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

January 11, 2017 updated by: Johns Hopkins University

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

3300

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group education
Non pregnant HIV+ mothers were exposed to a structured educational intervention on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions.
Behavioral: Group Education
Structured group education on family planning facilitated by Peer Champions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
proportion of mothers who took up Family Planning
Time Frame: weekly for one year
weekly for one year

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborators

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
MU-JHU CARE

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Peter Mudiope, MBChB, MSc, MU-JHU CARE

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 12, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NA_00048133
  • UM1AI069530 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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