Group life-skills and health empowerment to prevent unintended pregnancy in young married women in India
The impact of group-based life skills and health empowerment for young, married, women to avoid unintended pregnancies in India.
This project offers group life-skills and reproductive health sessions to help recently married women in India delay or avoid unintended pregnancy.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California, San Francisco NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (San Francisco, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11402097 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, you would attend local group sessions called DAMINI that teach life skills, health empowerment, and reproductive health information and connect you with contraceptive options. Villages are randomly assigned to receive DAMINI or the usual health education and contraceptive access provided by community health workers. The research follows recently married women aged 18–25 who do not want a pregnancy now to see whether the program helps them avoid unintended pregnancy and improves empowerment and health outcomes. Sessions take place in villages in Uttar Pradesh and may include group meetings and follow-up visits.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are recently married women aged 18–25 in participating villages of Uttar Pradesh who do not want to become pregnant right now.
Not a fit: Women who are already pregnant, actively trying to conceive, older than the enrolled age range, or living outside the participating villages are unlikely to benefit from or be eligible for this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could help young married women avoid unintended pregnancies and increase their reproductive knowledge and household empowerment.
How similar studies have performed: Some empowerment and life-skills programs have shown promise for increasing contraceptive use, but rigorous randomized trials focused on young married women in India are limited.
Where this research is happening
San Francisco, United States
- University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Diamond-Smith, Nadia Griffi — University of California, San Francisco
- Study coordinator: Diamond-Smith, Nadia Griffi
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.