This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
580
Tajik Family Planning Alliance
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception
The proportion reporting that at least one method of effective contraception is acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)
Time frame: 4 months
Use of effective contraception
The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)
Time frame: 4 months
Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods
The proportion reporting that individual methods of effective contraception are acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant)
Time frame: 4 months
Discontinuation of effective contraception
The proportion reporting use (or partner's use) of effective contraception at any time during the 4 months (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)
Time frame: 4 months
Service uptake
The proportion reporting attending a sexual health service during the 4 months
Time frame: 4 months
Unintended pregnancy
The proportion reporting that they became pregnant (or partner became pregnant) and did not want to become pregnant during the study
Time frame: 4 months
Induced abortion
The proportion reporting having (or partner having) an abortion during the study
Time frame: 4 months
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