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| University of Oxford | OTHER |
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This study will test the effectiveness of a phone-based big sister/big brother program designed to provide health information and support, reduce school dropouts, and promote safer relationships.
The program's goal is to create a phone-based safe space, to ensure adolescents remained connected with access to support and health information during COVID lockdowns.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Phone-based intervention Plus SMS messages | Experimental |
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| SMS messages only | Experimental |
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| Control | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Low tech health SMS messages | Behavioral | Weekly health-related SMS messages are provided to adolescents. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Share of students that have been or are pregnant and/or have dropped out of school | These two outcomes (using school administrative data on whether students have dropped out of school and were pregnant) will be combined into a composite variable equal to 1 if the student has become pregnant and/or has dropped out of school. | ~6 months post-program |
| Share of students with the accurate belief that older partners have the highest risk of HIV compared to younger partners. | Indicator variable from the survey question wording: "Who do you think has the highest risk of infecting you with HIV?" | ~4 weeks post program |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Share of students reporting that they make the final decision in their life about visiting a Sexual and reproductive health clinic | Indicator variable from the survey question response | ~4 weeks post program |
| Share of students reporting that if they or their partner were pregnant, they would tell the data collector |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Share of students disclosing personal information to the data collector in the open-ended question at the end of the survey. | ~4 weeks post program | |
| Share of female students reporting that they agree or strongly agree with the statement 'If I don't want to hold hands with a guy, I can comfortably refuse to do it' |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Noam Angrist, PhD | Contact | +18572250117 | nangrist@young1ove.org | |
| Claire Cullen, PhD | Contact | +447562665937 | ccullen@young1ove.org |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Noam Angrist, PhD | University of Oxford | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Young 1ove | Recruiting | Gaborone | Botswana |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Low tech health Phone + SMS messages | Behavioral | Weekly health-related phone calls plus SMS messages are provided to adolescents. |
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Indicator variable coded 1 if student answered likely or very likely to 'If you were pregnant, how likely would you be to tell me?' |
| ~4 weeks post program |
| ~4 weeks post program |
| Share of students listing known support services when asked 'If a friend experienced dating difficulties or violence, do you know any organizations, services or phone numbers you could suggest she contact to get some help if she wanted?' | ~4 weeks post program |