CompletedNot Applicable

Cups or Cash for Girls Trial to Reduce Sexual and Reproductive Harm and School Dropout

Kenya4,138 participantsStarted 2017-02-28

Plain-language summary

A 4-armed cluster randomised controlled trial conducted among secondary schoolgirls in Siaya, western Kenya, where clusters are the unit of allocation and schoolgirls the unit of measurement. The overall aim of the trial is to inform evidence-based policy to develop intervention programmes which improve adolescent girls' health, school equity and life-chances. The primary objective is to determine the impact of menstrual cups or cash transfer alone, or in combination, compared against controls, on a composite of deleterious outcomes (HIV, HSV-2 infection, and school dropout) over 3 schoolyears follow-up.

Who can participate

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Attend secondary day schools in the study area * Resident of the study area * Have a history of established menses (\>=3 times) * Have no disability preventing participation * Have received parent or guardian's consent and themselves assent Exclusion Criteria: * Attend boarding schools * Visibly pregnant or declare pregnancy at baseline (non-declared girls who are pregnant will be excluded from analysis after normal (or otherwise) delivery dates confirm pregnancy started prior to intervention)

What they're measuring

Composite HIV, HSV-2, and school dropout

Timeframe: Form 4 (3 years)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03051789

SponsorLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-06-30

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