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Evaluation of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Kenyan Adolescents Living in Urban Informal Settlements
Sponsor: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Summary
This two-year study evaluates a mobile phone-based comprehensive sexuality education program designed to support adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kenya, where rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections remain high. The program, called AskDoki, delivers age-appropriate health information through the WhatsApp platform and is supported by trained youth peer leaders known as Digital Champions, who help adolescents access and use the program. Communities participating in the study are assigned either to receive the AskDoki program with Digital Champion support (intervention communities) or to not receive the program (comparison communities). Adolescents in both intervention and comparison communities complete surveys before the program begins and again six months after implementation of the AskDoki program. The surveys assess health knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and intended behaviors related to sexual and reproductive health. The study compares changes in survey responses over time between intervention and comparison communities to assess the program's effectiveness. It also evaluates how feasible it is to use Digital Champions to support adolescents' engagement with the mobile program and examines the cost-effectiveness of this approach.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 19 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
610
Start Date
2026-05-22
Completion Date
2027-04-30
Last Updated
2026-05-14
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Chatbot providing comprehensive sexuality education plus youth peer facilitators
A chatbot designed to provide comprehensive sexuality education (named "AskDoki") to adolescents is deployed in a community targeted to receive the intervention along with peer facilitators. The facilitators are young adults (named "Digital Champions") who are trained to promote and facilitate access and use among adolescents of a chatbot.
Locations (1)
Amref Health Africa in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya