I agree and think that posting about plans early on would be very good.
I’m hoping to help fund family planning randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the future. The reason is that there are very few family planning RCTs. With more RCTs, family planning funders should be able to direct funding towards programs that have higher impact. I wrote more about family planning on an earlier cause selection post.
I’m seeking people interested in helping to find possible implementing organizations and researchers as well as co-funders. I plan to post on the Family Planning 2020 community to seek expert feedback. I’m happy to discuss my reasoning here as well. I’m also wondering if there is an online community for evidence generation using RCTs where I could post my plans to get feedback.
In particular, I’m interested in studies of using mobile phones for reproductive health and family planning education. This is inspired by this blog post highlighting research showing that interactive SMS messages may reduce adolescent pregnancy in Ghana.
The rationale for focusing on mobile is the potential to create present and future demand for family planning among youth. Because SMS and interactive voice response can be automated, there may be potential to scale up a mobile based program cost effectively.
I agree and think that posting about plans early on would be very good.
I’m hoping to help fund family planning randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the future. The reason is that there are very few family planning RCTs. With more RCTs, family planning funders should be able to direct funding towards programs that have higher impact. I wrote more about family planning on an earlier cause selection post.
I’m seeking people interested in helping to find possible implementing organizations and researchers as well as co-funders. I plan to post on the Family Planning 2020 community to seek expert feedback. I’m happy to discuss my reasoning here as well. I’m also wondering if there is an online community for evidence generation using RCTs where I could post my plans to get feedback.
In particular, I’m interested in studies of using mobile phones for reproductive health and family planning education. This is inspired by this blog post highlighting research showing that interactive SMS messages may reduce adolescent pregnancy in Ghana.
The rationale for focusing on mobile is the potential to create present and future demand for family planning among youth. Because SMS and interactive voice response can be automated, there may be potential to scale up a mobile based program cost effectively.