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| Name | Class |
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| Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association | OTHER |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Contraceptive text messages |
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| Control | Placebo Comparator | Text messages not about contraception |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive text messages | Behavioral |
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| Text messages not about contraception |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception | The proportion reporting that at least one method of effective contraception is acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) | 4 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Use of effective contraception | The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) | 4 months |
| Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Knowledge of effective contraception | Score on the knowledge measure | 4 months |
| Perceived norms in relation to using and communicating with partners about contraception | Responses to the perceived norms scales |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Caroline Free, PhD | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association | Jerusalem | Palestinian Territories |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 32779730 | Derived | Palmer MJ, Henschke N, Villanueva G, Maayan N, Bergman H, Glenton C, Lewin S, Fonhus MS, Tamrat T, Mehl GL, Free C. Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 14;8(8):CD013680. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013680. | |
| 31014358 | Derived |
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| Other |
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The proportion reporting that individual methods of effective contraception are acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)
| 4 months |
| Discontinuation of effective contraception | The proportion reporting use of effective contraception at any time during the 4 months (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch) | 4 months |
| Service uptake | The proportion reporting attending a sexual health service during the 4 months | 4 months |
| Unintended pregnancy | The proportion reporting that they became pregnant and did not want to become pregnant during the study | 4 months |
| Induced abortion | The proportion reporting having an abortion during the study | 4 months |
| 4 months |
| Personal agency in using and communicating with partners about contraception | Responses to the personal agency scales | 4 months |
| Intention to use effective contraception | Response to the intention scale | 4 months |
| Intervention 'dose' received | If participants read all, some, most or none of the messages and if they stopped the messages | 4 months |
| McCarthy OL, Zghayyer H, Stavridis A, Adada S, Ahamed I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Free C. A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine. Trials. 2019 Apr 23;20(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3297-4. |
| 28974258 | Derived | McCarthy OL, Wazwaz O, Jado I, Leurent B, Edwards P, Adada S, Stavridis A, Free C. An intervention delivered by text message to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young women in Palestine: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Oct 3;18(1):454. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2191-1. |