This guide provides 20 simple step-by-step suggestions for adapting the Act With Her program for different contexts, and for making basic startup preparations and decisions. Primarily intended for program implementation teams, it can also be a reference for policymakers, advocates, and funders who are seeking more information on what adolescent interventions such as AWH entail in practice. The guide provides considerations for implementers to think through:
Whether this program is right for your setting (Steps 1-2)
Who should be involved (Steps 3–5)
What will be delivered, or the ‘technical adaptation’ (Steps 6–12)
How it will be delivered and by whom, or the ‘operational adaptation’ (Steps 13–20)
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