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CHARM Male Engagement Family Planning Intervention Study Data; Thane District Maharashtra, India, 2012-2014

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Anita Raj

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Project Citation: 

Raj, A. (2016). CHARM Male Engagement Family Planning Intervention Study Data; Thane District Maharashtra, India, 2012-2014 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E65773V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Despite ongoing recommendations to increase male engagement and gender-equity (GE) counseling in family planning (FP) services, few such programs have been implemented and rigorously evaluated. This study evaluates the impact of CHARM, a three-session GE+FP counseling intervention delivered by male health care providers to married men, alone (sessions 1&2) and with their wives (session 3) in India. Methods and Findings:  A two-armed cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with young married couples (N=1081 couples) recruited from 50 geographic clusters (25 clusters randomized to CHARM and a control condition, respectively) in rural Maharashtra, India. Couples were surveyed on demographics, contraceptive behaviors, and intimate partner violence (IPV) attitudes and behaviors at baseline and 9 &18-month follow-ups, with pregnancy testing at baseline and 18-month follow-up. Outcome effects on contraceptive use and incident pregnancy, and secondarily, on contraceptive communication and men’s IPV attitudes and behaviors, were assessed using logistic generalized linear mixed models. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources NIH (RO1HD61115); DBT (#BT/IN/US/01/BD/2010)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms family planning
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage India
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 3/1/2012 – 10/31/2014


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