Study protocol for Post Pregnancy Family Planning Choices, an operations research study examining the effectiveness of interventions in the public and private sectors in Indonesia and Kenya

Gates Open Research

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Elaine Charurat¹  Sara Kennedy¹  Siti Qomariyah¹  Anne Schuster¹  Megan Christofield¹  Lindsay Breithaupt¹  Emmah Kariuki¹  Michael Muthamia¹  Mark Kabue¹  Eunice Omanga¹  Jelle Stekelenburg² 

[1] Jhpiego;University of Groningen

关键词: postpartum family planning;    postabortion family planning;    study protocol;   

DOI  :  10.12688/gatesopenres.13147.2

学科分类：电子与电气工程

来源: American Journal Of Pharmtech Research

【 摘 要 】

Background: Global evidence suggests many postpartum and postabortion women have an unmet need for family planning (FP) after delivery or receiving care following loss of a pregnancy. Post Pregnancy Family Planning Choices, an operations research study, aims to examine the effectiveness of a package of postpregnancy FP interventions, inclusive of postpartum and postabortion FP. The interventions are being implemented in selected public and private facilities in Indonesia and Kenya and focus on quality FP counseling and service provision prior to discharge. This manuscript presents the study protocol, documenting how the study team intends to determine key factors that influence uptake of postpregnancy FP. Methods: This is a multi-country, quasi-experimental three-year operations research study in Brebes and Batang Districts of Indonesia and Meru and Kilifi Counties of Kenya. Quantitative and qualitative data is collected longitudinally through interviews and health facility assessments at multiple time points. Data is gathered from 22 health facilities; 8,796 antenatal, postpartum, and postabortion clients; and key informants at national, subnational, facility, and community levels. Quantitative study data is collected and managed using REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture). Once data are thoroughly cleaned and reviewed, regression models and multilevel analyses will explore quantitative data. Qualitative study data is collected using audio recordings and transcribed to Microsoft Word, then analyzed using ATLAS.ti. Qualitative datasets will be analyzed using grounded theory methods. Discussion: The ultimate goals of the study are to generate and disseminate actionable evidence of positive drivers, barriers, and activities that do not yield results with regard to increasing postpregnancy FP programmatic activities, and to institutionalize postpregnancy FP in the public and private sectors in Indonesia and Kenya. We hope these learnings and experience will contribute to global efforts to advance and scale up postpregnancy FP in similar settings beyond these two countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY