A Decision Aid for Postpartum Adolescent Family Planning: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluated the effects of our postpartum Green Star family planning decision aid on the decisional conflict, knowledge, satisfaction, and uptake of long-acting reversible contraception among pregnant adolescents in Tanzania.

Methods

We used a facility-based pre-post quasi-experimental design. The intervention arm received routine family planning counseling and the decision aid. The control received only routine family planning counseling. The primary outcome was the change in decisional conflict measured using the validated decision conflict scale (DCS). The secondary outcomes were knowledge, satisfaction, and contraception uptake.

Results

We recruited 66 pregnant adolescents, and 62 completed this study. The intervention group had a lower mean sco

SUBMITTER: Mushy SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049540 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature