Clinical trial NCT01020552: Integrating Family Planning Into Postabortion Care
Official title: ESD: Integrated Services for Women Seeking Postabortion Care in Kenya
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Postabortion Care
Keywords: APHIA II
AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance project
DCF
data collection forms
FDA
Federal Drug Administration
FP
family planning
IRB
Institutional Review Board
PAC
postabortion care
To document the ESD PAC svc pkg including the provision of services, client satisfaction with those services and provider attitudes towards PAC services
To examine any differences in implementation of the ESD PAC services package for youth and adult clients
To assess the usefulness of five Youth-Friendly PAC Job Aids developed by ESD
Lead sponsor: FHI 360
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Pathfinder International
First posted: 2009-11-25
Enrollment: 300
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 15
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: non healthy participants

Brief summary: A descriptive post-intervention study designed to provide data to decision-makers at the Kenyan Ministry of Health, the Extending Service Delivery Project (ESD), and Pathfinder International about whether and how to scale-up the ESD Project's postabortion care (PAC) services package. Approximately three months of data will be collected following the introduction of postabortion care job aids in eight public sector health facilities in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya. Postabortion clients and providers will be interviewed; facilities providing PAC services will be inventoried using facility checklists.

Detailed description: A descriptive post-intervention study designed to provide data to decision-makers at the Kenyan Ministry of Health, the Extending Service Delivery Project (ESD), and Pathfinder International about whether and how to scale-up the ESD Project's postabortion care (PAC) services package. Approximately three months of data will be collected following the introduction of postabortion care job aids in eight public sector health facilities in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya. Postabortion clients and providers will be interviewed; facilities providing PAC services will be inventoried using facility checklists.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* For Facilities: APHIA II facilities supported by the ESD project in Central Province and Nairobi, Kenya where: (1) PAC services are provided, (2) at least one provider has received PAC and Youth-friendly PAC training, (3) Community mobilization has been initiated, (4) PAC equipment and supplies have been procured, (5) PAC job aids have been distributed.
* For Clients: Women aged 15 years or older who have received PAC services at a study facility and who have a telephone on which they can be contacted
* For Providers: Any person who offers PAC services at a study facility

Primary outcomes:
measure: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding PAC job aids (clients and providers)
timeFrame: Anticipated end of data collection 12/31/09
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Client-report of provider counseling, by client age
timeFrame: Anticipated end of analysis/report writing 4/28/10
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Gatundu
country: Kenya
facility: Gatundu District Hospital
state: Central
city: Karatina
country: Kenya
facility: Karatina District Hospital
state: Central
city: Kerugoya
country: Kenya
facility: Kerugoya District Hospital
state: Central
city: Muranga
country: Kenya
facility: Muranga District Hospital
state: Central
city: Thika
country: Kenya
facility: Thika District Hospital
state: Central
city: Tigoni
country: Kenya
facility: Tigoni District Hospital
state: Central
city: Nairobi
country: Kenya
facility: Muthethania Maternity
state: Nairobi-West
city: Nairobi
country: Kenya
facility: Mbagathi District Hospital
state: West
Study officials:
affiliation: FHI 360
name: Emily Evens, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Family Health International - Nairobi
name: Rose Otieno-Masaba, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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