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Effect of Pamphlet Supported Counseling During Child Immunization on the Initiation of Post-partum Family Planning

NCT04521517 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 346

Last updated 2020-08-21

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Summary

Background:- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends postpartum family planning as a critical component of health care that has the potential to meet women's desire for contraception and save millions of maternal and infant lives in low- and middle-income countries. Family planning is known to avert a higher number of maternal deaths and child mortality. Closely spaced pregnancies within the first year postpartum are the riskiest for the mother and baby, resulting in increased risks for adverse outcomes, such as preterm, low birth weight, and small for gestational age. Adding the existing body of evidence use of intervention strategies that promote and increase postpartum family planning in the developing world is important. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of the use of pamphlet supported by counseling during child immunization in improving the overall and average time of initiation of postpartum family planning utilization in the first nine months after delivery and assess its socio-demographic predictors in selected health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Methods:- The study will use implementation science with a randomized control trial study design. The study will involve mothers coming for vaccination of their newborn child to selected three health centers that are under the catchment area of Tikur Anbessa Teaching Hospital, in Addis Ababa. Eligible mothers will be randomly assigned into intervention and non-intervention arms using computerized assignments assisted by an envelope. Mothers assigned to the interventional arm will be given a pamphlet that advises mothers about postpartum family planning followed by counseling service while women in the non-intervention arm will take the routine immunization service given in the health services. Both groups will be followed until the 9th month after the birth of the child. In the 9th month after the birth of the child, during child vaccination for measles, women will be asked for the starting date the first family planning service. A comparison of family planning service will be made between the groups using logistic regression, using bivariate and multivariable analysis. The study also will use Kaplan Meier and Cox-regression to compare the median time of postpartum family planning and its correlation using SPSS for windows version 26. The research will undertake from Dec 2019 to June 2021.

Conditions

  • Family Planning

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

pamphlet describing the timing of family planning during postpartum with methods advantages and disadvantages of family planning

a pamphlet describing the timing of family planning during postpartum with methods advantages and disadvantages of family planning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Addis Ababa University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-15
Primary Completion
2021-08-30
Completion
2021-12-31

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