Does free pregnancy testing reduce service denial in family planning clinics? A cluster-randomized experiment in Zambia and Ghana

John Stanback; Gwyneth Vance; Gloria Asare; Prisca Kasonde; Beatrice Kafulubiti; Mario Chen; Barbara Janowitz

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00011

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Does free pregnancy testing reduce service denial in family planning clinics? A cluster-randomized experiment in Zambia and Ghana

John Stanback, Gwyneth Vance, Gloria Asare, Prisca Kasonde, Beatrice Kafulubiti, Mario Chen and Barbara Janowitz

Global Health: Science and Practice November 2013, 1(3):382-388; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00011

John Stanback

aFHI 360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

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For correspondence: jstanback@fhi360.org

Gwyneth Vance

aFHI 360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

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Gloria Asare

bGhana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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Prisca Kasonde

cFHI 360/Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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Beatrice Kafulubiti

dMinistry of Health, Government of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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Mario Chen

aFHI 360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

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Barbara Janowitz

aFHI 360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

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Table. Family Planning Client Menstrual Status, by Study Group

	Intervention Group		Control Group
	(free pregnancy tests)		(standard care)
Zambia	Pre (n = 439)	Post (n = 362)	Pre (n = 693)	Post (n = 534)
Menstruating	52%	54%	42%	58%
Between menses	19%	19%	36%	26%
Amenorrheic	29%	27%	22%	16%
Ghana	Pre (n = 239)	Post (n = 423)	Pre (n = 283)	Post (n = 611)
Menstruating	53%	47%	46%	48%
Between menses	31%	20%	24%	15%
Amenorrheic	16%	33%	30%	37%

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Global Health: Science and Practice Nov 2013, 1 (3) 382-388; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-13-00011

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