Evaluation of a Gender Synchronized Family Planning Intervention for Married Couples in Rural India: The Charm2 Cluster Randomized Control Trial

The impact of partner autonomy constraints on women's health-seeking across the maternal and newborn continuum of care

“…Programs must not only invest in counteracting partners’ harmful beliefs surrounding help-seeking, but also invest resources in giving men the knowledge and tools they need to support their partners throughout their pregnancy. Interventions such as Charm2 have been successful in engaging couples, as individuals and together, to enhance gender equity and family planning 30 —such programs could be extended to engage couples in wider reproductive health behaviors, including ANC, pregnancy, and postnatal care. Women experience disproportionate burdens on their health and that of their children when they are unable to receive timely, critical MNH care.…”

Associations between Contraceptive Decision‐Making and Marital Contraceptive Communication and use in Rural Maharashtra, India

“…At the 18‐month survey, a child roster was used to determine the number of living children and an indicator of a currently living son. Treatment status in the CHARM2 intervention was also included due to known association with both decision‐making and our examined outcomes (Raj et al., under review).…”