A Pre and Post Test Intervention Design to Prevent Abortion and Contraceptive-use Stigma Among School Youths in Kenya (SAC)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03065842
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: February 28, 2017
• Last Update Posted: March 7, 2018
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet
• Collaborators: University of Nairobi; Moi University
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Marlene Makenzius, Karolinska Institutet

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

• Recruitment Status: Completed
• Actual Primary Completion Date: February 28, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: March 5, 2018

Publications of Results:

Ministry of Health. Incidence and Complications of Unsafe Abortion in Kenya - Key Findings of a National Study. The Republic of Kenya: Ministry of Health, 2013.

Other Publications:

Shellenberg KM, Hessini L, Levandowski BA. Developing a scale to measure stigmatizing attitudes and beliefs about women who have abortions: results from Ghana and Zambia. Women Health. 2014;54(7):599-616. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2014.919982.

Makenzius M, Tydén T, Darj E, Larsson M. Repeat induced abortion - a matter of individual behaviour or societal factors? A cross-sectional study among Swedish women. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2011 Oct;16(5):369-77. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2011.595520. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

Makenzius M, Tydén T, Darj E, Larsson M. Women and men's satisfaction with care related to induced abortion. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2012 Aug;17(4):260-9. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2012.688149. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

Makenzius M, Tydén T, Darj E, Larsson M. [Sweden has the highest abortion rate among the Nordic countries. Unwanted pregnancies should be seen in a holistic perspective--individuals, health care, community]. Lakartidningen. 2013 Sep 18-24;110(38):1658-61. Review. Swedish.

Sedgh G, Singh S, Shah IH, Ahman E, Henshaw SK, Bankole A. Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008. Lancet. 2012 Feb 18;379(9816):625-32. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61786-8. Epub 2012 Jan 19.

Grimes DA, Benson J, Singh S, Romero M, Ganatra B, Okonofua FE, Shah IH. Unsafe abortion: the preventable pandemic. Lancet. 2006 Nov 25;368(9550):1908-19. Review.

Hord C, David HP, Donnay F, Wolf M. Reproductive health in Romania: reversing the Ceausescu legacy. Stud Fam Plann. 1991 Jul-Aug;22(4):231-40.

Jewkes R, Rees H. Dramatic decline in abortion mortality due to the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act. S Afr Med J. 2005 Apr;95(4):250.

Swedish National Institute of Public Health [SNIPH]. Sexualitet och reproduktiv hälsa. Kunskapsunderlag för Folkhälsopolitisk rapport 2010 [Sexuality and reproductive health. Public health report 2010] Östersund2011 [cited 2016 12 Februari]. Available from: https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/pagefiles/12538/R2011-02-Sexualitet-och-reproduktiv-halsa.pdf

Henderson JT, Puri M, Blum M, Harper CC, Rana A, Gurung G, Pradhan N, Regmi K, Malla K, Sharma S, Grossman D, Bajracharya L, Satyal I, Acharya S, Lamichhane P, Darney PD. Effects of abortion legalization in Nepal, 2001-2010. PLoS One. 2013 May 31;8(5):e64775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064775. Print 2013.

National Council for Law Reporting. Constitution of Kenya 2010. National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney-General.

Makenzius M, Larsson M. Early onset of sexual intercourse is an indicator for hazardous lifestyle and problematic life situation. Scand J Caring Sci. 2013 Mar;27(1):20-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.00989.x. Epub 2012 Mar 28.

Makenzius M, Gådin KG, Tydén T, Romild U, Larsson M. Male students' behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and needs in sexual and reproductive health matters. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2009 Aug;14(4):268-76. doi: 10.1080/13625180903015871.

World Health Organization W. Europe and BZgA Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe. A framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists. Cologne: Federal Centre for Health Education, BZgA 2010.

Oginga EA. The Factors Influencing The Teaching Of HIV/AIDS Education In Public Primary Schools In Kisumu East. Int J of Education and Research. 2014;2(1).

Makenzius M, Tydén T, Darj E, Larsson M. Risk factors among men who have repeated experience of being the partner of a woman who requests an induced abortion. Scand J Public Health. 2012 Mar;40(2):211-6. doi: 10.1177/1403494811435496. Epub 2012 Feb 3.

Shellenberg KM, Moore AM, Bankole A, Juarez F, Omideyi AK, Palomino N, Sathar Z, Singh S, Tsui AO. Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: results from an exploratory study. Glob Public Health. 2011;6 Suppl 1:S111-25. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2011.594072. Epub 2011 Jul 11.

Wellings K, Jones KG, Mercer CH, Tanton C, Clifton S, Datta J, Copas AJ, Erens B, Gibson LJ, Macdowall W, Sonnenberg P, Phelps A, Johnson AM. The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and associated factors in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3). Lancet. 2013 Nov 30;382(9907):1807-16. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62071-1. Epub 2013 Nov 26.

Makenzius M, Tydén T, Darj E, Larsson M. Autonomy and dependence--experiences of home abortion, contraception and prevention. Scand J Caring Sci. 2013 Sep;27(3):569-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01068.x. Epub 2012 Aug 22.

Kumar A, Hessini L, Mitchell EM. Conceptualising abortion stigma. Cult Health Sex. 2009 Aug;11(6):625-39. doi: 10.1080/13691050902842741.

Shellenberg KM, Tsui AO. Correlates of perceived and internalized stigma among abortion patients in the USA: an exploration by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Sep;118 Suppl 2:S152-9. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7292(12)60015-0.

Onyango MA, Owoko S, Oguttu M. Factors that influence male involvement in sexual and reproductive health in western Kenya: a qualitative study. Afr J Reprod Health. 2010 Dec;14(4 Spec no.):32-42.

Greene M, Mehta M, Pulerwitz J, Wulf D, Bankole A, Singh S. (2010),.Involving Men in Reproductive Health: Contributions to Development. MillenniumProject. UN. 2010.

Billings D, Hessini L, Andersen K. (2016) Focus group guide for exploring abortion-related stigma. Chapel Hill, NC: Ipas: 2009. International Parenthood Federation. Addressing abortion stigma. IPPF, UK,. [cited 2016 25 May]. Available from: http://www.ippf.org/resource/Addressing-abortion-stigma

Bandura A. Ontological and epistemological terrains revisited. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 1996 Dec;27(4):323-45.

Singh S, Remez L, Tartaglione A, eds (2004). Methodologies for Estimating Abortion Incidence and Abortion-Related Morbidity: A Review. New York: Guttmacher Institute and Paris International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 2010. Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers; 32(2): 347-356.

Graneheim UH, Lundman B. Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness. Nurse Educ Today. 2004 Feb;24(2):105-12. Review.

Potvin PJ, Schutz RW. Statistical power for the two-factor repeated measures ANOVA. Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput. 2000 May;32(2):347-56.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Håkansson M, Super S, Oguttu M, Makenzius M. Social judgments on abortion and contraceptive use: a mixed methods study among secondary school teachers and student peer-counsellors in western Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2020 Apr 15;20(1):493. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08578-9.