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Can a Gender Equity and Family Planning Intervention for Men Change Their Gender Ideology? Results from the CHARM Intervention in Rural India
Author(s) -
Fleming Paul J.,
Silverman Jay,
Ghule Mohan,
Ritter Julie,
Battala Madhusudana,
Velhal Gajanan,
Nair Saritha,
Dasgupta Anindita,
Donta Balaiah,
Saggurti Niranjan,
Raj Anita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/sifp.12047
Subject(s) - gender equity , ideology , intervention (counseling) , charm (quantum number) , equity (law) , gender studies , socioeconomics , psychology , economic growth , medicine , political science , sociology , economics , psychiatry , politics , law , physics , quantum mechanics
We assess the effect of CHARM, a gender equity and family planning counseling intervention for husbands in rural India, on men's gender ideology. We used a two‐armed cluster randomized control trial design and collected survey data from husbands (n=1081) at baseline, 9 months, and 18 months. We used a continuous measure of support for gender equity and a dichotomous measure of equitable attitudes toward women's role in household decision‐making. To assess differences on these outcomes, we used generalized linear mixed models. After controlling for socio‐demographic factors, men who received the CHARM intervention were significantly more likely than men in the control group to have equitable attitudes toward household decision‐making at 9‐months follow‐up; there was a non‐significant difference between the groups for the measure of support for gender equity. For household decision‐making, differences were not sustained at 18‐months follow‐up. Given the role of husbands’ gender ideology in women's contraceptive use, the CHARM intervention represents a promising approach for challenging root causes of women's unmet need for contraception.