Improving Person-Centered Care for Family Planning in India

Family Planning Clinical Trial

— SPARQ_FPI  

Official title:

Strengthening People-centered Accessibility, Respect, and Quality for Family Planning Services in India

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04206527
• Other study ID #: 18-25950
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 26, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 24, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: University of California, San Francisco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate the impact of a training to ASHAs on person-centered care (PCC) for family planning (FP).

Description:

ASHAs will be provided with a training on family planning (FP) counseling and method options. Half of the group will receive additional trainings on person-centered care (PCC) principles and respectful care while the other half of the group will not receive this additional training. Women working with both the control ASHAs (FP trained) and Interventions ASHAs (FP+PCC trained) will be surveyed following their interactions with the ASHA to understand the quality of their experience with the ASHA and whether the woman has taken up a FP method of her choice following interaction with the ASHA.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1104
• Est. completion date: June 24, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 24, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 49 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women aged 18-49

• Consented/agreed to participate

• Has met with a control or intervention ASHA at least once in the previous three months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a women aged 18-49

• Did not consent/agree to participate

• Has not met with a control or intervention ASHA at least once in the previous three months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family Planning

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Training of AHSAs on PCC for FP
ASHAs provided with training on FP methods and counseling plus PCC for FP
• Enhanced FP training
Participation in an enhanced FP training including PCC

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	Population Services International	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Francisco	Population Services International

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Person-centered Family Planning Scale Score	Survey conducted with women: self-report of experiences of care. Possible range 0-43; higher the score the better the experience of care	3-months after first FP counseling with ASHA
Primary	Experience of providing FP counseling	In-depth interviews with ASHAs from intervention and control arms to understand experience providing FP counseling	at least 3-months after FP training
Secondary	Uptake of Family Planning	Self-report of uptake of a FP method; Yes/No/I Don't remember	3-months after first FP counseling with ASHA