Village women trained as mentors to help others take charge of birth control decisions
NCT ID NCT07711717
First seen Jul 17, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This trial tests whether a community-based program called I-CAN can improve how well women's contraceptive use matches their personal preferences. In rural Uganda, lay women are trained as peer mentors to provide support and information to other women of reproductive age. Villages are randomly assigned to receive the program or not, and researchers compare outcomes like preference-aligned contraceptive use and satisfaction after two years.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- a behavioral peer support program called I-CAN, where trained lay women mentor other women on contraceptive decision-making
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could give women in rural communities more control over their reproductive choices without requiring clinic visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single trial in one region, and results may not apply elsewhere. The intervention depends on volunteer mentors, which may be hard to sustain long-term.
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Makerere University School of Public Health
Kampala, Uganda
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