New program aims to cut unintended pregnancies in uganda
NCT ID NCT06923189
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called Family Health=Family Wealth to see if it helps couples in Uganda avoid unintended pregnancy. About 1,464 couples will either join group sessions on family planning and communication or receive a water and hygiene program instead. Researchers will track contraceptive use and pregnancy rates over two years.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 1,464 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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15 to 54 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged 18 (or emancipated minors - those 15-17 who are married and/or have children) to 49 and men aged 18 (or emancipated minors age 15-17) to 54. The upper age limits follow those used by the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to define "reproductive age." * Married or considers themselves married and living together most of the time * Residing in communities selected for study inclusion * Luganda speaking * Sexually active with spouse within the past 3 months or planning to resume sex within the next 3 months if the woman is within 2 months postpartum * Not currently pregnant (confirmed via pregnancy test); can be eligible to enroll later once postpartum * The woman has an unmet need for family planning, i.e., the woman reports not wanting to become pregnant within the next 2 years but is not using any effective methods (IUD, injection, oral pill, implant, vasectomy, tubal ligation, condoms 90% of the time or more) or is using only lower-efficacy methods (condoms less than 90% of the time, lactational amenorrhea, fertility-awareness based methods e.g., counting method, withdrawal). Exclusion Criteria: * At least one person in the couple does not expect to be available for all sessions * The woman or man is not able to reproduce due to a known medical reason (e.g., hysterectomy, as told by a doctor) or last period greater than 6 months for women that are not postpartum.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Makerere School of Public Health
RECRUITINGKampala, Uganda
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