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The problem
Intervention: Economic empowerment through youth development accounts (YDA), and YDA combined with family strengthening through Multiple Family Group (MFG) meetings addressing adolescent girls' and family health and wellbeing
Who it was tested with: 1,260 adolescent girls aged 14-17 from low-income families in 47 schools across five districts in Southwestern Uganda.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"We analyzed longitudinal data from a 3-arm Cluster Randomized Control Trial, Suubi4Her study, with a follow-up period of 24 months (2018-2022)... We used mixed-effect linear regression models to assess the impact of economic empowerment on self-esteem." The randomized design with comparison groups, baseline and follow-up measurements over 24 months, and statistical modeling with multiple time points constitutes an experimental evaluation.
Reliance on self-reported data may introduce bias. The study does not clarify whether improvements in self-esteem resulted in behavioral changes regarding menstrual hygiene practices or school attendance.
Across countries and designs
8 studies · 3 countries
