Girls First - India (2013-2015)

CorStone

Status: Completed

Conditions: Social Wellbeing; Emotional Wellbeing; Physical Wellbeing

Treatments: Behavioral: Peer support groups

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02429661

01-GF-IN-2013

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the social, emotional, physical, and educational effects of Girls First, a combined resilience and adolescent health program, vs. its components and a control group, among adolescents in India.

Enrollment: 4,592 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Enrolled at schools or present at sites selected for study
• Must complete consent/assent process

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

4,592 participants in 4 patient groups

RC (Girls First Resilience Curriculum)

Experimental group

Description:

The Girls First Resilience Curriculum is delivered in peer support groups of 12-15 students per group over 23 weekly 1-hour sessions. The curriculum draws from fields such as positive psychology, emotional competence/intelligence, and restorative practices, and aims to improve students' psychosocial assets and wellbeing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer support groups

HC (Girls First Health Curriculum)

Experimental group

Description:

The Girls First Health Curriculum is delivered in peer support groups of 12-15 students per group over 21 weekly 1-hour sessions. The curriculum covers topics such as nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, clean water, hygiene, and common diseases, and aims to improve students' physical health and wellbeing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer support groups

RC+HC (Girls First)

Experimental group

Description:

Girls First is a combination of the Girls First Resilience Curriculum (RC) and the Girls First Health Curriculum (HC).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer support groups

SC (School-as-usual control)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants receive no intervention and attend school as they usually would.