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Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2023

Effects of a Combination Economic Empowerment and Family Strengthening Intervention on Psychosocial Well-being Among Ugandan Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Suubi4Her).

Lindsey M Filiatreau, Nhial Tutlam, Rachel Brathwaite, William Byansi, Flavia Namuwonge, Abel Mwebembezi, Ozge Sensoy-Bahar, Proscovia Nabunya, Torsten B Neilands, Patricia Cavazos-Rehg and 2 more

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Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Preliminary Effects of the ANZANSI Family Program on Caregiver Outcomes in Northern Ghana: A Pilot Study.Families in society : the journal of contemporary human services · 2026
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  9. Exploring Mediators of an Economic Empowerment Intervention (Suubi4Her) on Hopelessness and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Girls in Uganda.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lindsey M FiliatreauDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Nhial TutlamInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Rachel BrathwaiteInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
William ByansiBoston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Flavia NamuwongeInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Abel MwebembeziReach the Youth-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
Ozge Sensoy-BaharInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Proscovia NabunyaInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Torsten B NeilandsDivision of Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Patricia Cavazos-RehgDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Mary McKayBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Fred M SsewamalaInternational Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: fms1@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · USBoston College · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Ujima Mentoring ProgramP30MH062246 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MALLORY O JOHNSON · 2001 to 2026
$57.4M
Suubi4HER Round 2: Examining the Long-term Impact of A Combination Interventionon HIV Prevention, Care and Mental Health for Adolescents and Young Women in UgandaR01MH113486 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Noeline Nakasujja, FRED M SSEWAMALA · 2017 to 2026
$5.8M
Strengthening Child Health Research Capacity in Resource Constrained Settings: Researcher Resilience Training (RRT)R25MH118935 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SEAN JOE, Mary McKernan McKay · 2018 to 2026
$1.5M
Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities in Research (LEAD)T37MD014218 · NIMHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAVAZOS-REHG, PATRICIA A, SSEWAMALA, FRED M · 2019 to 2023
$1.3M
NIMHD NIH HHS T37 MD014218NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062246NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113486NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH118935
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeEconomic empowerment and family strengthening interventions have shown promise for improving psychosocial well-being in a range of populations. This study investigates the effect of a combination economic and family strengthening intervention on psychosocial well-being among Ugandan adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).

methodsWe harnessed data from a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial among AGYW aged 14-17 years in 47 Ugandan secondary schools. Schools were randomized to either a youth development account intervention (YDA) [N = 16 schools], YDA plus a multiple family group intervention (YDA + MFG) [N = 15 schools], or bolstered standard of care (BSOC) [N = 16 schools]. We estimated the effect of each intervention (BSOC = referent) on three measures of psychosocial well-being: hopelessness (Beck's Hopelessness Scale), self-concept (Tennessee Self-Concept Scale), and self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) at 12 months following enrollment using multi-level linear mixed models for each outcome.

resultsA total of 1,260 AGYW (mean age, 15.4) were enrolled-471 assigned to YDA (37%), 381 to YDA + MFG (30%), and 408 to usual care (32%). Over the 12-month follow-up, participants assigned to the YDA + MFG group had significantly greater reductions in hopelessness and improvements in self-esteem outcomes compared to BSOC participants. Those enrolled in the YDA arm alone also had significantly greater reductions in hopelessness compared to BSOC participants. DISCUSSION: Combination interventions, combining economic empowerment (represented here by YDA), and family-strengthening (represented by MFG) can improve the psychosocial well-being of AGYW. The long-term effects of these interventions should be further tested for potential scale-up in an effort to address the persistent mental health treatment gap in resource-constrained settings.

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PsychotherapyAdolescentFemaleHumansUgandaAdolescent girls and young womenCombination interventionsEconomic empowermentHopelessnessMultiple family groupPsychosocial well-beingSelf-conceptSelf-esteemSuubi interventionUganda

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PMID37062582
PMCPMC10157657
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