Antenatal couples' counselling in Uganda (ACCU): study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Common avoidable factors leading to maternal, perinatal and neonatal deaths include lack of birth planning (and delivery in an inappropriate place) and unmet need for contraception. Progress has been slow because routine antenatal care has focused only on women. Yet, in Uganda, many women first want the approval of their husbands. The World Health Organization recommends postpartum family planning (PPFP) as a critical component of health care. The aim of this trial is to test the feasibility of recruiting and retaining participants in a trial of a complex community-based intervention to provide counselling to antenatal couples in Uganda.

Methods

This is a two-group, non-blinded cluster-randomised controlled feasibility trial of a complex intervention. Primary heal

SUBMITTER: Mubangizi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9051788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature