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Adolescent Girls Initiative - Kenya

Establish the combination of multi-sectoral interventions with the greatest impact on the reproductive health of young adolescent girls in Wajir County and Nairobi Slums.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN77455458
Enrollment
5160
Registered
2015-12-24
Start date
2015-02-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-01-29

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

Conditions

Adolescent reproductive health Urological and Genital Diseases

Interventions

The goal of the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI-K) is to test multi-sectoral packages of interventions in four sectors: violence prevention, education, health and wealth creation. The violence-preve

Sponsors

Population Council
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Girls aged between 11 and 14 years 2. Residing within selected study sites 3. Not in boarding school at the time of the listing and/or at the time of the baseline survey

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Girls who were in boarding school at the time of enrollment 2. Girls who were no longer residing in the study site at the time of enrollment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Increased age at first birth 2. Increased age at first sex 3. Increased age at first marriage All outcomes to be assessed after 2 years (from the time of the baseline survey) and then again after 4 years using survey data.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Violence Prevention: Decreased experience of gender-based violence and improved gender norms related to violence 2. Education: Increased mean grade of schooling and increased rate of primary school completion 3. Health: Increased knowledge on sexual and reproductive health and improved decision-making skills 4. Wealth creation: Increased knowledge on financial education, increased saving and increased participation in income generating activities All assessed after 2 years and again after 4 years using survey data.

Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactEunice Muthengi
emuthengi@popcouncil.org+254202713480

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026