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ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2024

Impact of Economic and Family Intervention on Adolescent Girls' Education Performance, School Absenteeism, and Behavior in School: The Suubi4Her Study.

Rachel Brathwaite, Flavia Namuwonge, Natasja Magorokosho, Nhial Tutlam, Torsten B Neilands, Rashida Namirembe, Vicent Ssentumbwe, Fred M Ssewamala

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Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Rachel BrathwaiteThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Flavia NamuwongeThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Natasja MagorokoshoThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Nhial TutlamThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Torsten B NeilandsDivision of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Rashida NamirembeThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; International Center for Child Health and Development, Masaka, Uganda.
Vicent SsentumbweThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Fred M SsewamalaThe International Center for Child Health and Development, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: fms1@wustl.edu.

Funding

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
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113486
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAttaining education among girls is still a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Even those who enroll in school need additional financial and social support to promote attendance, performance, and behavior. We investigated whether (1) adolescent girls receiving an economic empowerment intervention comprising Youth Development Accounts (YDA) or a combination intervention comprising (YDA + Multiple Family Group [YDA + MFG]), participants of the Suubi4Her study, will each display better grade repetition, attendance, and behavior in school compared to girls in the control group and (2) adolescent girls in the YDA + MFG group will have better outcomes than girls receiving the YDA-only intervention.

methodsWe used longitudinal data from 1,260 Ugandan adolescent girls from the Suubi4Her cluster randomized controlled trial. To account for repeated measures at the individual level over time and clustering at the school level, three-level mixed-effects models were fitted. For binary outcomes, we used multilevel logistic regression, while for continuous outcomes, we applied multilevel linear regression.

resultsOverall, our findings highlight the positive impact of the Suubi4Her intervention on reducing general and sickness-related absenteeism among school-attending adolescent girls who received the YDA or YDA + MFG intervention but observed no significant group differences on their grade repetition and behavior in school. DISCUSSION: Improving school attendance and reducing illness-related absences can translate to numerous beneficial outcomes for adolescent girls in the long-term and, hence, these interventions should be considered to improve educational outcomes among other adolescent girl populations in similar settings across sub-Saharan Africa.

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AbsenteeismSchoolsAdolescentFemaleHumansResearch DesignAdolescent girlsEconomic empowermentEducation outcomesHopeMultiple family groupsSchool absenteeismSub-Saharan AfricaSuubi4HerSuubi project

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PMCPMC11585388

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