Table 1.

Sample items from the interview topic guide

Description of practice and patients	Are patients routinely counseled for family planning or STI prevention, or just in certain circumstances?
	Can you describe how you assess your patients’ risk for unintended pregnancy?
	How would you describe your patient populations? Do you serve any immigrant populations? Do you serve Medicaid patients?
Counseling perspectives	As a health care provider, how much influence do you feel you have over your patients’ method preferences?
	For your patients who aren’t pregnant, what do you do to help them prevent pregnancy? What do you usually talk about?
	What do you do to help your patients prevent HIV and STIs (such as Chlamydia or Herpes)?
	What about women who might be pressured into have sex by their partner? How do you help them avoid unintended pregnancy?
Patient scenarios	The first patient scenario is a 24 year-old woman who has a university education. She is not married, has had several sexual partners over the past year and frequently uses condoms. Her reason for the clinical visit is that she’s worried that she might have an STI and is concerned about preventing pregnancy. What would your approach to this patient be? What would you discuss with her?
	The second patient is a 16 year-old student. She is not married, she has never been pregnant. Her partner is 24 years old, and they sometimes use condoms. Her reason for the visit is she’s worried that she might have an STI. What would your approach to this patient be? What would you discuss with her?
	The last patient is a 36 year-old married woman, with a grade-school education. She has 6 children, does not want more, but has never used contraception. Her husband refuses to use condoms. Her reason for the visit is contraception. What would your approach to this patient be? What would you discuss with her? What if at the visit you discovered that she has STI symptoms? How would this change the discussion you have with her?