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

Contraception Clinical Trial

Official title:

Enhancing Uptake of Family Planning Services by HIV Infected Women Attending the Postpartum Component of the PMTCT Program in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda Utilizing HIV-Infected Peers as Family Planning Champions

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03019601
• Other study ID #: NA_00048133
• Secondary ID: UM1AI069530
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 10, 2017
• Last updated: January 11, 2017
• Start date: September 2011
• Est. completion date: September 2012

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Johns Hopkins University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Uganda: National Council for Science and TechnologyUnited States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3300
• Est. completion date: September 2012
• Est. primary completion date: June 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

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:

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraception

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Group Education
Structured group education on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Johns Hopkins University	MU-JHU CARE, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	proportion of mothers who took up Family Planning		weekly for one year	No