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Evidence: Worth the Effort? Combining Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment Programming for Married Adolescent Girls in Amhara, Ethiopia

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Worth the Effort? Combining Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment Programming for Married Adolescent Girls in Amhara, Ethiopia

Name(s) of author(s)?:

Jeffrey Edmeades, Hannah Lantos & Feven Mekuria

Who published this paper, article, book (chapter) or other publication?:

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

What are the best extracts that highlight the evidence for the impact of a communication for development, social change, behaviour change, public engagement, or informed citizen strategy on a development issue and priority?:

This is a summary of results from another brief describing the same program evaluation which this study built on: “Results from the combined arm’s implementation indicated a 72% average increase in proportion of girls having savings of their own (compared to a 12% increase in control groups) and a 15% increase in use of modern family planning methods among participants (compared to a 5% increase in control groups).”

To which development issue does this evidence and impact data relate?:

Married adolescents; integrated programming; reproductive health; economic empowerment

To which strategic approach(es) does the evidence and impact data relate?:

Integrated programming, including peer-led platforms that integrated SRH, Economic Empowerment and Life Skills, and critical reflective dialogue for gender norms shifting

What research methodology (ies) was/were used to produce this evidence and impact data?:

Baseline and endline survey data on a range of SRH and EE outcomes were collected5 from 3,771 program participants before the intervention began, with 3,079 (81.6%) re-interviewed approximately 1 year later at endline. The analysis sample is based on this latter group, effectively creating a panel of ever-married girls who had agreed to participate in the program and for whom data were available at both time points.

What is the URL to access this paper, article, book (chapter) or other publication?:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2016.1226529

Why was this research evidence found to be useful?:

integrated programming is effective model for affecting change in multi-sector outcomes as compared to control

Participating organisations in the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change - Building Informed and Engaged Societies were asked to identify, in their opinion, the 5 most compelling research and evaluation studies that demonstrate the direct impact of this field of work on a major development issue. This was one of the nominees. For the full compiled list, please click here. For the compilation of the key impact data across all research evidence identified, please click here.