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Spring 2025

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PAIN Study: Exploring Providers’ Practices and Attitudes of Pain Management During IUD INsertion

Ndola Prata, Professor  
Public Health  

Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.

IUD’s are one of the most effective contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, pain remains to be a significant barrier for access. Our qualitative study aims to investigate providers’ perceptions, beliefs, and practices to manage pain during IUD insertions.

Role: The role of the undergraduate researcher will be to 1) aid with reviewing accuracy of transcripts from semi-structured interviews 2) assist with developing the study's code book 3) assist with coding and analysis, most likely on the Dedoose platform.

Qualifications: Prior experience in qualitative research, transcripts, or coding would be appreciated.

Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Semira Sherief, Graduate Student

Hours: 3-5 hrs

 Biological & Health Sciences   Social Sciences

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