Improving Person-Centered Care for Family Planning in India

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Family Planning
• Interventions: Behavioral: Training of AHSAs on PCC for FP; Behavioral: Enhanced FP training

• Registration Number: NCT04206527
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-26
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-24
• Study Completion: 2019-06-24
• Status Verified: 2019-12
• Study First Submitted: 2019-12-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-12-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-12-18
• Study First Posted: 2019-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 2019-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1104

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

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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

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention - Women	Training of AHSAs on PCC for FP	Women who receive enhanced FP counseling from an ASHA
Intervention - ASHA	Enhanced FP training	ASHA who receive enhanced FP counseling training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Person-centered Family Planning Scale Score	3-months after first FP counseling with ASHA	Survey conducted with women: self-report of experiences of care. Possible range 0-43; higher the score the better the experience of care
Experience of providing FP counseling	at least 3-months after FP training	In-depth interviews with ASHAs from intervention and control arms to understand experience providing FP counseling

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Uptake of Family Planning	3-months after first FP counseling with ASHA	Self-report of uptake of a FP method; Yes/No/I Don't remember

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Population Services International; 🇮🇳 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India