Domain | Secondary outcome | Measurement |
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SRH | SRH knowledge | To be measured using a series of questions assessing adolescent mother’s knowledge of HIV and its transmission, the menstrual cycle, and contraceptive methods |
Current contraceptive use | To be assessed using two questions assessing current use of a contraceptive method to delay or avoid getting pregnant and the type of method used | |
Transactional sex | To be measured using a series of questions on self-reported exchange of sex for money, girl, rent, food, school fees, phone/airtime, clothes/shoe/beauty products, sanitary pads, and security | |
Experience of sexual and gender-based violence | To be assessed using a series of questions adapted from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women [29] | |
Mental health | Mental health | To be measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) tool, which has been used in other settings in sub-Saharan Africa [30, 31], to identify adolescent mothers with depression symptoms |