Game Changers for Family Planning Peer Advocacy Program

Pilot of a Peer Advocacy Training Intervention to Reduce Unmet Need for Contraception in Uganda

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06048328

Acronym

GC-FP

Enrollment

192

Registered

2023-09-21

Start date

2027-11-15

Completion date

2031-07-01

Last updated

2025-12-31

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Conditions

Family Planning

Keywords

contraception

Brief summary

This study will adapt the Game Changers peer advocacy training model for family planning context and pilot test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the intervention to empower female contraception users to advocate for contraception use among women in their social networks who have unmet need for contraception.

Detailed description

The investigators will conduct a pilot RCT of Game Changers for Family Planning (GC-FP) with 40 female modern contraceptive (MC) users (index participants) at one rural public clinic, with 20 randomly assigned to receive the intervention (in 2 groups of 10) and 20 to the wait-list control; enrollment and randomization will be stratified by age and relationship status. Each index will recruit up to 3 social network members (alters) with unmet need for MC (max. total=120). Data will be collected at baseline and month 6 from all participants; primary outcome is alter MC use at month 6.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGame Changers for Family Planning

Game Changers for Family Planning (GC-FP) intervention. The intervention will consist of 6 group sessions. The sessions will focus on stigma reduction, disclosure decision making, knowledge, and building skills for advocacy. The 2-hour, weekly sessions will be facilitated by 2 trained peers who are MC users, and conducted in Luganda using a structured manual, and group format to facilitate: sharing of experiences to build support, modeling and motivation; group problem solving and role playing to build skills and self-efficacy; and homework between sessions to practice skills and generate experiences to be processed in the group.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

parallel randomized controlled trial, with individual randomization to receive the intervention or wait-list control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 49 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Index participants: Inclusion Criteria: * MC user for past year Social network member participant: Inclusion Criteria: * Not using MC, but reports trying to prevent pregnancy * Know about the MC use of their referring index participant

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Rate of use of modern contraceptives (social network participants)	6 months	Proportion of participants who use a modern contraceptive, abstracted from medical chart

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mean level of engagement in family planning advocacy (index participants)	6 months	Mean item score on self-report scale measuring engagement in family planning advocacy

Contacts

Primary ContactGlenn Wagner

gwagner@rand.org3234284376

Outcome results

None listed

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