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NCT Number: NCT01020552

Integrating Family Planning Into Postabortion Care

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Postabortion Care Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

15 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Gatundu District Hospital, Gatundu, Central, Kenya

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About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Provision of PAC job aids and provider training on the use of the job aids

Other

Facility-level intervention applied to all study facilities

Primary outcomes

  1. Knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding PAC job aids (clients and providers)

    Time frame: Anticipated end of data collection 12/31/09

Secondary outcomes

  1. Client-report of provider counseling, by client age

    Time frame: Anticipated end of analysis/report writing 4/28/10

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

FHI 360

Other

Collaborators

  • Pathfinder International

Registry information

Official study title

ESD: Integrated Services for Women Seeking Postabortion Care in Kenya

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Nov 25, 2009
Registry last updated
Apr 29, 2010

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