Evaluation of School-based Health Promotion Programmes in Bihar, India

The comparison arm involves 'usual care' which in the study setting is the Tarang: Adolescence Education Programme comprising of 16 classroom sessions on process of growing-up, prevention of HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), and prevention of substance and other drug abuse. This programme is delivered by a trained nodal teacher in the school over the academic year.

"The SEHER intervention will be delivered by a trained teacher, called as Teacher-as-SEHER Mitra (Mitra meaning friend) or lay health worker called as SEHER Mitra being trained to facilitate following activities:~* Awareness generation activities for all stakeholders in school~* Wall-magazine~* Speak-out box~* Competitions~* School Health Promotion Committee~* School health policies~* Peer groups of students of standard IX~* Workshops and talks for all the students from standard IX, and for teachers~* Counselling and referral services for all the students in the school This intervention will be delivered in each school over the academic year."