GrowUp Smart Baseline Study Report

Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Maternal Child and Community Health Unit, and three youth serving organizations under the Expanding Family Planning Access, Availability and Awareness (A3) Project tested GrowUp Smart, a multi-component puberty and fertility awareness intervention for very young adolescents ages 10-14 years, and their parents in Rwanda.

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component sexual and reproductive health intervention in improving knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of very young adolescents and their parents.

Keywords: growup smart, grow up smart, VYAs, baseline study