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NCT Number: NCT02905461

An Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

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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Key information

Conditions

Contraception

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18-24 years
  • Own a personal mobile phone
  • Not using the pill, implant, injection, intrauterine device or patch
  • Live in the West Bank

Exclusion criteria

  • Cannot read Arabic

Treatment and study plan

Contraceptive text messages

Behavioral

Text messages not about contraception

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Acceptability of at least one method of effective contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting that at least one method of effective contraception is acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Use of effective contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting current use of effective contraception (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)

  2. Acceptability of individual effective contraceptive methods

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting that individual methods of effective contraception are acceptable (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)

  3. Discontinuation of effective contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting use of effective contraception at any time during the 4 months (pill, intrauterine device, injection, implant, patch)

  4. Service uptake

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting attending a sexual health service during the 4 months

  5. Unintended pregnancy

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting that they became pregnant and did not want to become pregnant during the study

  6. Induced abortion

    Time frame: 4 months

    The proportion reporting having an abortion during the study

Other outcomes

  1. Knowledge of effective contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    Score on the knowledge measure

  2. Perceived norms in relation to using and communicating with partners about contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    Responses to the perceived norms scales

  3. Personal agency in using and communicating with partners about contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    Responses to the personal agency scales

  4. Intention to use effective contraception

    Time frame: 4 months

    Response to the intention scale

  5. Intervention 'dose' received

    Time frame: 4 months

    If participants read all, some, most or none of the messages and if they stopped the messages

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Other

Collaborators

  • International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention Delivered by Text Message to Increase the Acceptability of Effective Contraception Among Young Women in Palestine

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Sep 19, 2016
Registry last updated
Feb 7, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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