Investigating the Effect of a Prenatal Family Planning Counseling Intervention Led by Community Health Workers on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women in the West Bank

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Focus: Contraceptive Counseling; Focus: Postpartum Contraception
• Interventions: Other: family planning counseling let by community health workers

• Registration Number: NCT01854671
• Lead Sponsor: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the difference in proportion of postpartum women using contraception after a Community Health Worker (CHW) family planning educational intervention compared to women who receive standard care in the West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh.

Primary hypothesis: Postpartum contraceptive use will increase in women who receive a dedicated family planning counseling intervention delivered by CHWs during antenatal care compared to women receiving usual care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-15
• Study Start: 2013-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-08-14
• Last Update Posted: 2015-08-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 176

Inclusion Criteria

• Women attending the MoH Ramallah or Al-Bireh clinic for antenatal care and 34-38 weeks pregnant at enrollment
• Planning delivery at an MoH hospital
• Able and willing to be contacted by phone or home visit

Exclusion Criteria

• Women less than 34 weeks pregnant or non-pregnant
• Planning delivery at a private or NGO hospital
• Unwilling to be contacted for follow-up after enrollment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
family planning counseling led by community health worker	family planning counseling let by community health workers	The family planning counseling sessions led by community health workers will present advantages of birth spacing, available methods of postpartum contraception, contraindications (if any) for the method, when each method can be safely started postpartum, where each method can be obtained, and importance of 6 week postpartum clinic follow-up. There will also be a take-home contraceptive method brochure given at conclusion of information session -primarily pictorial and in Arabic, to facilitate discussion at home with husbands and family members.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported contraceptive use	6 months post-partum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Non-desire to use contraception	6 months postpartum
Intent to use contraception in the future	6 months postpartum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Palestinian Ministry of Health Maternal Child Health Clinics (Ramallah and Al-Bireh); 🇵🇸 Ramallah and Al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestinian Territories, Occupied