Expanded Program for Immunization, a Missed Opportunity for Postpartum Family Planning Utilization

Contraceptive Usage Clinical Trial

Official title:

Enhancing Postpartum Family Planning Utilization Through Integration With Expanded Program for Immunization in Sidama, South Ethiopia: A Quasi Experimental Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04780243
• Other study ID #: abe16muluneh
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 17, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Hawassa University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is aimed to enhance postpartum family planning by integrating family planning information with infant immunization services, which is the most widely utilized health services globally.

Description:

In this study, a before-and-after type of quasi-experimental study will be conducted in purposely selected health centers Sidama region, Ethiopia. base line assessment of postpartum contraceptive utilization rate will be done which will be followed by an intervention. The intervention consists of screening, counseling for family planning and referring mothers coming for infant immunization services to family planning units. All mothers coming for infant immunization service will be screened for and counseled for family planning and those who will be voluntary to take any method will be referred to family planning unit. All mothers who will not be voluntary will be re-counseled by the next visit.

Finally, the effect of this intervention on postpartum contraceptive utilization rate will be reassessed. The expected outcome will be to see an improved contraceptive uptake during the first year after delivery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 1474
• Est. completion date: March 17, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all women visiting health facilities for infant immunization for at least two times will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are in difficulty of communicating during the study period will be excluded.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Contraceptive Usage

Intervention

Other:
• counseling
Mothers presented to infant immunization units are going to be counseled for family planning services and if decide to take any method, they will be linked to family planning services

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Ethiopia	Sidama regional health bureau	Hawassa	Sidama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hawassa University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ethiopia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	After the initiation of the intervention, improved Contraceptive prevalence rate will be expected as an outcome	After counseling of the postpartum mothers for family planning, their informed decision making capacity to use contraceptives will be increased.	the outcome is measured two months after the initiation of the intervention