Structured and sustained family planning support facilitates effective use of postpartum contraception amongst women living with HIV in South Western Uganda
A randomized controlled trial
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BACKGROUND: Despite low pregnancy intentions, many women accessing contraception discontinue use, increasing the risk of unwanted pregnancies among women living with HIV (WLWH). We evaluate whether a family planning support intervention, inclusive of structured immediate one-on-one postpartum counseling, and a follow-up mechanism through additional health information and SMS reminders affects continuous contraceptive use and pregnancy incidence among recently postpartum WLWH. METHODS: We performed a randomized controlled trial between October 2016 and June 2018 at a referral hospital in southwestern Uganda. We included adult WLWH randomized and enrolled in a 1:1 ratio to receive family planning support or standard of care (control) and completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire at enrolment, 6 and 12 months postpartum. Our two primary outcomes of interest were; continuous use of contraception, and incidence of pregnancy. Secondary outcomes included contraception uptake, method change, discontinuation and pregnancy intentions. The trial was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02964169). RESULTS: = 0.001). CONCLUSION: We found that sustained and structured family planning support facilitates continuous use of contraception and lowers rates of pregnancy amongst postpartum WLWH in rural southwestern Uganda. Women who initiated contraception within three months postpartum were more likely to maintain continuous use of contraception than those initiating later. Further evaluation of actual and perceived facilitators to the continuous contraception use by this support intervention will help replication in similar settings. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02964169
Confidence interval · Discontinuation · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Gynecology · Obstetrics · Odds ratio · Population · Pregnancy · Randomized controlled trial · Referral · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Internal Medicine
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