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Effectiveness Intention in Behavior and Creighton Model NFP Use

Award Number: FPRPA006035
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS/OFFICE OF FAMILY PLANNING
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2008
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2012

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Effectiveness Intention in Behavior and Creighton Model NFP Use - Despite decades of studies in natural family planning (NFP), limited data exist to compare NFP methods with other methods of family planning in a meaningful way. Most NFP studies have used older terminology and concepts such as use effectiveness and method effectiveness, instead of the newer concepts of pregnancy rates during perfect use and typical use. Similarly, most NFP studies have not adequately separated consistent or perfect use from inconsistent or imperfect use to avoid pregnancy. Because NFP methods can be used to conceive as well as to avoid pregnancy, NFP researchers have developed different approaches to assess the use of NFP to achieve or avoid, based on various measures of intention and behavior. This has led to multiple competing approaches for including or excluding NFP users and pregnancies from effectiveness studies. These approaches are not generally understood or accepted by contraceptive researchers and policy makers, who have insisted that NFP be evaluated as if it were only a contraceptive method. As a result of competing perspectives, there is pervasive and extensive misunderstanding of NFP methods by health professionals, contributing to underutilization of NFP by couples needing family planning. To further complicate the picture, researchers now recognize that there are major conceptual shortcomings with standard measures for intended and unintended pregnancy, making it difficult to interpret outcomes of use of family planning methods. Newer, more conceptually robust measures of pregnancy intentions have been developed, but they have had little use in contraceptive studies to date, and have not yet been applied to studies of NFP. In a prospective study, we will simultaneously assess and directly compare conventional measures of family planning effectiveness and objective measures that have been specifically developed for NFP. We will also assess standard and newer detailed measures of pregnancy intention status in NFP users prospective


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = -$559 )
2015	2010	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 SOUTH PRESIDENT`S CIRCLE	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research	04	3	12/17/2014	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$559
														Subtotal = -$559

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $200,000 )
2010	2010	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 SOUTH PRESIDENT`S CIRCLE	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research	00	3	8/30/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$200,000
														Subtotal = $200,000

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $200,000 )
2009	2009	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 SOUTH PRESIDENT`S CIRCLE	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research	0	2	9/16/2009	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$200,000
														Subtotal = $200,000

Issue Date FY: 2008 ( Subtotal = $200,000 )
2008	2008	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	201 SOUTH PRESIDENT`S CIRCLE	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	84112	SALT LAKE	USA	Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research	0	1	9/24/2008	NEW	$200,000
														Subtotal = $200,000

Grand Total All Awards = $599,441

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Effectiveness Intention in Behavior and Creighton Model NFP Use

Award Number: FPRPA006035

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS/OFFICE OF FAMILY PLANNING

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2008

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2012

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