Data Collection Updates
Data collection for the endline of the mixed methods Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) Youth Evaluation in Tanzania took place from May – June, jointly with Tanzanian firm Policy Research for Development (REPOA) and with support from the UNICEF Tanzania Country Office.
Also in Tanzania, UNICEF Innocenti researchers conducted baseline data collection training and fieldwork from April – June 2017 in Mbeya and Iringa regions for a new "Cash Plus" Study. The study aims to examine the ability of a new cash plus initiative targeted to adolescents in cash transfer households, building on the livelihood enhancement component of the Tanzanian Government’s Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN). Informed by an “asset strengthening” theoretical framework which posits that youth need a combination of financial, social and health assets to safely transition to adulthood, the initiative aims to strengthen youth livelihood knowledge, sexual and reproductive health knowledge, and access to services in an effort to promote safe transitions to a productive adulthood.
UNICEF Innocenti's Audrey Pereira coordinated qualitative data collection in Ghana, in collaboration with the Navrongo Health Research Centre in May 2017. This data collection is part of an on-going project that aims to develop a simple survey instrument to measure stress among individuals in rural Sub-Saharan populations and, ultimately, to increase understanding of whether poverty alleviation programmes may reduce stress and ultimately lead to improved health and related outcomes.
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