2020
‘I married when I was 16… due to poverty, I had no other way’: multi-level factors influencing HIV-related sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls in Zambézia, Mozambique
Ridgeway K, Lenzi R, Packer C, González-Calvo L, Moon T, Green A, Burke H. ‘I married when I was 16… due to poverty, I had no other way’: multi-level factors influencing HIV-related sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls in Zambézia, Mozambique. Culture Health & Sexuality 2020, 23: 414-430. PMID: 32427049, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1715483.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent girlsBehavior one yearInterpersonal-level factorsRisk behaviorsGirls ages 13Sexual risk behaviorsSelf-reported sexual riskGirls' behaviorFirst time pointAge 13Sexual risk reductionFamily supportHousehold economic stabilityBehavior changeFuture interventionsMulti-level factorsGirlsSexual riskTime pointsInterventionDepth interviewsAdolescentsBehaviorOne-yearSupportHope, Self-Efficacy, and Crushed Dreams: Exploring How Adolescent Girls’ Future Aspirations Relate to Marriage and Childbearing in Rural Mozambique
Packer C, Ridgeway K, Lenzi R, González-Calvo L, Moon T, Green A, Burke H. Hope, Self-Efficacy, and Crushed Dreams: Exploring How Adolescent Girls’ Future Aspirations Relate to Marriage and Childbearing in Rural Mozambique. Journal Of Adolescent Research 2020, 35: 579-604. DOI: 10.1177/0743558419897385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent girlsIndividual-level protective factorsLongitudinal qualitative designFuture aspirationsBehavioral competenceSustainable economic opportunitiesProtective factorsExternal assetsGirlsIntervention evaluationRural MozambiqueQualitative designAge 18CompetenceChild marriageDevelopment lensEconomic opportunitiesDepth interviewsInterventionEarly marriageGoalMarriageHopeConstructsContraceptive access
2019
A longitudinal qualitative evaluation of an economic and social empowerment intervention to reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV in rural Mozambique
Burke H, Packer C, González-Calvo L, Ridgeway K, Lenzi R, Green A, Moon T. A longitudinal qualitative evaluation of an economic and social empowerment intervention to reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV in rural Mozambique. Evaluation And Program Planning 2019, 77: 101682. PMID: 31369827, DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInequitable gender normsSocial empowerment interventionLongitudinal qualitative evaluationFocus group discussionsGender normsMulti-sector interventionsIntergenerational sexDepth interviewsVulnerable girlsCommunity membersGirls' sexual behaviorRural MozambiqueSexual behaviorGroup discussionsMixed-methods evaluationEmpowerment interventionBusiness trainingSchool attendanceHouseholdsMozambiqueBusinessMoneyRisky sexVulnerabilityIDI
2018
Exploring intersections of localised gender norms and unanticipated effects of a sexual and reproductive health intervention: implications of respect and being a “good girl” in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Lenzi R, Packer C, Ridgeway K, Moon T, Green A, González-Calvo L, Burke H. Exploring intersections of localised gender norms and unanticipated effects of a sexual and reproductive health intervention: implications of respect and being a “good girl” in Zambézia Province, Mozambique. Culture Health & Sexuality 2018, 21: 575-590. PMID: 30328775, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1498540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGender normsGood girlGender-based violenceSocial empowerment interventionHead of householdFocus group discussionsReproductive health programsReproductive health interventionsEmpower girlsUnanticipated effectsEmic definitionDepth interviewsCommunity membersRural communitiesImplications of respectGirls' riskGroup discussionsInfluential menEmpowerment interventionSchool attendanceMozambiqueNormsCommunityProgram evaluationZambézia Province