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. 2019 Dec 20;8(12):e14696. doi: 10.2196/14696

Table 2.

Proposed components of the interventions in the control and intervention arms.

Strategy Control arm Intervention arm
Biomedical interventions
  • Biomedical community-based health services include HTSa, condom skills and provision, tuberculosis screening, STIb screening, GBVc screening, alcohol and substance abuse screening.

  • Escorted referrals are provided to GBV survivors and the GBV desk for social, legal, and medical services. Escorted referrals are also provided to HIV-positive AGYWd to care and treatment clinics.

  • Other services include FPe counseling and service provision and screening for nutritional assessment and counseling support.

Same as the control arm

Behavioral interventions
  • SBCCf group peer-led sessions designed to address the significant determinants of HIV risk, gender, and reproductive health.

  • Community-based HIV testing and counseling services, which include risk reduction counseling provided alongside HTS. SBCC sessions include gender, gender and power issues, understanding sexuality, sexual and reproductive health systems, effective communication, STIs and HIV, risky behavior, contraception, GBV, and respectful relationships. The minimum package is 10 hours of sessions. In selected communities, AGYW receive posttest services and Alcoholics Anonymous programs.

Same as the control arm

Structural interventions
  • AGYW participates in WORTH+g economic empowerment, health (HIV and FP) education, and parenting education groups. The WORTH+ package sessions are as follows: financial literacy sessions, dream and develop self-goals, literacy skills exercise, savings, safe money handling, loans, proper use of loans, dividends and village bank cycle, successfully selling, managing capital, and building business. Other packages in the WORTH+ package include parenting sessions, understand children, and learn parenting and being a good example to children. WORTH+ groups meet weekly and include social cohesion activities. In addition, the SASA! GBV program works with communities to address adverse gender social norms.

Same as the control arm plus cash transfer

aHTS: HIV testing services.

bSTI: sexually transmitted infection.

cGBV: gender-based violence.

dAGYW: adolescent girls and young women.

eFP: family planning.

fSBSS: social and behavior change communication.

gWORTH+: women organizing resources together plus.