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Prize-linked Savings Initiatives for Promoting Better Health and Economic Outcomes in Kenya

NCT04013295 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2023-04-21

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Summary

Transactional sex is widely believed to be among the driving factors for the high HIV rates among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya. We will pilot a randomized trial among men in Kenya to assess whether prize-linked savings opportunities reduce spending on transactional sex. The project will randomize men to the savings intervention and assess changes in key economic and self-reported health outcomes over a 3-6 month period.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Prize-linked savings

Participants will be eligible for prizes based on the amount by which their account balance goes up in each period (e.g. for every 100 Ksh by which savings increases, participants get an entry into a lottery for monetary rewards where they have a small probability of winning a larger amount, or a larger probability of winning a smaller amount of money). This type of prize-linked savings intervention has been shown to promote savings in other settings. Other intervention components may include education materials to explain how the prize-linked savings incentives work and that emphasize the potential benefits of saving money. Participants in the intervention group will be encouraged to have more consideration for their future health and economic status, as this may motivate them to save more money. They will also be encouraged to consider the opportunity and health cost of their expenditures on alcohol and transactional sex and not miss the opportunity to win prizes by saving money.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Impact Research & Development Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • Innovations for Poverty Action

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pennsylvania

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Harsha Thirumurthy · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-03
Primary Completion
2018-12-18
Completion
2018-12-18

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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