NCT00814411

A Trial of Group Versus Individual Family Planning Counseling in Ghana

A Randomized Trial of Group vs. Individual Family Planning Counseling in Ghana

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 648 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study uses a randomized, noninferiority design to determine whether group family planning counseling is as effective as individual family planning counseling among gynecological patients with unmet need at two teaching hospitals in Ghana.

Conditions

• Contraception

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	group family planning counseling	group family planning counseling for gynecological patients with unmet need
BEHAVIORAL	Individual family planning counseling	Individual family planning counseling with gynecological patients - the current standard of care

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2008-07-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2008-12-24
• Last updated: 2008-12-24

Locations

3 sites across 2 countries: United States, Ghana