Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-46
Author(s):  
Eric Edmonds ◽  
Ben Feigenberg ◽  
Jessica Leight
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Transition To High School ◽  
School Improvements ◽  
School Based ◽  
Decision To Stay ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Percent Decline

Abstract More than 98 million adolescent girls are not in school. Can girls inuence their schooling without changes in their family's economic environment? In Rajasthan, India, we examine the impact of a school-based life skills program that seeks to address low aspirations, narrow societal roles for girls and women, restricted networks of social support, and limited decision-making power. We find the intervention causes a 25 percent decline in school dropout that persists from seventh grade through the transition to high school. Improvements in socioemotional support among girls exposed to the intervention seem especially important in their decision to stay in school.

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualities for Effectively Facilitating an Adolescent Girls' Group

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 424-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Garcia ◽  
Sandi Lindgren ◽  
Jessie Kemmick Pintor
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Group Participant ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Group Format ◽  
School Based ◽  
Participant Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Group Facilitators ◽  
Health And Well Being

Nurses employed in a variety of school settings often rely on group-format approaches to support the health and well-being of adolescent girls. The process of selecting an effective facilitator, and evaluating the impact of a facilitator on intervention process and outcomes, is rarely described. The purpose of this article was to synthesize the literature regarding facilitator knowledge, skills, and qualities to provide school-based researchers and practitioners with a framework for selecting and evaluating group facilitators. Literature was reviewed between Fall of 2008 and Spring of 2011. Findings were synthesized into categories that provide the organization for this article (why groups, why a facilitator, and the knowledge, skills, and qualities of an effective girls' group facilitator). Nurses need to carefully identify, select, and equip those who serve as facilitators because group successes, evidenced in the ways girls grow and support each other in growth, are the result of a successful, well-matched facilitator-group participant experience.

Exploring maternal attitudes towards adolescent contraception: implications for use of LARC

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle K. O’Rourke-Suchoff ◽  
Kavita S. Arora ◽  
Vanessa M. Hildebrand ◽  
Mendel E. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Birth Control ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Maternal Attitudes ◽  
Sexual Decision Making ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Maternal attitudes have been shown to impact adolescent girls’ sexual decision making and attitudes towards contraception. Given the potential for maternal influence on adolescent contraceptive use, we undertook an exploratory study of mothers’ perceptions of the maternal role in adolescent contraceptive decision making, and maternal perceptions of long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) for adolescent girls. Materials and methods We utilized a mixed methods study design. Acceptability of contraceptive methods and attitudes towards adolescent contraceptive use were assessed using a paper survey of 162 mothers of girls aged 11–19 years in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Seven survey participants completed subsequent semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed using grounded theory methodology. Results Pills, condoms and injections were most frequently selected as acceptable by 55.4%, 55.4%, and 51.6% of women, respectively. One or more LARC methods were selected by 16.6% of the women. Of those (94.4%) agreed or strongly agreed that, “It is expected of me to make sure that my daughter knows about birth control methods.” Important themes that emerged during interviews were the responsibility mothers felt to help their daughters navigate contraception options, appreciation of the effectiveness of LARC methods and concerns about the use of those methods by teenagers due to the invasiveness. Conclusion Our data suggest that mothers want to be involved and support adolescent decision making about contraceptives. We also found that mothers viewed LARC as less acceptable than other forms of birth control for adolescents and have specific concerns about LARC. These results suggest directions for future work to better characterize the impact of maternal attitudes on adolescent LARC use.

Determinants of HIV testing and receipt of test results among adolescent girls in Nigeria: the role of assets and decision-making

2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Iwelunmor ◽  
Sarah Blackstone ◽  
Larissa Jennings ◽  
Donaldson Converse ◽  
John Ehiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Wealth Index ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Purpose Many adolescent girls in Nigeria do not test for HIV despite being at high risk. While the influence of psychosocial factors on HIV testing has been examined, there is less evidence regarding the impact of assets and control of assets on HIV testing. This study investigated the protective effects of specific adolescent girls’ assets on decision-making regarding HIV testing. Methods Cross-sectional data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey was analyzed. The main outcome variables were self-reports of having been tested for HIV and knowledge of a place that offers HIV testing. Binary logistic regression was used with employment, education, wealth index, home ownership, land ownership and decision making as potential predictors. Demographic characteristics were controlled in the analysis. Results Age [odds ratio (OR = 1.49)], employment (OR = 3.38), education (OR = 3.16), wealth index (OR = 1.33) and decision making (OR = 3.16) were positively associated with HIV testing. Age (OR = 1.20), employment (OR = 1.33), education (OR = 1.38), wealth (OR = 1.64), land ownership (OR = 1.42), and decision making (OR = 1.26) were positively associated with knowledge of an HIV testing location. Conclusion Our findings suggest that assets play an important role with HIV testing decisions for adolescent girls. Further research to elucidate the specific asset-based needs of adolescent girls will be needed to enhance decisions surrounding uptake of HIV testing and receipt of test results in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Impact of Life Skills on Leadership Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-274
Author(s):  
Kriti Vashishtha
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
School Level ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Psychosocial Skills ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Affective Components ◽  
The Impact

Life skills are basically the psychosocial skills which include personal, social, interpersonal, cognitive and affective components on an individual. For a better life one needs to have better decision making and problem solving skills. If any head or leader posses these characteristics then his/her tasks of making his/her leadership effective also becomes easy. Present study aims to see the impact of life skills sessions on problem solving and decision making attitude of school level leaders. For this purpose, 150 students were selected from 10 different schools. The age group ranged between 16-18 years. It is a pre and post test study. After taking the pre-test of the students (head/leaders) on the basis life-skills questionnaire by NCERT, the students were provided with 10 life-skills sessions (5 on problem solving and 5 on decision making, one session per day). After the sessions, the same questionnaire was administered on the students. On the basis of students’ response, t-test was applied and results have showed a significant enhancement in the skills of decision making and problem solving in the leaders.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-3: 273-274 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i3.12650   

“I just signed”: Factors influencing decision-making for school-based HPV vaccination of adolescent girls.

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 618-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spring Chenoa Cooper Robbins ◽  
Diana Bernard ◽  
Kirsten McCaffery ◽  
Julia M. L. Brotherton ◽  
S. Rachel Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
School Based ◽  
Factors Influencing

Impact of a School-Based Disordered Eating Prevention Program in Adolescent Girls: General and Specific Effects Depending on Adherence to the Interactive Activities

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma López-Guimerà ◽  
David Sánchez-Carracedo ◽  
Jordi Fauquet ◽  
Mariona Portell ◽  
Rosa M. Raich
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Targeted Prevention ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
School Based ◽  
Relevant Effect ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

This study assessed the impact of a school-based program aimed at preventing disordered eating. The program was based on the media-literacy approach and has interactive format. The program was assessed under strong methodological conditions. Seven schools with 263 Spanish adolescent girls in the area of Barcelona, were randomly assigned to either the complete prevention program condition, the partial program condition or the non-treatment control condition, and assessed at pre, post and 6-month follow-up. The program was effective in generating positive changes at follow-up. The effects sizes (ESd= 0.29 to ESd= 0.38) were greater, on average, than that obtained up to now in selective-universal programs, and similar or greater than that achieved by targeted prevention programs. The results indicate a greater and relevant effect size of the intervention in those participants who completed the inter-session interactive activities (ESd= 0.29 to ESd= 0.45) although the differences were not significant. These results suggest the importance of monitoring adherence to the activities in all programs defined as “interactive”. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

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