Economic Empowerment, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Uganda: Longitudinal Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial, 2017‒2022.

Objectives. To investigate the long-term (12- and 24-month) impact of an economic empowerment intervention on HIV risk behaviors and mental health among school-going adolescent girls in Uganda. Methods. A total of 1260 girls aged 14 to 17 years were randomized at the school level to (1) standard hea...

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Published in:	American Journal of Public Health Vol. 113; no. 3; pp. 306 - 316
Main Authors:	Ssewamala, Fred M., Brathwaite, Rachel, Neilands, Torsten B.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Public Health Association Mar2023
Subjects:	Uganda Risk-taking behavior Economic impact Self-perception Mental health Women Case-control method Self-efficacy Randomized controlled trials Sex education Psychology of high school students Mental depression Despair Teenagers' conduct of life Adolescence HIV infection risk factors Cluster sampling Health outcome assessment Risk assessment Pre-tests & post-tests Comparative studies Descriptive statistics Statistical sampling Longitudinal method
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