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Evaluation of adolescent girls empowerment program (AGEP) in Zambia

Cluster Randomized Evaluation of the Impact of the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP) in Zambia on key demographic and sexual reproductive health outcomes

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN29322231
Enrollment
6893
Registered
2016-03-04
Start date
2013-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Sexual reproductive health, HIV and HSV-2 Urological and Genital Diseases Sexual reproductive health, HIV and HSV-2

Interventions

Participating communities are randomly allocated to one of four groups, who each receive different components of the AGEP intervention or no intervention (control). Interventions group 1: Participant

Sponsors

Population Council
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female 2. Between the ages of 10-19 at baseline 3. Living in selected clusters of the intervention or control arms 4. Socio-economically vulnerable 5. Never married at baseline

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent 2. Had guardians who were unwilling or unable to provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Percentage ever had sex is measured using participant survey interviews at baseline, 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 2. Percentage ever married is measured using participant survey interviews at baseline, 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 3. Percentage ever given birth is measured using participant survey interviews at baseline, 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 4. Percentage completed grade 7 & grade 9 is measured using participant survey interviews at baseline, 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 5. Percentage ever using modern contraception is measured using participant survey interviews at baseline, 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 6. HIV prevalence is measured using household based HIV rapid tests at baseline, 2 years and 4 years (endline) 7. HSV-2 prevalence is measured using household based specimen collection and laboratory testing using Kalon ELISA antibody test at baseline, 2 years and 4 years (endline)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Percentage of girls with positive self-esteem is measured using participant survey interviews at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 2. Percentage of girls reporting physical or sexual violence is measured using participant survey interviews at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 3. Percentage of girls who used a condom at last sex is measured using participant survey interviews at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 4. Average number of friends is measured using participant survey interviews at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 5. Literacy is measured using a sentence-based reading assessment at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 6. Cognition is measured using Raven’s progressive matrices assessment at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 7. Numeracy is measured using select questions from the Zambian grade 3, 5 and 7 textbooks at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline) 8. Average savings per capita per year is measured using participant survey interviews at 1 year, 2 years 3 years and 4 years (endline); for the savings account arm this is also measured from monitoring and evaluation data collected from the banks for the same years

Countries

Zambia

Contacts

Public ContactKaren Austrian
kaustrian@popcouncil.org+254 20 2713 480

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026