaining medication abortion care through in-person or telehealth services
  • * Not currently or about to be obtaining medication abortion care through in-person or telehealth services

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 64 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2027-03-31