Yo Importo, Yo Aprendo, Yo Decido
Problems addressed
Teenage pregnancy
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Children (4 to 13 years)
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Adults (18 to 59 years)
Where the program was applied
Community (streets or community centers)
Country of application
Mexico
Description

Yo Importo, Yo Aprendo, Yo Decido (I Matter, I Learn, I Decide) is a psycho-socio-educational intervention focused on adolescent women from rural communities in Mexico. The objectives of the intervention include reducing teenage pregnancy, reducing gender-based violence, and increasing girls’ self-efficacy, i.e., building a more empowered self-perception.
The intervention teaches about sexual health, consent, reproductive rights, and gender equalityfocusing on girls, adolescents and adults aged 11 to 19 years. It was carried out at the community level and was based on a community census carried out by the researchers to identify potential participants.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation revealed that the program’s methodology holds promise for improving key outcomes related to early pregnancy in rural settings [1].
The authors first conducted a random assignment of communities to receive the program. They then compared outcomes in these communities with outcomes in communities that were randomly assigned not to receive the treatment, using difference-in-difference estimators.
The study used a quasi-experimental design with 747 adolescents, comparing three difference-in-differences models with fixed effects to estimate changes in outcome measures.

Bibliographic reference

[1] Campero, Lourdes et al. (2021). ‘I Matter, I Learn, I Decide’: An Impact Evaluation on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Rights to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy.” The Journal of Primary Prevention, 42(4): 343–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-020-00609-w

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