The reproductive life plan is a protocol intended to promote preconception planning, improve
      reproductive health and increase health knowledge. The aim of the study is to evaluate the
      importance of including the reproductive life plan counseling during contraceptive
      counseling.

The Importance of Including Reproductive Life Plan Counseling During Contraceptive Counseling

Family Planning Services

The aim of the study is to evaluate the outcomes of the reproductive life plan counseling on
      knowledge about fertility and awareness of preconception health.

      2 groups of women visiting a primary health care center for contraceptive counseling are
      formed: a control group that will receive the standard care (standard family planning
      counseling) and the intervention group that will receive the standard family planning
      counseling in addition to the reproductive life plan counseling.

      The included women are aged between 20 and 40 years. They are informed about the study when
      they call the center to make their appointment. When they attend the center, they receive a
      written and oral information and they are also informed that participation is voluntary and
      that they can interrupt their participation at any time without explanation. The women who
      agree to participate will sign an informed consent.

      The midwives will be trained to reproductive life plan counseling before the commencement of
      the study. They have access to a template with discussion points to choose from, depending on
      the woman's answer to the first question (Do you want children/more children in the future?).
      If the answer is "no" the counseling will focus on contraceptive methods and sexual health
      (avoiding sexually transmitted diseases). If the answer is "yes" the discussion will focus on
      preconception and reproductive health (avoiding alcohol and tobacco, taking folic acid at
      least one month before conception, avoiding under and overweight,...).

      Randomization: sealed envelopes are prepared with notes for CG (control group) or IG
      (intervention group). Before starting the counseling, the midwife opens the envelope
      containing instructions for either CG or IG.

      A questionnaire is filled by the women before starting the counseling session and another one
      2 months after the intervention. The questionnaire contains questions about demographics,
      knowledge about fertility, preconception health and the use of contraceptives.

Reproductive life plan counseling

The Importance of Including Reproductive Life Plan Counseling During Contraceptive Counseling: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Unit of measure: The percentage of women who answer correctly the questions about fertility.
Measurement tool: Questionnaire using the following questions (probability of a 25-year-old woman becoming pregnant if she had unprotected intercourse, fecundity time of an ovum, the age of decline of woman's fertility, the chance of giving birth after in-vitro fertilization).
This outcome is compared between the intervention group and the control group.

Unit of measure: The percentage of women who answer correctly the questions about preconception health.
Measurement tool: Questionnaire using the following questions (the importance for a woman to stop using tobacco, to refrain from alcohol, to be of normal weight, and to start with folic acid before a pregnancy).
This outcome is compared between the intervention group and the control group.

Unit of measure: The percentage of women who used contraceptive methods during their latest sexual intercourse.
Measurement tool: Questionnaire through questions about the usage of different contraception methods.

This group will receive the standard care (standard family planning counseling)

This group will receive the standard family planning counseling + reproductive life plan counseling.

The Importance of Including Reproductive Life Plan Counseling During Contraceptive Counseling

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