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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02642549
Other study ID # OPP1142975
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date February 1, 2017
Est. completion date January 1, 2019

Study information

Verified date August 2019
Source University of California, San Diego
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Girls for Health (G4H) will promote the economic empowerment, agency, and voice of rural adolescent girls by supporting their transition from secondary school to tertiary training in midwifery, medicine, nursing and other health careers, and in so doing, will address the acute shortage of female health workers in rural Northern Nigeria. G4H will integrate proven girls' education strategies with innovative vocational interventions to build 1350 girls' career aspirations and academic achievement and will significantly increase the number of rural girls entering health training institutions (HTI) in four northern states. The program will include: 1) a bridge program offering accelerated academic instruction in science, math and English; 2) vocational counseling and practicums at local health facilities; 3) safe spaces to enhance critical life skills; 4) four month science immersion courses for girls accepted for admission to a health training institution; and 5) HTI capacity building to cultivate a rural female-friendly learning environment. G4H will work towards sustainability from the start by using existing secondary school and HTI infrastructure, and feeding into government rural health worker employment schemes.

G4H will be evaluated using a rigorous cluster randomized controlled trial design, randomizing at the school level to assess its impact on key outcomes of interest that include rural girls' secondary school graduation and subsequent HTI enrollment, retention and completion, as well as delayed marriage and improved agency and voice. Process monitoring and costing analysis will be conducted to support quality implementation and dissemination efforts. The design will ensure that high quality evidence is available to guide the field regarding the effectiveness and costing of in-school bridge programming in broadening rural girls' participation in education and career opportunities in the context of low resource settings characterized by low rates of female participation in education and income generation.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date January 1, 2019
Est. primary completion date January 1, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 15 Years to 22 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- enrolled in secondary school at selected study schools, in her final two years of secondary school

Exclusion Criteria:

- low attendance (<60%) at participating schools.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Girls for Health
The G4H '1000 Hours' Bridge Program will offer English, science and math training, career workshops, opportunity to 'shadow' a health provider, a mentored safe space club to facilitate economic empowerment, training on gender equity and human rights, and communication/leadership skills. Cash transfers for vacations will be provided to support participation. Girls who receive 5 credits on their SSCE exams and pass the health training institute (HTI) entrance exam are eligible for admission. A Foundational Science Training (FST) program will be provided to the '1000 Hours' participants who gain admission to a HTI to strengthen their ability to the pass the HTI "weeding exams." The FST will focus on English, math and science training, and safe spaces for social support development.

Locations

Country Name City State
Nigeria Federal University Birnin-Kebbi Kalgo Kebbi
Nigeria Center for Girls Education Zaria Kaduna

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of California, San Diego Center for Girls Education

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary completion of secondary school ascertained via self-report and secondary school records within 1 year of enrollment
Primary participation in a HTI (health training institute) or other professional training program ascertained via self report and vocational school records within 1 year of enrollment
Primary graduation from a HTI (health training institute) or other professional training program ascertained via self-report and vocational school records within 2 years of enrollment
Secondary delayed marriage ascertained via self report annual follow up over up to 2 years
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