CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation

Yore, Jennifer; Dasgupta, Anindita; Ghule, Mohan; Battala, Madhusadana; Nair, Saritha; Silverman, Jay; Saggurti, Niranjan; Balaiah, Donta; Raj, Anita

doi:10.1186/s12978-016-0122-3

Reproductive Health

Table 3 Process evaluation components for CHARM project

From: CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation

Form	Who completes form and when	Who collects form and when	Purpose of form	How is data processed
1. VHP Checklist	Who: VHPs	Who: ^bData Manager will collect and give to ^bScientific Lead in the Field and ^bMonitoring and Evaluation Manager	Quality control to ensure all activities were covered in each session. A one page checklist for VHPs to use to make sure they cover each piece.	Reviewed by ^bScientific Lead in the Field and ^bMonitoring and Evaluation Manager, monthly; Feedback provided to VHPs in monthly meetings; Update provided to US Team Monthly during weekly conference call; entered into SPSS
- Individual Sessions	When: Just before the conclusion of each intervention session
- Individual Sessions		When: Monthly.
2. VHP Casesheet	Who: VHPs	Who: ^bData Manager will collect and give to ^bScientific Lead in the Field and ^bMonitoring and Evaluation Manager	This sheet is for VHPs to assess participant's attitudes, knowledge around the family planning and gender equity issues; and provide necessary communication.	Reviewed by ^bScientific Lead in the Field and ^bMonitoring and Evaluation Manager, monthly; Feedback provided to VHPs in monthly meetings; Update provided to US Team Monthly during weekly conference call; entered into SPSS
- Individual sessions	When: During each intervention session
- Individual sessions	When: During each intervention session	When: Monthly.
2. Final Participant Satisfaction Survey^a	Who: CHARM Intervention Participants (male only). Conducted by field team	Field staff, at the end of endline survey (9 months post-baseline)	Participant satisfaction with CHARM intervention	Entered with quantitative data; prevalence data used for reports
2. Final Participant Satisfaction Survey^a	When: At time of endline/9 month survey.		Participant satisfaction with CHARM intervention
3. In-Depth Interviews with VHPs	Who: All CHARM VHPs subsequent to program completion. IDIs will be conducted by field team	Field staff, after the 9 months follow-up but before the 18 month follow-up.	Feedback on perceptions of strengths and weaknesses of CHARM in terms of recruitment, retention, intervention delivery and mechanisms of outcome effects.	Transcribed/translated and analyzed by field team using Atlas-ti.
		Note: All VHPs should be interviewed if they provided at least one session.
	When: Subsequent to completion of study.
4. In-Depth Interviews with Male Participants and Female Participants	Who: CHARM Intervention Participants only (both male and female participants). 10 % of all participants randomly selected for inclusion as couples, among those completing all three sessions.	Field staff, after intervention delivery for the couple is over, at a survey follow-up assessment.	Feedback on perceptions of strengths and weaknesses of CHARM in terms of recruitment, retention, intervention delivery and mechanisms of outcome affects.	Transcribed/translated and analyzed by field team using Atlas-ti.
	When: At 9 or 18 month follow-up.

^a form is data entered
^bIndicates name was removed and replaced with title of position
Additional data: Notes taken at monthly meetings b/w Indian intervention team will be conveyed during Indo-US weekly meetings to check ongoing issues and implementation. Meeting notes from Indo-US meetings will be maintained for review

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