Improving Person-Centered Care for Family Planning in India (SPARQ_FPI)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Planning

Treatments: Behavioral: Enhanced FP training; Behavioral: Training of AHSAs on PCC for FP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04206527

18-25950

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the impact of a training to ASHAs on person-centered care (PCC) for family planning (FP).

Full description

ASHAs will be provided with a training on family planning (FP) counseling and method options. Half of the group will receive additional trainings on person-centered care (PCC) principles and respectful care while the other half of the group will not receive this additional training. Women working with both the control ASHAs (FP trained) and Interventions ASHAs (FP+PCC trained) will be surveyed following their interactions with the ASHA to understand the quality of their experience with the ASHA and whether the woman has taken up a FP method of her choice following interaction with the ASHA.

Enrollment: 1,104 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 18-49
• Consented/agreed to participate
• Has met with a control or intervention ASHA at least once in the previous three months

Exclusion criteria

• Not a women aged 18-49
• Did not consent/agree to participate
• Has not met with a control or intervention ASHA at least once in the previous three months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,104 participants in 4 patient groups

Intervention - Women

Experimental group

Description:

Women who receive enhanced FP counseling from an ASHA

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training of AHSAs on PCC for FP

Control - Women

No Intervention group

Description:

Women who receive standard FP counseling from an ASHA

Intervention - ASHA

Experimental group

Description:

ASHA who receive enhanced FP counseling training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced FP training

Control ASHA

No Intervention group

Description:

ASHA who receive standard FP training