Course Introduction
The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme Evaluation Training Course equips participants with the knowledge, tools, and practical skills required to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, sustainability, and impact of programmes designed to improve adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and well-being. Adolescents have diverse health needs shaped by age, gender, education, socioeconomic circumstances, disability, family and community environments, access to information, and availability of confidential, respectful health services. Evaluating programmes serving this population requires approaches that go beyond counting activities and participants to examine whether interventions are accessible, appropriate, safe, responsive, and producing meaningful improvements in knowledge, agency, service utilization, and health outcomes.
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health programmes may include comprehensive sexuality education, youth-friendly health services, contraceptive information and access, prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, menstrual health support, prevention of early and unintended pregnancy, and responses to sexual and gender-based violence. They may also address harmful gender norms, child marriage, stigma, discrimination, school retention, and barriers to health information and care. The course examines how evaluation frameworks can capture the contribution of these interconnected interventions while accounting for differences in implementation context, programme maturity, population needs, and health system capacity. Participants will learn to define evaluation questions that reflect programme objectives, stakeholder priorities, adolescent experiences, and the decisions that evaluation findings are expected to inform.
The training introduces the full evaluation cycle, from defining the programme theory and developing an evaluation plan to selecting indicators, establishing baselines, collecting data, analyzing results, and communicating recommendations. Participants will examine logic models, theories of change, results frameworks, evaluation matrices, and indicator reference sheets to establish clear relationships between resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and longer-term impact. Quantitative approaches such as household and school surveys, routine health information analysis, service statistics, and pre- and post-intervention assessments will be considered alongside qualitative methods, including interviews, focus group discussions, participatory exercises, and stakeholder consultations. The course also explores mixed-methods designs that combine numerical trends with adolescents’ perspectives and explanations of how and why programmes succeed or fall short.
A central component focuses on selecting meaningful indicators and evaluating equity in programme performance. Participants will learn to assess service availability, adolescent awareness, accessibility, acceptability, quality, confidentiality, referral completion, contraceptive counselling, and use of relevant health services. They will examine how indicators can be disaggregated by age group, sex, gender-related factors where appropriate, disability, location, schooling status, and other locally relevant characteristics, subject to safe and ethical data practices. The course emphasizes the importance of distinguishing programme reach from service quality, reported knowledge from actual access, and short-term outputs from sustained outcomes. Participants will also consider how social norms, service provider attitudes, cost, distance, legal and policy environments, and community trust can influence results and shape the interpretation of evaluation findings.
Because adolescent sexual and reproductive health is a sensitive area, responsible evaluation requires robust ethical safeguards and age-appropriate engagement. The course explores informed consent and assent requirements, confidentiality, privacy, safeguarding, voluntary participation, secure data management, and appropriate responses to disclosures of abuse or immediate risk. Participants will consider how to design inclusive data collection procedures that protect adolescents from stigma, coercion, retaliation, and unintended disclosure, while respecting applicable laws, local ethical review requirements, and organizational safeguarding protocols. Particular attention is given to the safe participation of marginalized adolescents, including those living with disabilities, out of school, in remote communities, or facing discrimination. Evaluation teams will learn to minimize harm, use non-judgmental language, establish referral pathways where required, and ensure that participation does not compromise access to services or personal safety.
By the end of the Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme Evaluation Training Course, participants will be prepared to develop credible evaluation plans, choose appropriate research designs, manage data quality, interpret findings, and translate evidence into practical programme improvements. They will strengthen their ability to assess implementation fidelity, identify barriers to service uptake, understand differences in outcomes between population groups, and formulate recommendations that are feasible, measurable, and responsive to adolescents’ needs. The training also develops skills in evaluation reporting, evidence dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and follow-up of management actions. Ultimately, the course supports accountable, evidence-informed programming that promotes adolescents’ rights, informed decision-making, equitable access to quality services, and improved sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
Duration
5 days
Who Should Attend
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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health programme managers responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring, and performance improvement.
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Monitoring and evaluation officers designing evaluation frameworks, indicators, data collection plans, and reporting systems.
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Public health professionals assessing adolescent health interventions and service delivery models.
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Ministry of Health officials responsible for adolescent health policies, strategies, programme reviews, and performance measurement.
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Ministry of Education officials and school health coordinators evaluating sexuality education and school-based health initiatives.
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NGO and civil society programme staff implementing adolescent health, gender equality, and youth empowerment interventions.
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Research officers and evaluators conducting qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods studies on adolescent health programmes.
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Health facility managers and healthcare providers assessing the accessibility, acceptability, confidentiality, and quality of adolescent-responsive services.
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Youth programme coordinators supporting adolescent participation, community outreach, peer education, and referral mechanisms.
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Gender equality and child protection specialists evaluating interventions addressing gender-based violence, child marriage, and harmful social norms.
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HIV and STI programme officers assessing prevention, testing, counselling, linkage, and treatment support for adolescents.
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Donor agency representatives and development partners reviewing programme results, accountability, and value for money.
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Data analysts and health information officers working with routine health information systems, service statistics, and survey datasets.
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Social and behavioural researchers examining attitudes, knowledge, decision-making, service-seeking behaviour, and social determinants of adolescent health.
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Community health workers and outreach supervisors involved in adolescent education, referral, and community-based service delivery.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Explain the principles and purposes of evaluating adolescent sexual and reproductive health programmes, including the assessment of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, impact, and sustainability.
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Develop a programme theory, logic model, or theory of change that links interventions, outputs, intermediate outcomes, and longer-term adolescent health and well-being objectives.
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Formulate clear evaluation questions, criteria, indicators, and evaluation matrices aligned with programme goals, stakeholder information needs, and available resources.
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Select suitable quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods evaluation designs for assessing programme implementation, service quality, behavioural outcomes, and changes in adolescent health indicators.
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Define and calculate appropriate indicators for programme coverage, service availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality, utilization, referral completion, and relevant sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
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Develop practical data collection and data quality assurance plans using surveys, routine health information, service records, interviews, focus groups, observation, and document review.
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Apply ethical and safeguarding principles when engaging adolescents in evaluation, including informed consent or assent, confidentiality, voluntary participation, privacy, secure data handling, and appropriate referrals.
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Analyze and interpret evaluation findings using descriptive statistics, qualitative thematic analysis, data triangulation, disaggregation, and suitable comparison methods while recognizing limitations in the evidence.
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Assess programme equity and contextual influences by examining differences in reach, service access, experiences, and outcomes across relevant adolescent population groups.
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Prepare evidence-based evaluation reports and actionable recommendations, communicate findings to diverse stakeholders, and establish processes for programme adaptation and follow-up of agreed actions.
Comprehensive Course Outline
Module 1: Foundations of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme Evaluation
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Defining adolescent sexual and reproductive health and identifying the goals, components, target populations, and delivery approaches of relevant programmes.
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Distinguishing routine monitoring, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, impact evaluation, operational research, and programme reviews.
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Applying evaluation criteria such as relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, equity, and sustainability to adolescent health interventions.
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Identifying evaluation stakeholders, intended users, decision-making needs, resource constraints, and appropriate roles for adolescents and community representatives.
Module 2: Programme Theory, Logic Models, and Evaluation Planning
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Developing problem statements, programme objectives, assumptions, and theories of change for adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions.
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Mapping resources, activities, outputs, short-term outcomes, intermediate outcomes, and longer-term health and social impacts.
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Formulating evaluation questions and constructing evaluation matrices that connect questions, indicators, data sources, methods, and analysis plans.
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Preparing evaluation terms of reference, work plans, timelines, budgets, responsibilities, risk registers, and quality assurance arrangements.
Module 3: Evaluation Indicators and Results Measurement
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Selecting measurable indicators for comprehensive sexuality education, contraceptive information and access, STI prevention, HIV services, and adolescent-responsive care.
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Defining indicator numerators, denominators, units, data sources, reporting frequency, disaggregation, and interpretation limitations.
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Differentiating input, process, output, outcome, and impact indicators and identifying the evidence needed at each stage of the results chain.
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Establishing baselines, targets, benchmarks, and comparison periods while checking whether the available data can support reliable measurement.
Module 4: Evaluation Designs and Methodological Approaches
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Comparing cross-sectional, pre- and post-intervention, longitudinal, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs for different evaluation purposes.
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Selecting qualitative methods such as interviews, focus groups, observation, and participatory approaches to understand adolescent experiences and programme context.
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Combining quantitative and qualitative evidence through mixed-methods designs to explain observed results and investigate implementation differences.
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Assessing sampling approaches, sample size considerations, comparison groups, selection bias, confounding, and the limits of causal attribution.
Module 5: Data Collection, Management, and Quality Assurance
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Designing age-appropriate questionnaires, interview guides, observation checklists, facility assessment tools, and structured document review templates.
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Using routine health information systems, facility registers, service statistics, school records, programme databases, and community-based data sources appropriately.
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Applying data quality checks for completeness, consistency, validity, timeliness, duplicate records, missing values, and discrepancies between reporting sources.
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Establishing secure data collection, documentation, storage, access control, version management, and verification procedures to protect data integrity and confidentiality.
Module 6: Ethics, Safeguarding, and Meaningful Adolescent Participation
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Applying ethical review requirements, informed consent and assent procedures, voluntary participation, privacy protections, and context-appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
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Identifying and reducing risks associated with sensitive questions, unintended disclosure, stigma, coercion, retaliation, and participation by vulnerable adolescents.
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Establishing safeguarding protocols, referral pathways, disclosure response procedures, and clear responsibilities for evaluation teams and fieldworkers.
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Designing meaningful, inclusive, and safe adolescent participation processes that incorporate young people’s perspectives without transferring inappropriate responsibilities to them.
Module 7: Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Equity Assessment
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Summarizing quantitative findings using frequencies, proportions, trends, service utilization measures, and appropriate comparisons across time or groups.
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Analyzing qualitative evidence through coding, thematic analysis, framework analysis, and systematic comparison of participant experiences.
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Disaggregating results by relevant age groups, sex, disability, location, schooling status, and other contextually appropriate characteristics while protecting privacy.
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Triangulating multiple data sources, interpreting contradictory findings, identifying contextual influences, and distinguishing evidence-supported conclusions from assumptions.
Module 8: Evaluating Service Quality, Accessibility, and Programme Implementation
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Assessing adolescent-responsive service characteristics, including privacy, confidentiality, respectful treatment, provider competence, information quality, and referral arrangements.
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Examining barriers to service access such as cost, distance, opening hours, provider attitudes, stigma, disability-related obstacles, and information gaps.
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Evaluating implementation fidelity, programme reach, participation, intervention quality, stakeholder coordination, resource use, and adaptations made during delivery.
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Investigating differences between planned and actual implementation and determining how operational challenges may influence programme outcomes.
Module 9: Evaluation Reporting, Communication, and Learning
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Structuring evaluation reports with clear questions, methods, limitations, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and supporting evidence.
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Presenting results through concise summaries, tables, charts, indicator dashboards, case examples, and accessible communication products for different audiences.
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Communicating sensitive findings responsibly to adolescents, communities, health providers, programme managers, policymakers, and funding partners.
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Facilitating learning and validation workshops that test interpretations, identify practical implications, and support shared understanding of evaluation results.
Module 10: Recommendations, Programme Improvement, and Evaluation Practicum
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Translating findings into prioritized recommendations that specify actions, responsible parties, timelines, resource implications, and measurable follow-up indicators.
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Developing management response plans and mechanisms to track recommendation implementation, organizational learning, and programme adaptation.
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Conducting a practical evaluation exercise using a case study to develop an evaluation matrix, select indicators, analyze sample data, and interpret findings.
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Preparing an evaluation action plan that addresses ethical safeguards, data quality, stakeholder engagement, dissemination, resource needs, and future learning priorities.
Training Approach
This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.
Tailor-Made Course
This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com Tel: +254 721 331 808
Training Venue
The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group (at a discount of 10% to 50%) at requested location all over the world. The Onsite course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, buffet lunch, airport transfers, Upskill gift package, and guided tour.
Visa application, travel expenses, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant
Certification
Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.
Airport Pickup and Accommodation
Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: training@upskilldevelopment.com, +254 721 331 808
Terms of Payment:
Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 3 working days before commencement of the training so as to enable us to prepare better.
