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An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Status

Completed

Conditions

Contraception

Treatments

Other: Text messages not about contraception
Behavioral: Contraceptive text messages

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone text message on the acceptability of effective contraception in Palestine. Woman aged 18-24 will be randomised to receive 0-3 text messages a day for 4 months (intervention) or a monthly text message not about contraception (control). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.

Enrollment

586 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 24 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18-24 years
  • Own a personal mobile phone
  • Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch
  • Live in the West Bank

Exclusion criteria

  • Cannot read Arabic

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

586 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
Contraceptive text messages
Treatment:
Behavioral: Contraceptive text messages
Control
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Text messages not about contraception
Treatment:
Other: Text messages not about contraception

Trial contacts and locations

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