Investigating the Effect of a Prenatal Family Planning Counseling Intervention Led by Community Health Workers on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women in the West Bank

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01854671

Enrollment

176

Registered

2013-05-15

Start date

2013-08-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2015-08-17

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Conditions

Focus: Contraceptive Counseling, Focus: Postpartum Contraception

Keywords

postpartum contraception, contraceptive counseling

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the difference in proportion of postpartum women using contraception after a Community Health Worker (CHW) family planning educational intervention compared to women who receive standard care in the West Bank district of Ramallah and Al-Bireh. Primary hypothesis: Postpartum contraceptive use will increase in women who receive a dedicated family planning counseling intervention delivered by CHWs during antenatal care compared to women receiving usual care.

Interventions

OTHERfamily planning counseling let by community health workers

The family planning counseling sessions led by community health workers will present advantages of birth spacing, available methods of postpartum contraception, contraindications (if any) for the method, when each method can be safely started postpartum, where each method can be obtained, and importance of 6 week postpartum clinic follow-up. There will also be a take-home contraceptive method brochure given at conclusion of information session -primarily pictorial and in Arabic, to facilitate discussion at home with husbands and family members.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women attending the MoH Ramallah or Al-Bireh clinic for antenatal care and 34-38 weeks pregnant at enrollment * Planning delivery at an MoH hospital * Able and willing to be contacted by phone or home visit

Exclusion criteria

* Women less than 34 weeks pregnant or non-pregnant * Planning delivery at a private or NGO hospital * Unwilling to be contacted for follow-up after enrollment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported contraceptive use	6 months post-partum

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Intent to use contraception in the future	6 months postpartum
Non-desire to use contraception	6 months postpartum

Countries

Palestinian Territories

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026