Four-year follow-up of CHARM2, an effective family planning intervention, on number and sex of births: Findings from an RCT in rural India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective family planning interventions may have inadvertent effects on births of girls given son preference in India. We conducted 36 and 48-month follow-ups to our CHARM2 family planning study to determine long-term intervention effects on births and sex of children.

Methods

Our non-blinded two-armed cluster RCT randomized young married couples (N = 1201 couples) from 20 geographic clusters (60-61 couples per cluster) into either the CHARM2 intervention or control (referral to local care) condition. CHARM2 offers 5-session gender-synchronized family planning and gender equity counseling delivered by trained local medical providers. Data were collected at baseline in September 2018-June 2019 and then follow-ups at 9, 18, 36 and 48 months, up to September 2

SUBMITTER: Raj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12059319 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature