Specialized Public-NGO Health Delivery Partnership
RCTClinical Trial
Public education systems often lack up-to-date medical expertise, technical infrastructure, and specialized pedagogical materials required to internally develop and manage sensitive reproductive health curricula.
Picture this
Public school systems team up with an established specialized health non-profit to build and run educational programs. The non-profit acts like a specialized catering company delivering prepared, high-quality meal kits to school cafeterias, providing expert content and remote staff while the school provides the dining room.
What the evidence says
Enabled nationwide delivery across 138 classrooms without expanding permanent school payroll, achieving a 0.38 SD knowledge gain and 0.17 SD attitude improvement at a low marginal cost of $14.60 per student.
- Who was studied
- N = 69 public secondary schools in 21 Colombian cities partnering with Profamilia, Colombia's largest reproductive health NGO.
- How
- Institutional delivery model embedding NGO-designed digital platforms and NGO-operated remote tutors into mandatory public school computer classes over an 11-week period.
What to do
Contract established non-governmental reproductive health organizations to design content and provide remote tutoring within public school computer labs.
From the source
"The online sexual education course was designed by the local NGO Profamilia. Profamilia is Colombia's largest organization focused on sexual health and reproductive health."
Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia