A longitudinal qualitative evaluation of an economic and social empowerment intervention to reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV in rural Mozambique

Holly McClain Burke, Catherine Packer, Lázaro González-Calvo, Kathleen Ridgeway, Rachel Lenzi, Ann F. Green and Troy D. Moon

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2019, vol. 77, issue C

Abstract: An intervention including business training and health education was implemented in Mozambique, where girls are at elevated risk for acquiring HIV. As part of a mixed-methods evaluation, we describe perceived effects of the intervention on girls’ sexual behavior and school attendance.

Keywords: HIV prevention; Economic strengthening; Multi-Sector; Integrated development; Adolescents; Girls; Mozambique; Gender-based violence; School attendance; Sexual behavior; Qualitative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101682

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