Evaluation of a gender synchronized family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: The CHARM2 cluster randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite calls for gender transformative family planning interventions to increase male engagement and female reproductive agency, there is limited research involving rigorous evaluation of the integration of these approaches. CHARM2 (counseling Husbands and wives to Achieve Reproductive Health and Marital Equity) builds upon a prior three-session male engagement intervention by integrating female-focused sessions emphasizing women's choice and agency (i.e., gender synchronization). We hypothesized that CHARM2 participants will be more likely to report marital contraceptive use and communication and women's contraceptive agency, and less likely to report unintended pregnancy, relative to participants in the control condition.

Methods

We conducted a two-armed cluste

SUBMITTER: Raj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902598 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature