Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria

NCT ID: NCT05951673

Last Updated: 2023-07-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8463 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-03

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools in Nigeria to evaluate the impact of school-based life skills training delivered in safe spaces with and without digital literacy training. This study aims to estimate the causal impacts of the training on adolescents' school performances and retention, socio-emotional skills, digital skills, health, marriage, fertility, and labor market outcomes.

Detailed Description

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This study will evaluate the impact of a safe-space based life skills training program as well as a combination of life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The interventions form two sub-components of the Adolescent Girls' Initiative for Learning and Empowerment project. The interventions will be delivered to secondary school girls in Northern Nigeria.

The study will be conducted in the Kaduna, Katsina and Kano states of Nigeria. The study has a randomized controlled trial research design where schools are randomly allocated to three groups. Girls in schools assigned to the first treatment group will receive the safe-space based life skills training program. Schools allocated to the second treatment group will deliver a digital literacy training program along with a safe-space based life skills training program. The third group of schools will receive neither training program until the completion of the study. Girls between the age of 15 - 20 form the target group of the study.

The study will evaluate the impact of (i) a safe space-based life skills training program on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes; and (ii) a combination of a safe-space based life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

A total of 8,463 girls are drawn from 273 schools in the three states. The study will conduct baseline, midline and endline surveys by interviewing the girls and their respective caregivers. The baseline survey is conducted before the intervention roll-out. The midline survey will be conducted six months after intervention completion, while the endline survey will be conducted two years after the completion of the intervention.

Conditions

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Adolescent Behavior Life Skills Digital Skills Sexual and Reproductive Health Earning Outcomes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Enrolled participants are randomized to Treatment 1 (Life skills only) Treatment 2 (Life skills + digital skills) and control group (No intervention).
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Randomized using computer-generated randomization; Outcome assessors blinded against treatment assignment.

Study Groups

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Treatment 1 - Receives Safe Space based life skills training program

Adolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program within their school.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Safe Space based life skills training program

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change.

Treatment 2 - Recieves Safe Space based life skills training program + digital literacy training

Adolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program and a digital literacy training program within their school.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Safe Space based life skills training program

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change.

Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls complemented with a digital literacy training program. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change. The adolescent girls in this group also receive a digital literacy training program that covers content on word processing. database management and analysis, online marketing, online safety and programming.

Control - No intervention

Adolescent girls in this group receive neither the safe space-based life skills training program nor the digital literacy training program.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Safe Space based life skills training program

This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change.

Intervention Type OTHER

Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills

This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls complemented with a digital literacy training program. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change. The adolescent girls in this group also receive a digital literacy training program that covers content on word processing. database management and analysis, online marketing, online safety and programming.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Enrolled in study schools
* Enrolled in Senior Secondary 1 level
* Parental consent

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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World Bank

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lea Rouanet, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

World Bank

Locations

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World Bank Group

Abuja, , Nigeria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Nigeria

Central Contacts

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Adiam Hagos Hailemicheal, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+17038431640

Wei Chang, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+13143232771

Facility Contacts

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Ayodele Fashogbon, PhD

Role: primary

+2348060387648

Other Identifiers

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AGILE IE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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