Family Size Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Effect of Community-Based Interventions on Increasing Family Planning Utilization in Pastoralist Community of Afar Region Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Verified date | May 2019 |
Source | Mekelle University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The cluster randomized controlled trial was done in Pastoralist community of Afar region, Ethiopia for a total of nine months. There was three arms in the study. The type of randomization will be a cluster randomized controlled trial where kebele are randomized to two different interventions and control groups. These interventions are women education to use family planning and male education/involvement to enhance family planning use in the community.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 891 |
Est. completion date | September 27, 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | September 5, 2018 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 15 Years to 49 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - A household was considered eligible for the study if the following criteria are met: - at least one married women with reproductive age group (15-49) year's child - able to provide a consent and voluntary to participate in the study - Cluster which has more than 30 married women. A household was excluded if the woman or her husband will not volunteer to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: - Married women who are not volunteer to provide informed consent - Married women who are declared infertile |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Ethiopia | Afar Region | Semera | Zone 1 |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Mekelle University |
Ethiopia,
Alemayehu et al. Family planning use and associated factors among pastoralist community of afar region, eastern Ethiopia. BMC Women's Health (2016) 16:39 DOI 10.1186/s12905-016-0321-7 Afework B., Alemayehu M., Znabu H., Araya AM., Mohammed A., Afework M. Factors influencing contraceptive use among women of reproductive age from the pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2018;32(Special Issue):28-33 Znabu H., Alemayehu M, Araya AM., Afework M. Drivers to have more children in the pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia: an explorative qualitative study. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2018;32(Special Issue):21-27 Alemayehu M., Araya AM., Afework M.A review of evidence on barriers to and facilitators of the utilization of reproductive, maternal and neonatal health services among pastoralist communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2018;32(Special Issue):43-49 Key CW., Araya AM.,Mark S., Mussie A.,Selemawit AB.,Abiy HS.,Ephrem TL., Afework M.Best practices for addressing socio-cultural barriers to reproductive, maternal and neonatal health service utilization among women from pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia: A qualitative study. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2018;32(Special Issue):4-12 Alemayehu M.,Araya AM, Kibrom B, Yemane G., Tesfay H.,Selemawit AB., Mohammed A., Afework M.The Levels of utilization of reproductive, maternal and neonatal health services among women from pastoralist communities in Afar, Ethiopia: across-sectional survey. Ethiop. J. Health Dev.2018;32(Special Issue):34-42
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Family planning utilization | the family planning utilization will be assessed by asking the participant either use or not use of contraceptive during data collection.Both the ever use or current use of the family planning will be collected from the married women. | 9 months | |
Secondary | Intention to use family planning | A total of 9 items which has a natural ascending order was used. The items includes the following points. I am not clear with the benefits of using family planning , at this moment, I can list some of the benefits of family planning use I would gain if I use it, I am happy if I could use family planning to space the number of children I would have in the future, I am willing to use family planning to space/limit number of children, I have already decided that I should use family planning in the near future, I have ever used family planning in the previous 6 months and I found it relevant me, I have ever used FP in the past 6 months and I am quite sure I will continue using it in the future and It is expected that women in our community should use family planning and so do I. | 9 months |
Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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Completed |
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