Design and Implementation of the Amenah Early Marriage Pilot Intervention Among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon.

ABSTRACT: Implementing and evaluating interventions in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries presents unique challenges that are little addressed in the implementation literature. We document the process of developing, implementing, and evaluating the Amenah pilot intervention that aimed to mitigate the drivers of early marriage in a Syrian refugee community in Lebanon. Adolescent girls' vulnerability to early marriage increases following displacement due to poverty, insecurity, and school disruptions. We delineate how, as a local research team, we triangulated evidence from the international literature and formative community research to make informed decisions during the intervention's design and implementation phases. The pilot was delivered to 203 Syrian refugee schoolgirls a

SUBMITTER: Sieverding M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature