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Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess: (1) the impact of a reproductive health program on modern contraceptive use from baseline to program close; (2) the sustained impact from baseline to follow-up 36 months later; and (3) the exposure-adjusted impact at program close and follow-up. DESIGN:Retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study. SETTING:Karachi, Pakistan. PARTICIPANTS:2561 married women aged 16-49 years. INTERVENTIONS:The Willows Program, a community-based family planning counselling and referral program implemented from 2013 to 2015. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES:The primary outcome was community-level modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR), measured for January 2013 (baseline), June 2015 (program close) and at follow-up 36 months later. A secondary outcome was exposure-adjusted mCPR (among women reporting a family planning home visit) at program close and at follow-up. RESULTS:There was no significant effect on community-level mCPR at program close (2.4 percentage point increase in intervention over comparison; 95% CI -2.2 to 7.0) or at follow-up (1.9 percentage point decrease; 95% CI -6.7 to 2.8). Only 18% of women in the intervention area reported receiving a family planning visit in the preceding 5?years. Among those reporting a visit, we observed a significant 10.3 percentage point increase (95% CI 4.6 to 15.9) from baseline to close, and a non-significant 2.0 percentage point increase (95% CI -3.8 to 7.8) from baseline to follow-up, relative to matched women in the comparison area. The cost per new modern method user was US$1089, while the cost per user-year during the intervention period was US$455. CONCLUSIONS:The program had a positive short-term effect on women who received a family planning visit; however, this effect was not sustained. Program coverage was low and did not significantly increase community-level family planning use. Findings highlight the need to increase community coverage of high-quality counselling and contextually relevant interventions for family planning demand generation.

SUBMITTER: Hackett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7513633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.

Hackett Kristy K   Henry Elizabeth E   Hussain Imtiaz I   Khan Mirbaz M   Feroz Khalid K   Kaur Navdep N   Sato Ryoko R   Soofi Sajid S   Canning David D   Shah Iqbal I  

BMJ open 20200923 9


<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess: (1) the impact of a reproductive health program on modern contraceptive use from baseline to program close; (2) the sustained impact from baseline to follow-up 36 months later; and (3) the exposure-adjusted impact at program close and follow-up.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.<h4>Setting</h4>Karachi, Pakistan.<h4>Participants</h4>2561 married women aged 16-49 years.<h4>Interventions</h4>The Willows Program, a community-based famil  ...[more]

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