The University of Pittsburgh received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve the ability of low-income and minority women to make informed decisions about permanent surgical procedures to prevent pregnancy.
Sonya Borrero, associate professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at the Pitt School of Medicine and director of the Pitt Center for Women's Health Research and Innovation, said the grant will help researchers develop and test a web-based decision support tool to help women better understand female sterilization and choose birth control options that align with their preferences, values and reproductive goals.