Shaping the Health of Adolescents in Zimbabwe

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV
• Interventions: Behavioral: Life skills education; Other: Reproductive health services; Behavioral: Economic livelihoods

• Registration Number: NCT02034214
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

The SHAZ! study was a randomized trial that compared a package of life skills education, reproductive health care services, and economic livelihood development to a control package of life skills education and reproductive health care services alone. SHAZ! enrolled young women 16 to 19 years old who had been orphaned and who were currently out of school and not infected with HIV. Individuals participated in the project for up to two years.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-02
• Primary Completion: 2008-10
• Study Completion: 2008-10
• Status Verified: 2014-01
• Study First Submitted: 2014-01-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-01-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-01-09
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 2014-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 367

Inclusion Criteria

• 16 to 19 years old
• out of school
• orphaned
• willing to participate in intervention activities
• living in Chitungwiza

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Exclusion Criteria

• HIV infection
• currently pregnant

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Full Intervention	Economic livelihoods	Life skills education vocational counseling Economic livelihoods reproductive health services social support
Education and health services alone	Life skills education	Life skills education Reproductive health services
Education and health services alone	Reproductive health services	Life skills education Reproductive health services
Full Intervention	Life skills education	Life skills education vocational counseling Economic livelihoods reproductive health services social support
Full Intervention	Reproductive health services	Life skills education vocational counseling Economic livelihoods reproductive health services social support

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intervention completion	Within 2 years of follow up	Completion of the intervention activities

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Unintended pregnancy	during 2 year follow up	Urine pregnancy test positive during 2 year follow up period, and pregnancy intendedness on self reported survey
Incident viral infection with HIV or HSV-2	During 2 years of follow up	Blood test for HIV and HSV-2 at each 6 month follow up for 2 years.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

South Medical; 🇿🇼 Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe