Game Changers for Family Planning Peer Advocacy Program

Phase 1

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Family Planning
• Interventions: Behavioral: Game Changers for Family Planning

• Registration Number: NCT06048328
• Lead Sponsor: RAND

Brief Summary

This study will adapt the Game Changers peer advocacy training model for family planning context and pilot test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the intervention to empower female contraception users to advocate for contraception use among women in their social networks who have unmet need for contraception.

Detailed Description

The investigators will conduct a pilot RCT of Game Changers for Family Planning (GC-FP) with 40 female modern contraceptive (MC) users (index participants) at one rural public clinic, with 20 randomly assigned to receive the intervention (in 2 groups of 10) and 20 to the wait-list control; enrollment and randomization will be stratified by age and relationship status. Each index will recruit up to 3 social network members (alters) with unmet need for MC (max. total=120). Data will be collected at baseline and month 6 from all participants; primary outcome is alter MC use at month 6.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-21
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-13
• Study Start: 2025-10-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-11-01
• Study Completion: 2025-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 192

Inclusion Criteria

• MC user for past year

Social network member participant:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not using MC, but reports trying to prevent pregnancy
• Know about the MC use of their referring index participant

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Game Changers for Family Planning	peer-led, multi-session advocacy training group intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of use of modern contraceptives (social network participants)	6 months	Proportion of participants who use a modern contraceptive, abstracted from medical chart

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean level of engagement in family planning advocacy (index participants)	6 months	Mean item score on self-report scale measuring engagement in family planning advocacy