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Menstrual Cups and Cash Transfer to Reduce Sexual and Reproductive Harm and School Dropout in Adolescent Schoolgirls in Western Kenya: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Menstrual Cup, Cash transfer, and 1 other intervention for Reproductive Health and 5 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 4,138 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
A 4-armed cluster randomised controlled trial conducted among secondary schoolgirls in Siaya, western Kenya, where clusters are the unit of allocation and schoolgirls the unit of measurement. The overall aim of the trial is to inform evidence-based policy to develop intervention programmes which improve adolescent girls' health, school equity and life-chances. The primary objective is to determine the impact of menstrual cups or cash transfer alone, or in combination, compared against controls, on a composite of deleterious outcomes (HIV, HSV-2 infection, and school dropout) over 3 schoolyears follow-up.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Menstrual cups are reusable bell-shaped receptacles made of high grade medical silicone which collect \~30 ml of menstrual blood when inserted into the vaginal canal
A small stipend of Ksh 1500 (US$15, Dec15 exch) per term will be provided to girls, through a safe and secure mobile money transfer system provider, like M-Pesa, Equity, or Postbank. Monies will be transferred at the beginning of a term, based on school registry statistics confirming participants attended for at least 80% of the previous term.
Combination of both interventions, using the same interventions and implementation methods.