Post-intervention gendered impacts and moderating factors of a government cash plus intervention for adolescents in Tanzania.

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Introduction

Reducing poverty (including multidimensional poverty) and gender inequality can improve social development outcomes. Studies have sought to understand how poverty reduction and intersectoral programming targeted to adolescents can facilitate safe transitions to adulthood among adolescents. However, most intersectoral interventions for adolescents to date have been implemented by non-governmental actors with limited generalizability and potential for scale-up. In the current study, we examine 22-month post intervention impacts of the "plus components" of a cash plus intervention, Ujana Salama (Swahili for "Safe Youth") targeted to adolescents ages 14-19 years (males and females) in households participating in a government social protection program in Tanzania. The gover

SUBMITTER: Waidler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850116 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature