Trial reportBMC health services research2015
Effectiveness of evidence-based medicine on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family planning providers: a randomized experiment in Jordan.
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- Public stewardship of private for-profit healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- Family planning interventions across the League of Arab States: a regional scoping review.International health · 2025Article
- Health care professionals' attitudes towards youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in Jordan: a cross-sectional study of physicians, midwives and nurses.Reproductive health · 2021Article
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- Impact of the village health center project on contraceptive behaviors in rural Jordan: a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences analysis.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Provider Bias in Family Planning Services: A Review of Its Meaning and Manifestations.Global health, science and practice · 2019Review
- Jordan's 2002 to 2012 Fertility Stall and Parallel USAID Investments in Family Planning: Lessons From an Assessment to Guide Future Programming.Global health, science and practice · 2017Article
- Family planning interventions in Jordan: A scoping review.Women's health (London, England)Article
- "Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundProvider misconceptions and biases about contraceptive methods are major barriers to family planning access for women in low- and middle-income countries, including Jordan. Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) programs aim to reduce biases and misconceptions by providing doctors with the most up-to-date scientific evidence on contraceptive methods.
methodsWe evaluate the effects of an EBM program conducted in Jordan on private providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Family planning providers randomly assigned to a treatment group were invited to attend a roundtable seminar on the injectable contraceptive Depot Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DMPA), and to receive two 15 min one-on-one educational visits that reinforce the messages from the seminar.
resultsThere was low compliance with the EBM program. The study fails to detect an impact on providers' knowledge of DMPA's side effects or on reported clinical practices. There is suggestive evidence of a positive impact on providers' attitudes toward and confidence in prescribing the contraceptive to their patients. There is also evidence of positive selection into program participation.
conclusionsWe conclude that EBM may not be effective as a stand-alone program targeting a family planning method with a high level of provider and consumer bias. Evidence of positive selection into program participation underscores the importance of randomization to avoid overestimating the true effects of interventions.
trial registrationAEA RCT Registry, AEARCTR0000539 , 11/3/2014.
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