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Table 1 Comparison between the two manuals used when scaling up the MkV intervention

From: A process evaluation of the scale up of a youth-friendly health services initiative in northern Tanzania

 

Manual 1

MEMA kwa Vijana developed manual

Manual 2

Ministry of Health and SocialWelfare-developed manual

Duration

   Number of days

6 days

12 days

Delivery

   Time per day

9 am-4 pm

9 am-6 pm

   Intensity

Time for breaks and reflection of content

A lot of information intended for each day, making it difficult to complete all the tasks as planned

   Teaching strategy

Each topic began with participatory brainstorming prior to new material

New material introduced straight away, spot checks were used at the end of each activity

   Ongoing evaluation

None: evaluation at end of training

Daily evaluation with answers provided

Intervention materials

   Materials

Training manual only

Trainers' manual & participant's handout

   Language

English & Swahili versions

English only

Content analysis a

   Refs and details

No references

For each chapter, there are references and statistics

   Confidentiality

1

3

   Rape

1

3

   Menstrual cycle

1

2

   Condoms

1

3

   Gender

1

2

   Contraception

2 (except condoms)

1

   HIV

3

1

   STIs

3

1

   Stages of Adolescence

3

1

   Counselling

3

1

  1. aKey: 1 = Stand alone topic 2 = Not covered 3 = Covered within another topic/less detail