%0 Journal Article
%T Motivational Interviewing with computer assistance as an intervention to empower women to make contraceptive choices while incarcerated: study protocol for randomized controlled trial
%A Jennifer G Clarke
%A Melanie A Gold
%A Rachel E Simon
%A L A.R. Stein
%J Trials
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1745-6215-13-101
%X This randomized controlled trial will recruit 400 women from the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RI DOC) women¡¯s jail at risk for an unplanned pregnancy (that is, sexually active with men and not planning/wanting to become pregnant in the next year). They will be randomized to two interventions: a control group who receive two educational videos (on contraception, STIs, and pre-conception counseling) or a treatment group who receive two sessions of personalized MICA. MICA is based on the principles of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and on Motivational Interviewing (MI), an empirically supported counseling technique designed to enhance readiness to change targeted behaviors. Women will be followed at 3, 6, 9, and 12£¿months post release and assessed for STIs, pregnancy, and reported condom use.Results from this study are expected to enhance our understanding of the efficacy of MICA to enhance contraceptive initiation and maintenance and reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors among incarcerated women who have re-entered the community.NCT01132950
%U http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/13/1/101/abstract