Results
The baseline sample included a total of 790 students from eight government vernacular (Odia medium) girls’ high schools. Among 790 students, 469 (59%) were in the intervention arm, and 321 (41%) were in the control arm. The mean age of students in the intervention arm was 14.4 ± 0.92 years, whereas in the control arm was 14.4 years ± 0. 8 years. The majority of students’ parents, both mother and father, studied till high school (37% and 34.3% respectively), and occupations included mothers being homemakers (91%) and fathers either clerk/shopkeeper/worker (39.7%). There was no statistically significant difference in baseline characteristics between intervention and control groups (Table Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of intervention and control group (N = 760)Table Knowledge and attitude pertaining to puberty and menstrual health in intervention and control group at baseline and 3 months endlineTable Knowledge and attitude pertaining to pregnancy, contraception, RTIs/STIs and HIV/AIDS among intervention and control arms at baseline and 3 months endline