Trial reportBulletin of the World Health Organization2021
Behavioural intervention for adolescent uptake of family planning: a randomized controlled trial, Uganda.
Trial report in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05516602 (Improving HIV Prevention Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Improving HIV Prevention Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in Uganda
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Behavioural intervention for adolescent uptake of family planning: a randomized controlled trial, Uganda.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2021Trial
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- A Qualitative Study on Youth and Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Youth Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Northern Ghana: Implications for a Peer-Led Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Facility-Based Group Postpartum and Postabortion Counselling Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Southwestern Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Open access journal of contraception · 2026Article
- The role of social networks in motivating access and use of contraceptives among adolescent girls and young women living in resource-constrained settings in Cape Town, South Africa.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Adolescent and youth-friendly health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Acceptability of an Incentivized Peer Referral Intervention to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Adults in Yopougon-Est, Côte d'Ivoire.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- The Challenge Initiative: Lessons on Rapid Scale-Up of Family Planning and Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Harnessing the power of behavioural science to improve health.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the impact of a peer-referral and clinic welcome programme for reducing barriers to adolescents' uptake of family planning services in Uganda.
methodsWe developed an intervention using behavioural design and carried out a stratified, randomized controlled evaluation of the intervention in girls aged 15-19 years. Sexual and reproductive health clinics were randomized into control (56 clinics) and intervention groups (60 clinics). All intervention clinics received the core intervention (materials to create an adolescent-friendly environment and referral cards to give to friends), while a subset of clinics additionally received training in youth-friendly service provision. We collected clinics' routine data on monthly numbers of visits by adults and adolescents over a 15-month baseline and 6-month intervention period, 2018-2020.
findingsIn multivariate regression analysis we found significant effects of the intervention on primary outcomes in the pooled intervention group compared with control. Mean monthly visits by adolescents increased by 45% (incidence rate ratio, IRR: 1.45; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.14-1.85), or over five additional adolescent clients per clinic per month. The mean adolescent proportion of total clients improved by 5.3 percentage points (95% CI: 0.02-0.09). Within treatment arms, clinics receiving the training in youth-friendly service provision showed the strongest effects: a 62% increase (IRR: 1.62; 95% CI: 1.21-2.17) in adolescent clients, or over seven additional adolescents per clinic per month, relative to the control group.
conclusionA behavioural change intervention designed to target identified barriers can increase adolescents' uptake of family planning counselling and services.
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