Promoting adolescent engagement, knowledge and health evaluation of PAnKH: an adolescent girl intervention in Rajasthan, India

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN77449378

Enrollment

7574

Registered

2018-02-06

Start date

2015-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-06-20

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Conditions

Adolescent engagement, knowledge and health Not Applicable

Interventions

This is a cluster randomised controlled trial with 90 clusters (villages or groups of nearby villages) designed to evaluate the effectiveness of two models of PAnKH, a community-based programme target

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescent girls aged between 12-17 (unmarried) or 12-19 (married) at baseline living in the 90 study clusters

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Early marriage: 1.1. Proportion of girls ever married (BL, EL) 1.2. Proportion of girls married before each age 13-19 (BL, EL) 2. Education: 2.1. Proportion of girls currently in school (BL, EL) 2.2. Proportion of girls who dropped out of school before each age 13-19 (BL, EL) 3. Mental health: 3.1. Depression, measured using PHQ-9 (EL) 3.2. Anxiety, measured using GAD-7 (EL) 3.3. Rumination, measured using RSS-10 (EL) 4. Socio-emotional and non-cognitive skills: 4.1. Self-efficacy, measured using GSE-10 (BL, EL) 4.2. Self-esteem, measured using SDQ-GS (BL, EL) 4.3. Peer relations, measured using SDQ-PR (BL, EL) 4.4. Resilience, measured using CD-RISC-10 (EL) 4.5. Decision making – vigilance, measured using DMQ (EL) 4.6. Decision making – buck passing, measured using DMQ (EL) 5. Gender attitudes: 5.1. Gender attitudes of girls, measured using adapted GEMS scale (BL, EL) 5.2. Gender attitudes of caregivers, measured using adapted GEMS scales (BL, EL) (BL=measured at baseline, EL=measured at endline, roughly 24 months after BL)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Early marriage: 1.1. Proportion of girls ever married (BL, EL) 1.2. Proportion of girls married before each age 13-19 (BL, EL) 2. Education: 2.1. Proportion of girls currently in school (BL, EL) 2.2. Proportion of girls who dropped out of school before each age 13-19 (BL, EL) 3. Mental health: 3.1. Depression, measured using PHQ-9 (EL) 3.2. Anxiety, measured using GAD-7 (EL) 3.3. Rumination, measured using RSS-10 (EL) 4. Socio-emotional and non-cognitive skills: 4.1. Self-efficacy, measured using GSE-10 (BL, EL) 4.2. Self-esteem, measured using SDQ-GS (BL, EL) 4.3. Peer relations, measured using SDQ-PR (BL, EL) 4.4. Resilience, measured using CD-RISC-10 (EL) 4.5. Decision making – vigilance, measured using DMQ (EL) 4.6. Decision making – buck passing, measured using DMQ (EL) 5. Gender attitudes: 5.1. Gender attitudes of girls, measured using adapted GEMS scale (BL, EL) 5.2. Gender attitudes of caregivers, measured using adapted GEMS scales (BL, EL) (BL=measured at baseline, EL=measured at endline, roughly 24 months after BL)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Attitude towards school: 1.1. School attitudes scale – scale devised by authors, details in pre-analysis plan (EL) 2. Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health: 2.1. Puberty and menstruation knowledge scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 2.2. Contraception and sexual health knowledge scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 3. Attitudes and responses to violence: 3.1. Girls’ ‘victim blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls – scale devised by authors (EL) 3.2. Girls’ ‘perpetrator blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.3. Girls’ ‘avoidance behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.4. Girls’ ‘retaliation behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.5. Girls’ ‘reporting behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.6. Carers’ ‘victim blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.7. Carers’ ‘perpetrator blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.8. Carers’ ‘avoidance behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.9. Carers’ ‘retaliation behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.10. Carers’ ‘reporting behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 4. Sports: 4.1. Attitude to and enjoyment of sports – sports attitudes scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 4.2. Participation in sports – time spent playing sport in a typical week (minutes) (EL)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Attitude towards school: 1.1. School attitudes scale – scale devised by authors, details in pre-analysis plan (EL) 2. Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health: 2.1. Puberty and menstruation knowledge scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 2.2. Contraception and sexual health knowledge scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 3. Attitudes and responses to violence: 3.1. Girls’ ‘victim blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls – scale devised by authors (EL) 3.2. Girls’ ‘perpetrator blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.3. Girls’ ‘avoidance behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.4. Girls’ ‘retaliation behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.5. Girls’ ‘reporting behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.6. Carers’ ‘victim blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.7. Carers’ ‘perpetrator blaming’ tendencies for violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.8. Carers’ ‘avoidance behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.9. Carers’ ‘retaliation behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 3.10. Carers’ ‘reporting behaviours’ in response to violence against women and girls– scale devised by authors (EL) 4. Sports: 4.1. Attitude to and enjoyment of sports – sports attitudes scale – scale devised by authors (EL) 4.2. Participation in sports – time spent playing sport in a typical week (minutes) (EL)

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Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026