Evaluation of a gender synchronised family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: The CHARM2 cluster randomised control trial

Case Study

Year

2022

Author/s

Raj, et al.

CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATION/PUBLICATION

The Lancet Discovery Science

SUMMARY

The Counselling Husbands to Achieve Reproductive Health and Marital Equity (CHARM) intervention was developed in recognition of the need fo rmore male engagement family planning models that include gender equity counselling and focus on spacing contraception use in rural India. The intevention included a three session gender-equity focused family plannign program delivered to married men (sessions 1 and 2) and their wives (session 3) by village health providers in rural india.

The findings were that the intervention offers a scalable model to improve contraceptive use, communication, and agency and possibly decrease unplanned pregnancies for couples in rural India.

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