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Field
Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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Before
• Learning. Standardized test scores in mathematics and literacy (direct assessment of 17 girls per school), and official school grades (79 girls per school).
• Psychosocial wellbeing – objective measures of stress (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure).
• Menstrual stigma (self-reported)
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After
• Learning. Standardized test scores in mathematics and literacy (direct assessment of 17 girls per school), and official school grades (79 girls per school).
• Psychosocial wellbeing – objective measures of stress (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, cortisol).
• Menstrual stigma (self-reported)
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Secondary Outcomes (End Points)
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Before
• Hygiene and menstrual hygiene knowledge and behaviour (self-reported measures, distinguishing between menstrual health practices and other health & hygiene practices).
• Student and teacher motivation (self-reported measures)
• Network integration and bullying (self-reported)
• Self-reported psychosocial wellbeing
• Information diffusion measures (self-reported exposure to discussions on hygiene/menstruation)
• School attendance (official school attendance and self-reported measures)
• School educational outcomes (grades progression, repetition, and previous school history).
• Results on standardized cognitive tests (direct assesment)
• Measures regarding early sexual activity and pregnancy (self-reported)
• Health – health measures including self-reported infectious diseases, middle upper-arm circumference measures, urinary tract infections.
• Additional outcomes for YGLs: self-confidence/self-perception, openness to discussion
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After
• Hygiene and menstrual hygiene knowledge and behaviour (self-reported measures, distinguishing between menstrual health practices and other health & hygiene practices).
• Student and teacher motivation (self-reported measures)
• Network integration and bullying (self-reported)
• Self-reported psychosocial wellbeing
• Information diffusion measures (self-reported exposure to discussions on hygiene/menstruation)
• School attendance (official school attendance and self-reported measures)
• School educational outcomes (grades progression, repetition, and previous school history).
• Results on standardized cognitive tests (direct assesment)
• Measures regarding early sexual activity and pregnancy (self-reported)
• Health – health measures including self-reported infectious diseases, middle upper-arm circumference measures, urinary tract infections, and inflammation (CRP)
• Additional outcomes for YGLs: self-confidence/self-perception, openness to discussion
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