Evaluation of Adolescent Long-acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Project in Kenya (Choice 4 Change Project), Baseline Data

The Choice for Change (C4C) project is aimed at increasing methods choice to adolescent girls in Kenya through demand generating activities and supply-side interventions to increase the uptake of contraceptive use, with an emphasis on LARC method. APHRC, in collaboration with ICRW, will assess the effectiveness of the C4C project, which is being implemented by Marie Stopes, Kenya (MSK), IPAS and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The evaluation will focus on developing the evidence base around “what works” to increase access and use of contraception, in particular LARC methods, among sexually active adolescent girls. A mixed methods study design will be used to assess the primary outcomes, through the use of crosssectional surveys at baseline and again at endline. The survey will be implemented in the program implementation areas defined as within 5 kilometers of a C4C youth friendly adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) service provider. Data will be analyzed to understand differences in key indicators between baseline and endline, and between exposed and unexposed 15-19 year old girls.