This report describes the project research, problems, objectives, methodology, implementation, outputs and outcomes of the five years implementation research project funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC).
Funded by the Department for Education, Education for Wellbeing was one of England's largest research programmes testing the effectiveness of school-based mental health interventions.
Media reports indicate that young people are discontented with current sexual education approaches, feeling that current practice disproportionately emphasizes negative aspects like sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies.
Sexually and gender-diverse secondary school students experience more bullying-victimization and feel less safe at school than their heterosexual, cisgender peers.
This decentralized evaluation final report covers the School Feeding Programme activities from January 2018 to February 2023.
This paper presents the first rigorous evaluation of school-based interventions aimed at reducing LGBTphobia. We focus on a classroom intervention that addresses the issue of LGBT harassment through perspective-taking and narrative exchange.
The Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services (AYFHS) program in Ghana aims to improve access to reproductive and sexual health services for young people. However, despite its importance, low utilization rates persist.
Comprehensive sexual health education is crucial for adolescents and should align with cultural values. This study assessed the impact of a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)-based educational programme on sexual behaviours among Iranian adolescent girls.
A growing body of academic literature recognizes the importance of supporting students’ wellbeing in school settings. Approaches to supporting students’ wellbeing tend to focus on students’ subjective wellbeing, largely focusing on individuals’ mental health and advocating positive psychology.
This review seeks to shed light on the implementation of CSE in reducing unintended adolescent pregnancies in two different African countries: Nigeria and Rwanda. Data were collected from Google Scholar, PubMed, and policy papers via narrative review search strategies.