CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: Protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yore, Jennifer ^a   Dasgupta, Anindita ^a   Ghule, Mohan ^b   Battala, Madhusadana ^c   Nair, Saritha ^d   Silverman, Jay ^a   Saggurti, Niranjan ^e   Balaiah, Donta ^b   Raj, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^d National Institute of Medical Statistics   (India)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Family planning; Global health; India; Male engagement; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PREGNANCY TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; REGISTRATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SEXISM; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL HEALTH; SEXISM; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958281080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0122-3     Document Type: Article

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