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Enhancing Uptake of Family Planning Services by HIV-Infected Women Attending the PMTCT Program

Enhancing Uptake of Family Planning Services by HIV Infected Women Attending the Postpartum Component of the PMTCT Program in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda Utilizing HIV-Infected Peers as Family Planning Champions

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03019601
Enrollment
3300
Registered
2017-01-12
Start date
2011-09-30
Completion date
2012-09-30
Last updated
2017-01-12

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Conditions

Contraception

Keywords

HIV, PMTCT

Brief summary

A specific organized program utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to providing standard family planning messages currently used in the clinic.

Detailed description

A planned group education structural intervention utilizing peers in the PMTCT clinic who provide family planning information and support to HIV infected mothers was compared to the standard of care which consisted of providing standard family planning messages to women attending the PMTCT Clinic. The study had two phases. The Formative Phase consisted of six focus group discussions and six in depth interviews. In the Implementation Phase, patient attendance and family planning uptake summaries for during implementation were monitored and summarized daily. Weekly average summaries were considered as time points.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGroup Education

Structured group education on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions

Sponsors

MU-JHU CARE
CollaboratorOTHER
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
CollaboratorNIH
Johns Hopkins University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* This being a program based intervention, all HIV positive mothers who utilize the PMTCT and post natal clinic during the study period will be enrolled.

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
proportion of mothers who took up Family Planningweekly for one year

Outcome results

None listed

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