Enhancing Uptake of Family Planning Services by HIV-Infected Women Attending the PMTCT Program

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Behavioral: Group Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03019601

UM1AI069530 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NA_00048133

Details and patient eligibility

About

A specific organized program utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to providing standard family planning messages currently used in the clinic.

Full description

A planned group education structural intervention utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to the standard of care which consisted of providing standard family planning messages to women attending the PMTCT Clinic. The study had two phases.

The Formative Phase consisted of six focus group discussions and six in depth interviews.

In the Implementation Phase, patient attendance and family planning uptake summaries for during implementation were monitored and summarized daily. Weekly average summaries were considered as time points.

Enrollment: 3,300 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• This being a program based intervention, all HIV positive mothers who utilize the PMTCT and post natal clinic during the study period will be enrolled.

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,300 participants in 1 patient group

Group education

Experimental group

Description:

Non pregnant HIV+ mothers were exposed to a structured educational intervention on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group Education