Trial reportStudies in family planning2018
Can a Gender Equity and Family Planning Intervention for Men Change Their Gender Ideology? Results from the CHARM Intervention in Rural India.
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- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions in Family Planning for Men in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.JMA journal · 2024Article
- Assessing the impact of CHARM2, a family planning program on gender attitudes, intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion, and marital quality in India.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Associations between Contraceptive Decision-Making and Marital Contraceptive Communication and use in Rural Maharashtra, India.Studies in family planning · 2022Article
- Using machine learning to understand determinants of IUD use in India: Analyses of the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-4).SSM - population health · 2022Article
- The development and feasibility of a group-based household-level intervention to improve preconception nutrition in Nawalparasi district of Nepal.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A summative content analysis of how programmes to improve the right to sexual and reproductive health address power.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a gender synchronized family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: The CHARM2 cluster randomized control trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Health providers' perspectives on contraceptive use in rural Northwest Tanzania: A qualitative study.Contraception: X · 2022Article
- Freedom of Movement and Adolescent Sexual Violence in India.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Traditional Machismo, Caballerismo, and the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Cascade Among a Sample of Latino Sexual Minority Men.Journal of sex research · 2021Article
- Community attitudes and gendered influences on decision making around contraceptive implant use in rural Papua New Guinea.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to family planning and gender equity among husbands of adolescent girls in Niger.Global public health · 2020Article
- How gender and religion impact uptake of family planning: results from a qualitative study in Northwestern Tanzania.BMC women's health · 2019Article
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Abstract
We assess the effect of CHARM, a gender equity and family planning counseling intervention for husbands in rural India, on men's gender ideology. We used a two-armed cluster randomized control trial design and collected survey data from husbands (n=1081) at baseline, 9 months, and 18 months. We used a continuous measure of support for gender equity and a dichotomous measure of equitable attitudes toward women's role in household decision-making. To assess differences on these outcomes, we used generalized linear mixed models. After controlling for socio-demographic factors, men who received the CHARM intervention were significantly more likely than men in the control group to have equitable attitudes toward household decision-making at 9-months follow-up; there was a non-significant difference between the groups for the measure of support for gender equity. For household decision-making, differences were not sustained at 18-months follow-up. Given the role of husbands' gender ideology in women's contraceptive use, the CHARM intervention represents a promising approach for challenging root causes of women's unmet need for contraception.
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