Bedsider Pilot

Philliber Research Associates (PRA) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) worked together to test the utility of Bedsider through a pilot study at three clinics in Florida. The purpose of this investigation was to document use of Bedsider over a year’s time among 740 unmarried women aged 18 to 29 who were shown the site at their local Planned Parenthood clinics and encouraged to use it.

Philliber Research Associates (PRA) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) worked together to test the utility of Bedsider through a pilot study at three clinics in Florida. The purpose of this investigation was to document use of Bedsider over a year’s time among 740 unmarried women aged 18 to 29 who were shown the site at their local Planned Parenthood clinics and encouraged to use it.

Here are a handful of findings from the 6- and 12-month follow ups:

• At six months, over three-quarters of these women (82%) had talked about or shared Bedsider with someone they know.
• Over three-quarters (78%) reported in the 6-month follow up survey that they had been more careful about using their birth control methods.
• Just over 80% also reported they had tried harder to avoid unprotected sex since they started using Bedsider.
• Twelve months after being introduced to Bedsider, reactions were positive. Almost all of the women who used Bedsider believed it was a useful site (99%) and 97% would recommend it to a friend or family member.
• From baseline to one-year follow up, the average score among Bedsider users on a 15-question survey that measured birth control knowledge increased significantly from 59% to 68% correct.