Efficacy Testing of a Multi-Level Family Planning Intervention

Launched by BOSTON COLLEGE · Apr 4, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a community-based program called Family Health=Family Wealth (FH=FW) in Uganda. The aim is to see if this program can help couples of reproductive age better manage family planning. Specifically, the researchers want to find out if participating in FH=FW can reduce unintended pregnancies and help couples use contraceptives effectively for two years. They will compare couples involved in this program with those receiving a different type of support focused on water, sanitation, and hygiene.

To participate, couples need to be married or living together, speak Luganda, and be sexually active or planning to resume sexual activity within three months. Women must be between 18 and 49 years old, while men can be between 18 and 54. Participants will join six group sessions to learn about the benefits of family planning, enhance communication with each other, and improve their access to family planning services. This study is not yet recruiting participants, but it aims to provide helpful insights into family planning in the community.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Women aged 18 (or emancipated minors - those 15-17 who are married and/or have children) to 49 and men aged 18 (or emancipated minors age 15-17) to 54. The upper age limits follow those used by the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to define "reproductive age."
• • Married or considers themselves married and living together most of the time
• • Residing in communities selected for study inclusion
• • Luganda speaking
• • Sexually active with spouse within the past 3 months or planning to resume sex within the next 3 months if the woman is within 2 months postpartum
• • Not currently pregnant (confirmed via pregnancy test); can be eligible to enroll later once postpartum
• • The woman has an unmet need for family planning, i.e., the woman reports not wanting to become pregnant within the next 2 years but is not using any effective methods (IUD, injection, oral pill, implant, vasectomy, tubal ligation, condoms 90% of the time or more) or is using only lower-efficacy methods (condoms less than 90% of the time, lactational amenorrhea, fertility-awareness based methods e.g., counting method, withdrawal).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • At least one person in the couple does not expect to be available for all sessions
• • The woman or man is not able to reproduce due to a known medical reason (e.g., hysterectomy, as told by a doctor) or last period greater than 6 months for women that are not postpartum.