School girls and childbearing motives: A randomized clinical trial through hidden curriculum

Effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme on early childbearing, marriage and school dropout among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancies pose a risk to the young mothers and their babies. In Zambia, 35% of young girls in rural areas have given birth by the age of 18 years. Pregnancy rates are particularly high among out-of-school girls. Poverty, low enrolment in secondary school, myths and community norms all contribute to early childbearing. This protocol describes a trial aiming to measure the...

The effect of conditional incentives and a girls’ empowerment curriculum on adolescent marriage, childbearing and education in rural Bangladesh: a community clustered randomized controlled trial

A school-based randomized controlled trial to improve physical activity among Iranian high school girls

BACKGROUND Physical activity (PA) rates decline precipitously during the high school years and are consistently lower among adolescent girls than adolescent boys. Due to cultural barriers, this problem might be exacerbated in female Iranian adolescents. However, little intervention research has been conducted to try to increase PA participation rates with this population. Because PA interventio...

study to evaluate two dosage regimens of vitamin d through an academic year in middle school girls: a randomized trial

vitamin d is an essential hormone for growth and development of bones in children. there is a lot of evidence for deficiency of this vitamin in middle east females. this study conduct to find a way to combat deficiency in girls during rapid growth phase of puberty in academic year. one hundred and two middle school girls who had not consumed any vitamins supplement have been participated in thi...

Study to evaluate two dosage regimens of vitamin D through an academic year in middle school girls: a randomized trial.

Vitamin D is an essential hormone for growth and development of bones in children. There is a lot of evidence for deficiency of this vitamin in Middle East females. This study conduct to find a way to combat deficiency in girls during rapid growth phase of puberty in academic year. One hundred and two Middle School girls who had not consumed any vitamins supplement have been participated in thi...