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A psychosocial resilience curriculum provides the “missing piece” to boost adolescent physical health: A randomized controlled trial of Girls First in India

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  • Leventhal, Katherine Sachs
  • DeMaria, Lisa M.
  • Gillham, Jane E.
  • Andrew, Gracy
  • Peabody, John
  • Leventhal, Steve M.

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Despite a recent proliferation of interventions to improve health, education, and livelihoods for girls in low and middle income countries, psychosocial wellbeing has been neglected. This oversight is particularly problematic as attending to psychosocial development may be important not only for psychosocial but also physical wellbeing. This study examines the physical health effects of Girls First, a combined psychosocial (Girls First Resilience Curriculum [RC]) and adolescent physical health (Girls First Health Curriculum [HC]) intervention (RC + HC) versus its individual components (i.e., RC, HC) and a control group. We expected Girls First to improve physical health versus HC and controls.

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  • Leventhal, Katherine Sachs & DeMaria, Lisa M. & Gillham, Jane E. & Andrew, Gracy & Peabody, John & Leventhal, Steve M., 2016. "A psychosocial resilience curriculum provides the “missing piece” to boost adolescent physical health: A randomized controlled trial of Girls First in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 37-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:161:y:2016:i:c:p:37-46
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.05.004
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    2. Supriya Garikipati & Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, 2022. "Information, Choice and Menstrual Outcomes: Evidence from a CommunityBased Intervention in Indi," Working Papers 202211, University of Liverpool, Department of Economics.
    3. Sarkar, Kaushik & Dasgupta, Aparajita & Sinha, Multipada & Shahbabu, Bhaskar, 2017. "Effects of health empowerment intervention on resilience of adolescents in a tribal area: A study using the Solomon four-groups design," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 265-274.
    4. Li, Xiaoming & Harrison, Sayward E. & Fairchild, Amanda J. & Chi, Peilian & Zhao, Junfeng & Zhao, Guoxiang, 2017. "A randomized controlled trial of a resilience-based intervention on psychosocial well-being of children affected by HIV/AIDS: Effects at 6- and 12-month follow-up," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 256-264.

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