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Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria

A study testing Safe Space based life skills training program and Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills in people with Adolescent Behavior and Life Skills, run by World Bank at 1 site in Nigeria.

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Trial summary

The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools in Nigeria to evaluate the impact of school-based life skills training delivered in safe spaces with and without digital literacy training. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 to 20 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Adolescent Behavior, Life Skills, Digital Skills
What is being tested?
Safe Space based life skills training program and Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
8,463 participants
Where
1 siteNigeria
Study dates
3 Apr 2023to 31 Aug 2026
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 15 to 20 years
  • Women only
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Enrolled in study schools
  • Enrolled in Senior Secondary 1 level
  • Parental consent

Who cannot join

  • -

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Adiam Hagos Hailemicheal, MSc contact

+17038431640

ahailemicheal@worldbank.org

Wei Chang, PhD contact

+13143232771

wchang3@worldbank.org

Nigeria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • World Bank Group

    Abuja

    Ayodele Fashogbon, PhD, +2348060387648, afashogbon@worldbank.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria

The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools in Nigeria to evaluate the impact of school-based life skills training delivered in safe spaces with and without digital literacy training. This study aims to estimate the causal impacts of the training on adolescents' school performances and retention, socio-emotional skills, digital skills, health, marriage, fertility, and labor market outcomes.

Read the detailed description

This study will evaluate the impact of a safe-space based life skills training program as well as a combination of life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The interventions form two sub-components of the Adolescent Girls' Initiative for Learning and Empowerment project. The interventions will be delivered to secondary school girls in Northern Nigeria.

The study will be conducted in the Kaduna, Katsina and Kano states of Nigeria. The study has a randomized controlled trial research design where schools are randomly allocated to three groups. Girls in schools assigned to the first treatment group will receive the safe-space based life skills training program. Schools allocated to the second treatment group will deliver a digital literacy training program along with a safe-space based life skills training program. The third group of schools will receive neither training program until the completion of the study. Girls between the age of 15 - 20 form the target group of the study.

The study will evaluate the impact of (i) a safe space-based life skills training program on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes; and (ii) a combination of a safe-space based life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

A total of 8,463 girls are drawn from 273 schools in the three states. The study will conduct baseline, midline and endline surveys by interviewing the girls and their respective caregivers. The baseline survey is conducted before the intervention roll-out. The midline survey will be conducted six months after intervention completion, while the endline survey will be conducted two years after the completion of the intervention.

Being tested
Safe Space based life skills training program, Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills
Medical subject headings
Adolescent Behavior, Coitus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Safe Space based life skills training programOther

    This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change.

  • Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital SkillsOther

    This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls complemented with a digital literacy training program. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change. The adolescent girls in this group also receive a digital literacy training program that covers content on word processing. database management and analysis, online marketing, online safety and programming.

Study groups in NCT05951673
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment 1 - Receives Safe Space based life skills training programExperimentalAdolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program within their school.
Receives: Other: Safe Space based life skills training program
Treatment 2 - Recieves Safe Space based life skills training program + digital literacy trainingExperimentalAdolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program and a digital literacy training program within their school.
Receives: Other: Safe Space based life skills training program; Other: Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills
Control - No interventionNo interventionAdolescent girls in this group receive neither the safe space-based life skills training program nor the digital literacy training program.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. High school graduation

    a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl has obtained a high school diploma

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  2. School retention

    a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is in school based on school registers

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  3. Marriage

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  4. Marriage

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  5. Engagement in non-farm income generating activities

    a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engaged in any paid non-farm activity in the last completed month

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  6. Engagement in non-farm income generating activities

    a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engaged in any paid non-farm activity in the last completed month

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  7. Digital financial literacy

    a composite score based on 30 items that measure respondent's financial literacy and access to digital tools, with a higher score indicating greater literacy and access

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  8. Digital financial literacy

    a composite score based on 30 items that measure respondent's financial literacy and access to digital tools, with a higher score indicating greater literacy and access

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  9. Socio-emotional skills index

    a composite score based on indices that measure different socio-emotional skills, e.g., personal initiative, negotiation, decision-making, and communication

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  10. Socio-emotional skills index

    a composite score based on indices that measure different socio-emotional skills, e.g., personal initiative, negotiation, decision-making, and communication

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

Secondary outcomes (38)
  1. Goal setting capacity

    a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  2. Goal setting capacity

    a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  3. Aspiration - education attainment

    a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  4. Aspiration - education attainment

    a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  5. Knowledge of climate change

    a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  6. Knowledge of climate change

    a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  7. Digital skills and knowledge

    a composite score based on 31 items that measure respondent's technical and operational skills, information navigation and processing skills, communication and interaction skills, and content creation and production skills

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  8. Digital skills and knowledge

    a composite score based on 31 items that measure respondent's technical and operational skills, information navigation and processing skills, communication and interaction skills, and content creation and production skills

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  9. Knowledge of productivity program

    a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  10. Knowledge of productivity program

    a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  11. School engagement

    a composite score based on 8 items that measure respondent's school engagement

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  12. School absenteeism

    number of days a girl missed in the last completed month

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  13. Enrollment in tertiary education

    a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is enrolled in tertiary education

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  14. Sexual violence

    a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  15. Sexual violence

    a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  16. Bullying

    a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  17. Bullying

    a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  18. Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence

    the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  19. Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence

    the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  20. Gender attitudes and beliefs

    a composite score for (a) gender equality beliefs based on the frequency of the different types of favorable gender equality beliefs, and (b) acceptability of IPV based on the frequency of the different types of violence girls find acceptable

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  21. Gender attitudes and beliefs

    a composite score for (a) gender equality beliefs based on the frequency of the different types of favorable gender equality beliefs, and (b) acceptability of IPV based on the frequency of the different types of violence girls find acceptable

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  22. Pregnancy

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  23. Pregnancy

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  24. Sexual behavior - ever had sex

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  25. Sexual behavior - ever had sex

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  26. Drug use - ever used drug

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  27. Drug use - ever used drug

    a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  28. Health knowledge

    a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  29. Health knowledge

    a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  30. Sector - ICT

    a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engages in income-generating activities related to ICT

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  31. Number of days worked

    number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  32. Number of days worked

    number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  33. Income

    aggregate income earned in the last completed month

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  34. Income

    aggregate income earned in the last completed month

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  35. Savings

    amount saved in the last completed month

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  36. Savings

    amount saved in the last completed month

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

  37. Perceived social support

    mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Measured: 6 months post intervention

  38. Perceived social support

    mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

    Measured: 24 months post intervention

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jul 2023
  2. Study start3 Apr 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Aug 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Aug 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Enrolled participants are randomized to Treatment 1 (Life skills only) Treatment 2 (Life skills + digital skills) and control group (No intervention).
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
8,463 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05951673
Sponsor's protocol ID
AGILE IE
Status last verified
Jul 2023
First submitted
10 Jul 2023
Last updated
19 Jul 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: We do not plan to share individual participant data outside the team to ensure participants' privacy.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Safe Space based life skills training program and Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills in people with Adolescent Behavior and Life Skills, run by World Bank at 1 site in Nigeria.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Jul 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Nigeria. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Adiam Hagos Hailemicheal, MSc (+17038431640, ahailemicheal@worldbank.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

High school graduation (time frame: 24 months post intervention). The study lists 10 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Jul 2023.

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