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.
Accelerated institutionalization of an adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) intervention in Tanzania: Findings from a mixed-methods evaluation
by Meghan Cutherell, Juliana Bwire, Edwin Mtei, Abednego Musau, Catherine Kahabuka, Isabellah Luhanga, Augustino Julius, and Gerald Kihwele From 2018 to 2020, Adolescents 360 (A360), aiming to increase demand for and voluntary uptake of modern contraception among adolescent girls 15–19 years, designed and scaled an intervention in Tanzania (Kuwa Mjanja) to 13 regions through project-funded […]
Key Achievements from A360’s First Investment Phase (2016-2020)
From 2016-2020, A360 designed and delivered four interventions across Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania that tapped into adolescent girls’ aspirations, supporting them to access and use contraception as a tool to pursue their goals. This publication reflects on the history and learning from this first investment phase for A360.
Adapting High Impact Practices in Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe
This technical brief captures what we learned and how we pivoted following our external 2018 mid-term evaluation.
Starting the conversation: Supporting young married couples’ shared decision-making in Ethiopia
This poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021 describes the results of design work conducted by A360 to strengthen engagement of male partners within its intervention in Ethiopia, Smart Start.