Sustained impact of community-based interventions on contraceptive use among married adolescent girls in rural Niger: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the sustained impact of community-based family planning (FP) interventions on current modern contraceptive and long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) use among married adolescent girls in rural Niger.

Methods: We used a cluster randomized controlled trial design following married adolescent girls and their husbands over 3 years. Villages were randomized to one of four arms: household visits, small group discussions, combined intervention, or control.