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An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

NCT02905461 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 586

Last updated 2018-02-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone text message on the acceptability of effective contraception in Palestine. Woman aged 18-24 will be randomised to receive 0-3 text messages a day for 4 months (intervention) or a monthly text message not about contraception (control). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Contraception

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Contraceptive text messages

OTHER

Text messages not about contraception

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • International Planned Parenthood Federation

    collaborator OTHER

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caroline Free, PhD · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-08
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • Palestinian Territories

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