Enhancing Uptake of Family Planning Services by HIV-Infected Women Attending the PMTCT Program

N/ACompletedNCT03019601

Johns Hopkins University3,300 enrolled

Overview

A specific organized program utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to providing standard family planning messages currently used in the clinic.

A planned group education structural intervention utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to the standard of care which consisted of providing standard family planning messages to women attending the PMTCT Clinic. The study had two phases. The Formative Phase consisted of six focus group discussions and six in depth interviews. In the Implementation Phase, patient attendance and family planning uptake summaries for during implementation were monitored and summarized daily. Weekly average summaries were considered as time points.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

3,300

Conditions

Contraception

Interventions

Group EducationBEHAVIORAL

Structured group education on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * This being a program based intervention, all HIV positive mothers who utilize the PMTCT and post natal clinic during the study period will be enrolled. Exclusion Criteria: * none

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

proportion of mothers who took up Family Planning

Time frame: weekly for one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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