Evaluation of Tipping Point

Summary

This study evaluates whether an intervention, namely Tipping Point (TP), can reduce child marriage and increase decision making capability among the adolescent girls in rural areas. This is a cluster randomized controlled trial with three intervention arms - full TP package, light TP package (differs from the full TP only in terms of the intensity of the social norms change component) and control. The study is being conducted in Pirgacha sub district of Rangpur district in Bangladesh. A 18-month intervention will be in place after completion of the baseline survey and the endline survey will be conducted 18 months after the intervention completion. This design will allow the investigators to measure the impact of full TP intervention, light TP intervention and the emphasized social norms change.

Conditions

• Child Marriage

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Full TP

The overall Tipping Point intervention package will span 18 months and will involve: i) Weekly facilitated training sessions with girls' groups and boys' groups; ii) Dialogue sessions jointly with girls' groups and fathers' groups, and girls' groups and boys' groups; iii) Community and Social Norms Change Component; iv) Facilitated sessions with mothers' groups and (separate) fathers' groups; v) 2-days intensive facilitated workshop with selected religious leaders and influential people; vi) Village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) formed by the girls' group members to create opportunities for girls to engage in age-appropriate income generating activities and build their potential as entrepreneurs; vii) Trainings of girls, boys and parents with special interest in activism.

BEHAVIORAL

Light TP

The overall Tipping Point intervention package will span 18 months and will involve: i) Weekly facilitated training sessions with girls' groups and boys' groups; ii) Dialogue sessions jointly with girls' groups and fathers' groups, and girls' groups and boys' groups; iii) Facilitated sessions with mothers' groups and (separate) fathers' groups; iv) 2-days intensive facilitated workshop with selected religious leaders and influential people; v) Village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) formed by the girls' group members to create opportunities for girls to engage in age-appropriate income generating activities and build their potential as entrepreneurs; vi) Trainings of girls, boys and parents with special interest in activism.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CARE Bangladesh

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• CARE USA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Ph.D · Senior Scientist

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-10-22

Primary Completion

2022-04-30

Completion

2022-12-31

Countries

• Bangladesh

Study Locations