Behaviour change techniques and contraceptive use in low and middle income countries: a review

Reproductive Health

J. N. Newell²  R. King²  Mwelwa Phiri¹ 

[1] Public Health Practitioner, Lusaka Trust Hospital, 2191, Nsumbu road, Lusaka, Zambia;Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9LJ, UK

关键词: Low and middle income country;    Behaviour change techniques;    Community-based intervention;    Contraception;   

Others  :  1231210
DOI  :  10.1186/s12978-015-0091-y

 received in 2015-03-18, accepted in 2015-10-25,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

We aimed to identify effective behaviour change techniques to increase modern contraceptive use in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Literature was identified in Global Health, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Popline, as well as peer reviewed journals. Articles were included if they were written in English, had an outcome evaluation of contraceptive use, modern contraceptive use, contraceptive initiation/uptake, contraceptive adherence or continuation of contraception, were a systematic review or randomised controlled trial, and were conducted in a low or middle income country. We assessed the behaviour change techniques used in each intervention and included a new category of male partner involvement. We identified six studies meeting the inclusion criteria. The most effective interventions were those that involve male partner involvement in the decision to initiate contraceptive use. The findings also suggest that providing access to contraceptives in the community promotes their use. The interventions that had positive effects on contraceptive use used a combination of behaviour change techniques. Performance techniques were not used in any of the interventions. The use of social support techniques, which are meant to improve wider social acceptability, did not appear except in two of the interventions. Our findings suggest that when information and contraceptives are provided, contraceptive use improves. Recommendations include reporting of behaviour change studies to include more details of the intervention and techniques employed. There is also a need for further research to understand which techniques are especially effective.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Phiri et al.

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