Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria for newly married women: * Age 18-25 years at the time of the wedding * Married women have permanently moved in their husbands home in the most recent wedding season (recruitment month going backwards up to October of the previous year) * Not wanting to get pregnant within 1 year at recruitment/enrollment * Have not had a live birth previously and not currently pregnant * Women not planning to migrate out of the area for the period of the intervention • Has a living husband who is willing to consent and participate in the study in person or remotely (over phone) * Has a living, co-residing mother-in-law type person\* (see definition below) who is willing to consent and participate in the study in person (A mother-in-law type of person should be staying in the same household for the period of the intervention and has consented to participate in the study. Mother-in-law is defined as any senior woman (from a previous generation of the DIL) who are responsible for their daughter-in-law and cohabiting in the same household as their daughter-in-law (Note - household would mean a family unit which shares the same kitchen). This will usually be the biological mother of the husband, but it can be stepmother, grandmother, aunt, etc.) Inclusion criteria for husband: * 18 years or more at the time of the wedding * Mother and wife are eligible for the study participation Inclusion criteria for mother-in-law: * Consent to participate in the study * Assents for daughter-in-law to participate in the study * Son and the daughter-in-law are eligible for study participation Exclusion criteria for newly married women: * Wanting to have a child in the next 12 months at the time of baseline * Cognitive ability to participate in surveys