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| Name | Class |
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| International Planned Parenthood Federation | OTHER |
| Tajik Family Planning Alliance | UNKNOWN |
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This randomised controlled trial will establish the effect a contraceptive intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging on the acceptability of effective contraception in Tajikistan. Woman and men aged 16-24 will be randomised to have access to the Tajik Family Planning Alliance's sexual and reproductive health app (control) or the app plus 0-3 instant messages a day for 4 months (intervention). Participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline and 4 months.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention | Experimental | App plus the contraceptive instant messages |
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| Control | Placebo Comparator | App only |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contraceptive app instant messages | Behavioral |
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| Mobile phone app |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 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) | 4 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Use of effective contraception | The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant) | 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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| Tajik Family Planning Alliance | Dushanbe | Tajikistan |
| 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. | |
| 29433506 | 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)
| 4 months |
| Discontinuation of effective contraception | The proportion reporting use (or partner's 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 (or partner became pregnant) and did not want to become pregnant during the study | 4 months |
| Induced abortion | The proportion reporting having (or partner having) an abortion during the study | 4 months |
| 4 months |
| Personal agency in using (women only) and communicating with partners about contraception | Responses to the personal agency scales | 4 months |
| Intention to use effective contraception (women only) | Score on the intention measure | 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 O, Ahamed I, Kulaeva F, Tokhirov R, Saibov S, Vandewiele M, Standaert S, Leurent B, Edwards P, Palmer M, Free C. A randomized controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan. Reprod Health. 2018 Feb 13;15(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12978-018-0473-z. |
| 28939582 | Derived | McCarthy O, Leurent B, Edwards P, Tokhirov R, Free C. A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by app instant messaging to increase the acceptability of effective contraception among young people in Tajikistan: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 21;7(9):e017606. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017606. |