Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2015
The impact of school subsidies on HIV-related outcomes among adolescent female orphans.
Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of School Based Interventions on Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Cash transfers for HIV prevention: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of an Economic Strengthening Intervention on Academic Achievement Among Adolescents Living with HIV: Findings from the Suubi + Adherence Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda (2012-2018).AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of Cash Transfer Delivered Along With Combination HIV Prevention Interventions in Reducing the Risky Sexual Behavior of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Tanzania: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Trial
- Cash transfers and HIV/HSV-2 prevalence: A replication of a cluster randomized trial in Malawi.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Partner age differences and associated sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls and young women in a cash transfer programme for schooling in Malawi.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- School Support as Structural HIV Prevention for Adolescent Orphans in Western Kenya.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Trial
- Process Evaluation of a Clinical Trial to Test School Support as HIV Prevention Among Orphaned Adolescents in Western Kenya.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
- A School Support Intervention and Educational Outcomes Among Orphaned Adolescents: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
- HPTN 068: A Randomized Control Trial of a Conditional Cash Transfer to Reduce HIV Infection in Young Women in South Africa-Study Design and Baseline Results.AIDS and behavior · 2016Trial
- Educational Outcomes for Orphan Girls in Rural Zimbabwe: Effects of a School Support Intervention.Health care for women international · 2016Trial
- Disclosure of HSV-2 serological test results in the context of an adolescent HIV prevention trial in Kenya.Sexually transmitted infections · 2015Trial
- HIV infection and related risk behaviors: does school support level the playing field between orphans and nonorphans in Zimbabwe?AIDS care · 2015Trial
- Educational Attainment and HIV Prevalence by Age Among Pregnant Women in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- HIV interventions across the care continuum for adolescents in high-burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- School Dropout, Absenteeism and Coverage of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in South Africa: Are Those Most at Risk Reached?AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of interventions to reduce child marriage and teen pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of quantitative evidence.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Which Structural Interventions for Adolescent Contraceptive Use Have Been Evaluated in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Fostering Protective Assets Among Syrian Refugee Girls Who Experience Child Marriage: Findings from a Formative Program Evaluation.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWe examine effects of school support as a structural HIV prevention intervention for adolescent female orphans in Zimbabwe after 5 years.
methodsThree hundred twenty-eight orphan adolescent girls were followed in a clustered randomized controlled trial from 2007 to 2010. The experimental group received school fees, uniforms, and school supplies and were assigned a school-based "helper." In 2011-2012, the control group received delayed partial treatment of school fees only. At the final data point in 2012, survey, HIV, and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) biomarker data were collected from approximately 88% of the sample. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted on end point outcomes, controlling for age, religious affiliation, and baseline socioeconomic status.
resultsThe two groups did not differ on HIV or HSV-2 biomarkers. The comprehensive 5-year intervention continued to reduce the likelihood of marriage, improve school retention, improve socioeconomic status (food security), and marginally maintain gains in quality of life, even after providing school fees to the control group.
conclusionsPaying school fees and expenses resulted in significant improvements in life outcomes for orphan adolescent girls. Biological evidence of HIV infection prevention, however, was not observed. Our study adds to the growing body of research on school support as HIV prevention for girls in sub-Saharan Africa, but as yet, no clear picture of effectiveness has emerged.
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