Expanded Program for Immunization, a Missed Opportunity for Postpartum Family Planning Utilization

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Contraceptive Usage
• Interventions: Other: counseling

• Registration Number: NCT04780243
• Lead Sponsor: Hawassa University

Brief Summary

This study is aimed to enhance postpartum family planning by integrating family planning information with infant immunization services, which is the most widely utilized health services globally.

Detailed Description

In this study, a before-and-after type of quasi-experimental study will be conducted in purposely selected health centers Sidama region, Ethiopia. base line assessment of postpartum contraceptive utilization rate will be done which will be followed by an intervention. The intervention consists of screening, counseling for family planning and referring mothers coming for infant immunization services to family planning units. All mothers coming for infant immunization service will be screened for and counseled for family planning and those who will be voluntary to take any method will be referred to family planning unit. All mothers who will not be voluntary will be re-counseled by the next visit.

Finally, the effect of this intervention on postpartum contraceptive utilization rate will be reassessed. The expected outcome will be to see an improved contraceptive uptake during the first year after delivery.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-30
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-30
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-03
• Study Completion: 2021-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1474

Inclusion Criteria

• all women visiting health facilities for infant immunization for at least two times will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who are in difficulty of communicating during the study period will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
postintervention group	counseling	Postintervention group: women participated after the intervention was initiated will be labeled as postintervention group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
After the initiation of the intervention, improved Contraceptive prevalence rate will be expected as an outcome	the outcome is measured two months after the initiation of the intervention	After counseling of the postpartum mothers for family planning, their informed decision making capacity to use contraceptives will be increased.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sidama regional health bureau; 🇪🇹 Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia