Testing a Modified Family Planning Intervention for Postpartum Women in Uganda

University of Vermont

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Contraceptive Usage

Treatments: Behavioral: Contraceptive management program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04068870

UGPPFP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether offering incentives to encourage women to attend one-on-one family planning education sessions and offering free, onsite prescription contraceptive methods increases use and continuation of prescription contraception among postpartum women in Uganda. This intervention is modified from one that has been effective outside of Uganda.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-45 years of age
• Not planning on getting pregnant in the next 4 months
• Less than 3 months postpartum
• No history of tubal ligation or hysterectomy
• No recent prescription contraceptive use (no pill, intrauterine device or implant use in the past 7 days or injection use in the past 3 months)
• Medically eligible to use prescription contraceptives
• Bringing baby to immunization clinic for the first time

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to meet the aforementioned inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Contraceptive management program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Contraceptive management program

Usual care

No Intervention group