Integrating Family Planning Into Postabortion Care

Postabortion Care Clinical Trial

Official title:

ESD: Integrated Services for Women Seeking Postabortion Care in Kenya

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01020552
• Other study ID #: 10035
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2009
• Last updated: April 28, 2010
• Start date: September 2009
• Est. completion date: April 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2010
• Source: FHI 360
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review BoardKenya: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A descriptive post-intervention study designed to provide data to decision-makers at the Kenyan Ministry of Health, the Extending Service Delivery Project (ESD), and Pathfinder International about whether and how to scale-up the ESD Project's postabortion care (PAC) services package. Approximately three months of data will be collected following the introduction of postabortion care job aids in eight public sector health facilities in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya. Postabortion clients and providers will be interviewed; facilities providing PAC services will be inventoried using facility checklists.

Description:

A descriptive post-intervention study designed to provide data to decision-makers at the Kenyan Ministry of Health, the Extending Service Delivery Project (ESD), and Pathfinder International about whether and how to scale-up the ESD Project's postabortion care (PAC) services package. Approximately three months of data will be collected following the introduction of postabortion care job aids in eight public sector health facilities in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya. Postabortion clients and providers will be interviewed; facilities providing PAC services will be inventoried using facility checklists.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: April 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• For Facilities: APHIA II facilities supported by the ESD project in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya where: (1) PAC services are provided, (2) at least one provider has received PAC and Youth-friendly PAC training, (3) Community mobilization has been initiated, (4) PAC equipment and supplies have been procured, (5) PAC job aids have been distributed.

• For Clients: Women aged 15 years or older who have received PAC services at a study facility and who have a telephone on which they can be contacted

• For Providers: Any person who offers PAC services at a study facility

Study Design

Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Postabortion Care

Intervention

Other:
• Provision of PAC job aids and provider training on the use of the job aids
Facility-level intervention applied to all study facilities

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Kenya	Gatundu District Hospital	Gatundu	Central
Kenya	Karatina District Hospital	Karatina	Central
Kenya	Kerugoya District Hospital	Kerugoya	Central
Kenya	Muranga District Hospital	Muranga	Central
Kenya	Mbagathi District Hospital	Nairobi	West
Kenya	Muthethania Maternity	Nairobi	Nairobi-West
Kenya	Thika District Hospital	Thika	Central
Kenya	Tigoni District Hospital	Tigoni	Central

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
FHI 360	Pathfinder International

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Kenya, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding PAC job aids (clients and providers)		Anticipated end of data collection 12/31/09	No
Secondary	Client-report of provider counseling, by client age		Anticipated end of analysis/report writing 4/28/10	No