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Delivering PACE++ curriculum in community settings: Impact of TARA intervention on gender attitudes and dietary practices among adolescent girls in Bihar, India

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  • Sudipta Mondal
  • William Joe
  • Santosh Akhauri
  • Irina Sinha
  • Putul Thakur
  • Vikas Kumar
  • Tushar Kumar
  • Narottam Pradhan
  • Abhishek Kumar

Abstract

Adolescence phase has high intrinsic and instrumental relevance. The Transformative Action for Rural Adolescents intervention delivered PACE++ curriculum with innovations to introduce a) health and nutrition sessions and b) delivery of the content in community settings of rural Bihar. This paper examines impact of the intervention showcasing establishment of intergenerational community connect for empowering and invigorating adolescent girls on gender attitude, empowerment and adolescent health and nutrition. The impact evaluation is based on a two-arm (intervention and comparison groups) cluster randomized controlled design with two rounds of representative cross-sectional surveys. The baseline and endline sample comprised of 2327 and 2033 adolescent girls (15–19 years), respectively. Descriptive statistical, difference-in-differences and propensity score matching methods are used to confirm the program impact. The DID and PSM analyses confirm high significance of impact on gender equity norms, diets and nutritional knowledge and understanding of employee related rights and responsibilities. School-going adolescent girls performed better than those who have discontinued formal education. The intervention showcases the importance of delivering the modified PACE curriculum in rural settings through leveraging community platforms. The findings call for greater policy attention on scaling up of similar initiatives for empowerment and social capital development of adolescent girls.

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  • Sudipta Mondal & William Joe & Santosh Akhauri & Irina Sinha & Putul Thakur & Vikas Kumar & Tushar Kumar & Narottam Pradhan & Abhishek Kumar, 2023. "Delivering PACE++ curriculum in community settings: Impact of TARA intervention on gender attitudes and dietary practices among adolescent girls in Bihar, India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(11), pages 1-18, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0293941
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293941
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