An interventional study of Girl Empower Program in Adolescent Behavior and Sexual Violence, sponsored by Population Council. Status unknown at 1 site in Liberia. Open to female participants aged 13 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-11-29.
Sponsored by Population Council · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
Girl Empower (GE) is a program designed to equip girls with the skills and experiences necessary to make healthy, strategic life choices and to stay safe from sexual exploitation and abuse.
The GE program is unique in its approach because it addresses girls' needs holistically. The girls' activities will take place in girl-only safe spaces located in their communities and contains the following components: Mentorship: girls have access to older female mentors. Mentors both provide weekly group-based and one-to-one interaction with girls as well as teach them critical skills; Asset building: Girls will have access to life skills and financial literacy training. This includes setting up savings accounts so girls practice their financial literacy skills, Monthly caregiver discussion groups among guardians of program girls, Capacity building and training of local health and psychosocial service providers to provide quality services to survivors of gender-based violence Intervention communities will either receive the GE program alone or the GE program with the plus small cash transfers to the girls' families as an incentive to attendance in weekly sessions (GE+).
Exclusion Criteria:
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1) the Girl Empower life skills curriculum, facilitated by local mentors; 2) caregiver discussion group, facilitated by IRC staff
1) the Girl Empower life skills curriculum, facilitated by local mentors; 2) caregiver discussion group, facilitated by IRC staff; and 3) savings account start-up
Behavioral: Girl Empower Program
1) the Girl Empower life skills curriculum, facilitated by local mentors; 2) caregiver discussion group, facilitated by IRC staff; and 3) savings account start-up.
Behavioral: Girl Empower Program
Girl Empower (GE) encourages adolescent girls living in rural areas of Nimba County, Liberia to partake in weekly mentored community-based workshops on life skills, selfcare, and financial literacy.
Sexual Violence Index
The primary outcome of interest is an index of sexual violence at the individual level. The index is composed of four questions in the endline survey instrument. The construction of the index, and a detailed description of its components is described in the pre-analysis plan (PAP) document uploaded under the "Analysis Plan" in this registration.
Time frame: 40 weeks
Plan to share: No
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