Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess: (1) the impact of a reproductive health program on modern contraceptive use from baseline to program close; (2) the sustained impact from baseline to follow-up 36 months later; and (3) the exposure-adjusted impact at program close and follow-up.

Design

Retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.

Setting

Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

2561 married women aged 16-49 years.

Interventions

The Willows Program, a community-based family planning counselling and referral program implemented from 2013 to 2015.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was community-level modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR), measured for January 2013 (baseline), June 2015 (program close) and at follow-up 36 months lat

SUBMITTER: Hackett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7513633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature