Contraception
Conditions
Keywords
Reproductive health
Brief summary
This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone text message on the acceptability of effective contraception in Palestine. Woman aged 18-24 will be randomised to receive 0-3 text messages a day for 4 months (intervention) or a monthly text message not about contraception (control). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 month follow-up.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALContraceptive text messages
OTHERText messages not about contraception
Sponsors
Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association
International Planned Parenthood Federation
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 18-24 years * Own a personal mobile phone * Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch * Live in the West Bank
Exclusion criteria
* Cannot read Arabic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception | 4 months | The proportion reporting that at least one method of effective contraception is acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods | 4 months | The proportion reporting that individual methods of effective contraception are acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) |
| Use of effective contraception | 4 months | The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) |
| Discontinuation of effective contraception | 4 months | The proportion reporting use of effective contraception at any time during the 4 months (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) |
| Service uptake | 4 months | The proportion reporting attending a sexual health service during the 4 months |
| Unintended pregnancy | 4 months | The proportion reporting that they became pregnant and did not want to become pregnant during the study |
| Induced abortion | 4 months | The proportion reporting having an abortion during the study |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention 'dose' received | 4 months | If participants read all, some, most or none of the messages and if they stopped the messages |
| Perceived norms in relation to using and communicating with partners about contraception | 4 months | Responses to the perceived norms scales |
| Knowledge of effective contraception | 4 months | Score on the knowledge measure |
| Intention to use effective contraception | 4 months | Response to the intention scale |
| Personal agency in using and communicating with partners about contraception | 4 months | Responses to the personal agency scales |
Countries
Palestinian Territories
Outcome results
None listed