Investigating the Effect of a Prenatal Family Planning Counseling Intervention Led by Community Health Workers on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women in the West Bank
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01854671 |
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Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 15, 2013
Last Update Posted : August 17, 2015
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The purpose of this study is to measure the difference in proportion of postpartum women using contraception after a Community Health Worker (CHW) family planning educational intervention compared to women who receive standard care in the West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh.
Primary hypothesis: Postpartum contraceptive use will increase in women who receive a dedicated family planning counseling intervention delivered by CHWs during antenatal care compared to women receiving usual care.
| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Focus: Contraceptive Counseling Focus: Postpartum Contraception | Other: family planning counseling let by community health workers | Not Applicable |
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 176 participants |
| Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | None (Open Label) |
| Official Title: | Investigating the Effect of a Prenatal Family Planning Counseling Intervention Led by Community Health Workers on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women in the West Bank |
| Study Start Date : | August 2013 |
| Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
| Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2014 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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| No Intervention: standard care | |
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Experimental: family planning counseling led by community health worker
The family planning counseling sessions led by community health workers will present advantages of birth spacing, available methods of postpartum contraception, contraindications (if any) for the method, when each method can be safely started postpartum, where each method can be obtained, and importance of 6 week postpartum clinic follow-up. There will also be a take-home contraceptive method brochure given at conclusion of information session -primarily pictorial and in Arabic, to facilitate discussion at home with husbands and family members.
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Other: family planning counseling let by community health workers
The family planning counseling sessions led by community health workers will present advantages of birth spacing, available methods of postpartum contraception, contraindications (if any) for the method, when each method can be safely started postpartum, where each method can be obtained, and importance of 6 week postpartum clinic follow-up. There will also be a take-home contraceptive method brochure given at conclusion of information session -primarily pictorial and in Arabic, to facilitate discussion at home with husbands and family members. |
- Self-reported contraceptive use [ Time Frame: 6 months post-partum ]
- Intent to use contraception in the future [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]
- Non-desire to use contraception [ Time Frame: 6 months postpartum ]
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women attending the MoH Ramallah or Al-Bireh clinic for antenatal care and 34-38 weeks pregnant at enrollment
- Planning delivery at an MoH hospital
- Able and willing to be contacted by phone or home visit
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women less than 34 weeks pregnant or non-pregnant
- Planning delivery at a private or NGO hospital
- Unwilling to be contacted for follow-up after enrollment
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01854671
| Palestinian Territories, Occupied | |
| Palestinian Ministry of Health Maternal Child Health Clinics (Ramallah and Al-Bireh) | |
| Ramallah and Al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestinian Territories, Occupied | |
| Principal Investigator: | Principal Investigator, MD, MPH | Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts |
| Responsible Party: | Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01854671 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
SFPRF13-10 |
| First Posted: | May 15, 2013 Key Record Dates |
| Last Update Posted: | August 17, 2015 |
| Last Verified: | August 2015 |
Keywords provided by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts:
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postpartum contraception contraceptive counseling |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Contraceptive Agents Reproductive Control Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |