Group Versus Individual Contraceptive Counseling for Resettled African Refugee Women

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Contraception

Treatments: Other: Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02796586

00080655

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of group contraceptive counseling on family planning knowledge acquisition, service satisfaction, method uptake and continuation among a group of resettled African refugee women.

Full description

Thousands of women refugees arrive in the United States each year, yet there is very little known about reproductive health and family planning needs of these women after resettlement.

This randomized controlled pilot study, in a population of resettled African refugee women, will evaluate differences between group and individual contraceptive counseling on the decision to use contraception, satisfaction with counseling method, and modern family planning knowledge.

Participants will arrive to clinic during an assigned "intervention day." An intake and exit survey will be performed before and after their counseling session. Demographics, attitudes towards contraception, and knowledge regarding contraceptive methods will be assessed via questionnaire. Participants will be randomized to either group or individual contraceptive counseling. After each session, participants will have the option to privately choose a reversible method of contraception free of charge.

Telephone survey follow-up with participants will occur every three months for one year. Follow-up surveys will include questions regarding method continuation, method satisfaction and and modern contraceptive knowledge.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Resettled refugee
• Ability to speak and comprehend conversational Swahili, French or Lingala
• Interest in contraceptive counseling
• Willing to adhere to study protocols including randomization and follow-up
• Cellular phone access

Exclusion criteria

• Male

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Individual Contraceptive Counseling

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Performed by a medical provider and planned to simulate a typical clinic visit addressing contraception.

Treatment:

Other: Counseling

Group Contraceptive Counseling

Experimental group

Description:

Performed by a bicultural study staff member who speaks the primary languages of participants and had been formally trained in contraception counseling.

Treatment:

Other: Counseling