A Trial to Determine People's Explicit vs. Implicit Preferences for Gender-inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health Content

May 15, 2026 updated by: Elizabeth Boskey, Boston Children's Hospital

A Randomized, Controlled Trial to Determine People's Explicit vs. Implicit Preferences for Gender-inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health Content

Participants will be shown two different versions of health content and asked which they prefer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

454

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
        • Boston Children's Hospital

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female sex assigned at birth
  • Can read and write in English
  • Reproductive age adults (18-64)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Gender Specific
Behavioral: Read reproductive health material and review
Participants will read reproductive health information and review.
Experimental: Gender Inclusive
Behavioral: Read reproductive health material and review
Participants will read reproductive health information and review.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Content Review
Time Frame: Baseline
For each piece of content, participants will rate the following questions on a scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree: 1) I found this content easy to understand, 2) I found this content to be reliable, 3) I found this content to be biased, 4) This content is meant for people like me, 5) This content is relevant to people like me. Higher scores mean the person agreed with more positive statements.
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital

Collaborators

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 30, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 5, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 12, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 15, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

May 22, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 22, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 15, 2026

Last Verified

May 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB-P00047950

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

The datasets generated or analyzed during this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, with the completion of a signed data use agreement.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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