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Community Based Distribution of Injectable Contraceptives in Tigray, Ethiopia

NCT01288274 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1062

Last updated 2024-02-15

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that with appropriate training, the provision of injectable contraceptives by community based reproductive health agents (CBRHAs) does not significantly differ from low-level clinic-based providers, or health extension workers (HEWs).

Conditions

  • Contraception
  • Family Planning
  • Task Shifting
  • Community Based Distribution
  • DMPA

Interventions

OTHER

Community Based administration of DMPA

Injectable contraceptive administered by clinic based health extension worker or community based reproductive health agent using same protocol to test equivalence of community based distribution to facility based distribution

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tigray Regional Health Bureau

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Venture Strategies for Health and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • Venture Strategies innovations

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of California, Berkeley

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ndola Prata, MD, MSc · Bixby Center, University of California, Berkeley

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2009-08-31

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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