Empowering Girls: Health-seeking Behavior, Staying in School, and Preventing Risky Sex

NCT ID: NCT05022277

Last Updated: 2021-08-26

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-04-28

Study Completion Date

2021-10-20

Brief Summary

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This study will test the effectiveness of a phone-based big sister/big brother program designed to provide health information and support, reduce school dropouts, and promote safer relationships.

The program's goal is to create a phone-based safe space, to ensure adolescents remained connected with access to support and health information during COVID lockdowns.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pregnancy Related Behavior, Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Phone-based intervention Plus SMS messages

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Low tech health Phone + SMS messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Weekly health-related phone calls plus SMS messages are provided to adolescents.

SMS messages only

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Low tech health SMS messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Weekly health-related SMS messages are provided to adolescents.

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Low tech health SMS messages

Weekly health-related SMS messages are provided to adolescents.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Low tech health Phone + SMS messages

Weekly health-related phone calls plus SMS messages are provided to adolescents.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adolescent who provided their phone number to Young 1ove staff when prompted by their school; or their siblings/ other adolescents living in the same household.
* Parents and students consented to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

10 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Oxford

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Young 1ove

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Noam Angrist, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Oxford

Locations

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Young 1ove

Gaborone, , Botswana

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Botswana

Central Contacts

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Noam Angrist, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+18572250117

Claire Cullen, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+447562665937

Facility Contacts

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Efua Bortsie

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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Y1HPDME2021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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