An interventional study of ATWA in Adolescent Development, sponsored by University of California, San Diego. Completed at 3 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 19 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-09-27.
Sponsored by University of California, San Diego · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This trial will serve as an outcome evaluation of 'Adolescent Transition in West Africa' (ATWA), a school-based program in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger for adolescents ages 10-19. The overall objectives of the project are as follows: Impact: Improved sexual and reproductive health and rights of 472,180 adolescents. Outcome 1: Improved sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality knowledge, intent, and behaviors among 472,180 adolescents. Outcome 2: 500 health facilities offer quality adolescent responsive SRH services that are used by adolescent girls and boys. To evaluate program impact, an external evaluation will be conducted. A pre/post cross-sectional evaluation design will be used across two evaluation years.
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The ATWA LSE program will be implemented following a joint curricula development process with approval from the government in each of the three countries. The 'dose' of the intervention are once-weekly hour-long sessions for both in-school adolescents (session facilitated by teachers) and out-of-school adolescents (sessions facilitated by community leaders) over the course of the academic year (roughly 9 months), or roughly 30 sessions of exposure to the in-depth LSE curriculum.
Behavioral: ATWA
Control groups are comprised of adolescents (10-19) attending schools where the ATWA Life Skills Education (LSE) program has not been implemented, as well as out-of-school adolescents (10-19) who have not received the ATWA LSE program in their communities. Control groups receive "standard of care" educational opportunities. "Standard of care" in the case of this trial translate to the provision of standard Ministry of Education-sanctioned sexuality education, as already available in the adolescents' schools and communities.
The Adolescent Transition in West Africa (ATWA) program is an in-school (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso) and out-of-school (Niger and Mali) educational intervention implemented by local staff members at Save the Children, local community members, and teachers. ATWA provides internationally-recognized life skills education (LSE) to adolescents ages 10-19 years, and seeks to improve adolescents' knowledge and behaviors regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights. Outcome indicators to assess knowledge, behavior and attitudes of adolescents will vary by adolescent demographics as well as by country context, as based on the final set of curriculum deemed appropriate by the respective Ministries of Education (MOE).
Impact Indicator 1. Decrease in adolescent birth rate
The average number of births to female respondents ages 15-19
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Impact 2. Decrease in proportion of adolescents who have ever been pregnant or caused a pregnancy
The percent of adolescent females who have ever been pregnant + the percent of adolescent males who have ever caused a pregnancy
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Impact 3. Increase in need for family planning satisfied with modern contraception
Indicator definition 3A: Percentage of \[sexually active\] adolescents age 15-19 years currently married or in union who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern contraceptive methods Indicator definition 3B: Percentage of female adolescents (15-19) who are sexually active and who have their need for contraception satisfied with modern methods
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Impact 4. Increase in adolescent modern contraceptive prevalence rate
The percent of sexually active adolescents (15-19) who are currently using (or whose partner is using) a modern contraceptive method. "Currently" is defined as 'at last sex'
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Impact 5. Decrease in proportion of adolescents married
Indicator definition 5A: Percentage of women 10-19 years old living with spouse before age 18. Indicator definition 5B: Percentage of women 10-19 years old living with spouse before age 15.
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.1.
Proportion of adolescents who respond yes to planning to use modern contraception in the future, disaggregated by method
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.2.
Proportion of sexually active adolescents reporting using a condom at last sex
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.3.
Proportion of sexually active unmarried adolescents who respond yes to having used a condom every time they had sex in the last 6 months
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.4.
Proportion of adolescents with significant increase from baseline to end-line in average score on a 6-item gender equitable attitude scale
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.5.
Average number of modern contraceptive methods known among women 10-14 and 15-19 years old
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.6.
Proportion of adolescents with correct knowledge about body changes during puberty, the menstrual cycle, fertility and conception, pregnancy risk and prevention, as assessed via a 9-item composite indicator
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.7.
Proportion of adolescents with correct knowledge about STI risk and prevention and treatment, assessed using a composite indicator of 4 questions on STI prevention and treatment
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.8.
Proportion of adolescents with comprehensive knowledge of HIV prevention, assessed using a composite indicator of 6 questions on HIV prevention
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.9.
Proportion of adolescents with knowledge of where to seek SRH services, including where to get tested for HIV, where to get condoms, and where to get contraceptives
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.10.
Proportion of girls who report properly disposing of absorbent materials (sanitary napkins or menstrual cloth) (denominator = the total number of girls who use absorbent materials (sanitary napkins or menstrual cloth))
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Outcome 1.11.
Proportion of girls who report hygienically washing and drying reusable menstrual cloth (denominator = number of girls who washed and reused menstrual materials)
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Output 1.2.1.
Proportion of girls and boys that can correctly answer a basic set of four yes/no questions about menstruation
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Output 1.2.2.
Proportion of girls that can answer a set of five questions correctly about how to hygienically manage menses
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
Output 1.2.3.
Proportion of girls and boys that answer a question correctly regarding that menstruation is a normal biological function of the female body
Time frame: Year 1 Evaluation: September 2021 - May 2022; Year 2 Evaluation: September 2022 - May 2023
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