Karen Austrian|Eunice Muthengi|Joyce Mumah|Erica Soler?Hampejsek|Caroline W. Kabiru|Benta Abuya|John A. Maluccio
The Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K): study protocol
British Council|British Council|African Population and Health Research Center|Population Council|African Population and Health Research Center|African Population and Health Research Center|Middlebury College
many adolescent girls kenya elsewhere face considerable risks vulnerabilities affect wellbeing hinder safe healthy productive transition early adulthood early adolescence provides critical window opportunity intervene time girls experiencing many challenges challenges resulted deleterious outcomes may irreversible adolescent girls initiativekenya agik built insights designed address risks young adolescent girls longterm goal agik delay childbearing adolescent girls improving wellbeingagik comprises nested combinations different singlesector interventions violence prevention education health wealth creation deliver interventions 6000 girls ages 11 14 years two marginalized areas kenya 1 kibera nairobi 2 wajir county northeastern kenya program use combination girl household communitylevel interventions violence prevention intervention use community conversations planning focused enhancing value girls community educational intervention includes cash transfer household conditioned school enrollment attendance health intervention culturally relevant ageappropriate sexual reproductive health education delivered group setting week course 2 years lastly wealth creation intervention provides savings financial education well startup savingsa randomized trial used compare impact four different packages interventions order assess intervening early adolescence improves girls lives four years project evaluated using data behavioural surveys conducted start program baseline 2015 end 2year intervention endline 2017 2 years postintervention followup 2019 monitoring data also collected track program attendance participation primary analyses intenttotreat basis qualitative research including semistructured interviews beneficiaries key adult stakeholders 2016 2018 supplement complement quantitative survey results addition costeffectiveness interventions assessedagik provide critical evidence policymakers donors stakeholders effective ways combine interventions marginalized adolescent girls across sectors packages interventions costeffectiveisrctn77455458 december 24 2015