Applying Human-Centered Design to Replicate an Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention: A Case Study of Binti Shupavu in Kenya
By Nancy Njoki, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, David Mireri, Alex Nana-Sinkam and Mary Phillips If something works in one place, it should work in another…right? In public health, it’s not usually that simple. Different people, different health systems, and different challenges mean evidence-based practices do not always translate easily. In a new article from Global Health Science and Practice, we share […]
Determinants of high contraceptive self-efficacy among adolescent girls (15-19) from four counties in Kenya
This poster presentation, shared at the FIGO World Congress in 2023, describes the findings from a study conducted by A360 in four counties in Kenya on adolescent girls’ perceived social support, contraceptive self-efficacy, and perceived agency in reproductive decision-making.
Preference-aligned fertility management: Assessing the feasibility of a newly proposed measure of contraceptive autonomy among married adolescent girls in Kaduna and Nasarawa states, Nigeria
This poster presentation, shared at the Society for Family Planning (SFP) meeting in 2023 showcased results from field-testing of preference-aligned fertility management (PFM), a measure newly proposed by Holt et al.1 which is defined as concordance between current self-reported desire to use contraception and current contraceptive use. We fielded a simplified version of the measure, […]
Effect and cost-effectiveness of human-centred design-based approaches to increase adolescent uptake of modern contraceptives in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania: Population-based, quasi-experimental studies
By Catarina Krug et al. Around half of adolescent pregnancies in low- and middle-income countries are unintended, contributing to millions of unsafe abortions per year. Adolescents 360 (A360), a girl-centred initiative, aimed to increase voluntary uptake of modern contraceptives among adolescents in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania. This article, published in Plos Global Public Health presents […]
Balancing evidence-informed and user-responsive design: Experience with human-centered design to generate layered economic empowerment and SRH programming in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria
by Meghan Cutherell, Mary Phillips, Carrie Eleett, Emnet Woubishet, Joy Otsanya Ede, Akinjike Adesina, Arnold Kabahaula, Alex Nana-Sinkam, Abednego Musau, Katherine Nichol In 2021, the Adolescents 360 (A360) project pursued a human-centered design (HCD) process to layer complementary economic empowerment components on top of its existing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions targeting adolescent girls […]
Management Response to A360 External Evaluation (2016-2020)
A360’s donors commissioned an external evaluation in 2016 to independently evaluate and distill lessons from the program. This evaluation was comprised of three evaluations in one: a process evaluation, an outcome evaluation, and a cost-effectiveness analysis. This management response, compiled by A360, responds to the results of this external evaluation. The goal of this response […]
Implementing adaptive youth-centered adolescent sexual reproductive health programming: learning from the Adolescents 360 project in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria (2016-2020)
This technical brief captures what we learned and how we pivoted following our external 2018 mid-term evaluation.
Ethiopia Smart Steps Asset: Curriculum Guide
This curriculum guide, adapted from BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescents (ELA) program curriculum, is used to support married adolescent girls in improving their soft and vocational skills through the economic empowerment component for Smart Start, Smart Steps.