ArticleReproductive health2017
Study protocol: incentives for increased access to comprehensive family planning for urban youth using a benefits card in Uganda. A quasi-experimental study.
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- Impact of FP2020 Program on High-Risk Pregnancies and Under-Five Mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Analysis Using Demographic and Health Surveys (2013-2023).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of a public health protection scheme for the below-poverty-line population on out-of-pocket inpatient care expenditure in Bangladesh: findings from a quasi-experimental study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Cost-effectiveness of increased contraceptive coverage using family planning benefits cards compared with the standard of care for young women in Uganda.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Designing a Logic Model for Mobile Maternal Health e-Voucher Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Interpretive Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Framing Contraceptive Use Motivations Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living in Informal Settlements in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, Uganda.Frontiers in global women's health · 2021Article
- Geospatial Distribution of Family Planning Services in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, Uganda.Frontiers in global women's health · 2020Article
- Acceptability and utilization of family planning benefits cards by youth in slums in Kampala, Uganda.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2019Article
- Study protocol: using a mobile phone-based application to increase awareness and uptake of sexual and reproductive health services among the youth in Uganda. A randomized controlled trial.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- A Systematic Review of Determinants Influencing Family Planning and Contraceptive Use.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of contraception is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions and has the potential to prevent about 30% of maternal and 10% of child deaths in developing countries. Voucher-based initiatives for family planning are an effective and viable means of increasing contraceptive use. In this paper, we present a protocol for a pilot study of a novel incentive, a family planning benefits card (FPBC) program to increase uptake of family planning services among urban poor youth in Uganda while leveraging private sector funding.
methodsThe study employs both impact and health economic evaluation methods to assess the effect of the FPBC program. We propose a quasi-experimental study design with two separate pre- and post-samples to measure program effectiveness. The main outcome of the impact evaluation is the percentage change in the prevalence of modern contraceptive use and unmet need for contraception. We will also conduct model-based incremental cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses. The main outcomes of the economic evaluation are the cost per enrolled youth and cost per pregnancy averted, and cost per disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) averted. We will also pilot a corporate social responsibility model of sponsorship for the FPBC program in partnership with local corporations. Budget impact analysis will examine the potential affordability of scaling up the FPBC program and the fiscal implications of this scale up to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) budgets of partner corporations, the government, and the individual taxpayer. DISCUSSION: In this study, we propose an impact and economic evaluation to establish the proof concept of using a FPBC program to increase uptake of family planning services among urban poor youth in Uganda. The results of this study will present stakeholders in Uganda and internationally with a potentially viable option for corporate-sponsored access to family planning in urban poor communities.
trial registrationMUREC1/7 No. 10/05-17. Registered 19th July 2017.
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