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- Title
Economic Empowerment, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Uganda: Longitudinal Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial, 2017‒2022.
- Authors
Ssewamala, Fred M.; Brathwaite, Rachel; Neilands, Torsten B.
- Abstract
Objectives. To investigate the long-term (12- and 24-month) impact of an economic empowerment intervention on HIV risk behaviors and mental health among school-going adolescent girls in Uganda. Methods. A total of 1260 girls aged 14 to 17 years were randomized at the school level to (1) standard health and sex education (controls; n = 408 students; n = 16 schools), (2) 1-to-1 matched savings youth development account (YDA; n = 471 students; n = 16 schools), or (3) combination intervention (YDA and multiple family group [YDA+MFG]; n = 15 schools; n = 381 students). Mixed-effects models were fitted. Results. YDA and YDA+MFG girls had significantly lower depressive symptoms and better self-concept than controls at 24 months. Only YDA+MFG girls had significantly lower hopelessness levels than controls. There were no significant study group differences at 12 and 24 months for sexual risk-taking behavior and attitudes. There was no significant difference between YDA and YDA+MFG groups for all outcomes. Conclusions. Providing YDA and MFG can positively improve adolescent girls' mental health, but our analyses showed no significant differences across groups on sexual risk-taking behaviors. Future studies may consider replicating these interventions and analyses in older populations, including those transitioning into young adults. Trial Registration. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03307226. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(3):306–315. https://doi.org/10.2105/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307169)
- Subjects
UGANDA; HIV infection risk factors; RISK-taking behavior; CLUSTER sampling; ECONOMIC impact; SELF-perception; MENTAL health; WOMEN; HEALTH outcome assessment; CASE-control method; SELF-efficacy; RISK assessment; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; COMPARATIVE studies; SEX education; PSYCHOLOGY of high school students; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MENTAL depression; DESPAIR; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; STATISTICAL sampling; LONGITUDINAL method; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2023, Vol 113, Issue 3, p306
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/ajph.2022.307169