Qualitative assessment of life skill development of adolescent girls through Kishori Panchayat: An adolescents for health action model in selected villages of rural Central India

Abstract

Background:The “Adolescents for Health Action model,” Kishori Panchayat (KP) is an innovative approach for mobilizing and empowering adolescent girls by enhancing their life skills by participating in various community health activities, a platform for interaction with peer-groups, villagers, community leaders, and health-care providers.Aim:The aim of the study is to follow-up the quantitative data regarding the effectiveness of KP in enhancing life skill education among adolescent girls who are members of KP compared to Non-KP girls.Objectives:The main objectives are: (1) to study the knowledge and perceptions regarding life skills among adolescent girls (12–18 years) of KP and non-KP and (2) to identify features of KP and related contextual factors that contributed to the outcome.Methodology:The qualitative study was carried out among 100 KP girls and non-KP girls, respectively (12–18 years), under 20 villages of rural Wardha district over 1-year period after obtaining consent in writing from participants and Institutional Ethics Committee. Focus group discussion was conducted in each village. Key informant interviews of social workers of KPs and school teachers conducted until data saturation.Results:Findings suggest that KP girls had more knowledge and perception regarding life skills and their application compared to non-KP girls. Life skill education program by KP was found to be received positively by adolescent girls.Conclusion:Institutionalization of this can help in building a sustainable model for empowerment of adolescent girls.

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“…It is possible that younger adolescents, who were more likely to sustain participation over time, were less able to build self-efficacy without the role-modelling of older adolescents and less equipped to create change without the support of parents and other adults. This is consistent with the conclusions of a systematic review ( Siddiqui et al, 2020 ) as well as smaller qualitative studies conducted in rural India ( Guha et al, 2019 , Sharma et al, 2021 ) that peer education and participatory adolescent groups have been more effective at improving knowledge and attitudes than changing behaviours linked to health outcomes.…”

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“…The development of public health policies 19 expresses the need to raise awareness among adolescents about behavioral changes and healthy lifestyles, with the disruption of curative health practices. In terms of income generation programs 20 , it relates to the development of practices that allow adolescents access to education, income, and health through policies that can reduce the social inequities faced by this population.…”

“…The need to identify the social determinants of health allows us to examine the relationship that these conditions have with regard to interference with the achievement of the goals of the SDG health to adolescents. They are highlighting greater synergies between health and other sectors, capable of providing the execution and implementation of policies aimed at other sectors to achieve these goals, namely: education, income generation, and programs aimed at healthy eating 20,21,31 .…”

Pelatihan Keterampilan Hidup untuk Melindungi Remaja dari Kekerasan

“…Hal ini menunjukkan pendidikan dan pelatihan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan persepsi remaja mengenai persoalan tertentu, dalam hal ini kecakapan hidup yang dapat melindungi remaja dari kekerasan. Hasil penelitian sebelumnya mengindikasikan keikutsertaan remaja dalam program promosi tertentu meningkatkan pengetahuan dan persepsinya mengenai kecakapan hidup dan penerapannya dalam kehidupan sehari-hari (Guha et al, 2019). Selanjutnya, hasil kajian sistematik yang dilakukan oleh Hermens et al ( 2017) mengungkapkan program olahraga khususnya yang ditujukan untuk remaja yang rentan secara social dapat mengembangkan berbagai kecakapan hidup mereka, terutama kecakapan hidup pada aspek kognitif dan social.…”