A Trial of Group Versus Individual Family Planning Counseling in Ghana

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health648 enrolled

Overview

This study uses a randomized, noninferiority design to determine whether group family planning counseling is as effective as individual family planning counseling among gynecological patients with unmet need at two teaching hospitals in Ghana.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

648

Conditions

Contraception

Interventions

group family planning counselingBEHAVIORAL

group family planning counseling for gynecological patients with unmet need

Individual family planning counselingBEHAVIORAL

Individual family planning counseling with gynecological patients - the current standard of care

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age and older * fertile * desires to delay pregnancy for at least 12 months Exclusion Criteria: \-

Locations (3)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Contraceptive Intention

Time frame: Follow-up

Secondary Outcomes

Modern contraceptive method knowledge

Time frame: baseline and follow-up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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