Evaluation of an mHealth SMS Dialogue Strategy to Meet Women's and Couples' Postpartum Contraceptive Needs in Kenya

"SMS messages will provide tailored and actionable education, counseling, and reminders specific to antenatal/postpartum timing and partner track. Messages will include questions and prompts; women and their male partners have the option of writing back to a nurse with questions or concerns, who will provide real-time responses via text and/or make referrals to a clinic. Message content will be tailored to women and couples, and will range from health benefits of child spacing and an emphasis on contraceptive options, to the hierarchy of effectiveness and information on specific methods, to simple reminders about postpartum visits.~Prior to randomization, each enrolled woman will be asked if she has a male partner, and whether she would like to refer her male partner for recruitment and enrollment into the study. The partner tracks are as follows:~1. Male partner invited to enroll/enrolled~2. Male partner not invited to enroll~3. Unpartnered"