Y-Check Zimbabwe 2022-23 dataset – User Guide

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00004763

Description

Data collected from 2,097 adolescents aged 10-19 years who gave informed consent, or informed assent with parental/guardian consent, to participate in a prospective intervention study to assess the feasibility and short-term impact of an adolescent health check-up programme in selected schools and community venues in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe between October 2022 to September 2023.

It contains variables collected through a questionnaire on socio-demographic information, health-related knowledge; intentions, agency, and perceived social support for behaviour change; engagement with health services; prevalence of health conditions and health-related behaviours screened; improvements in previously-diagnosed health and well-being conditions by the time of follow-up, and referral attendance.

Data collection methods

The evaluation questionnaire (at baseline, and follow-up), the exit interview (at baseline), and screening at follow-up were collected digitally offline in ODK, while the Y-Check screening data (at baseline) were collected in a bespoke application on android tablets. A small amount of data was collected on paper (referral forms, laboratory results, oral health charts, and referral forms) and double-entered into ODK. The tablets were synchronized at the end of every day at BRTI research centre offices.

Geographic regions

Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

Key dates

• Data collection period: 14 October 2022 - 13 September 2023

Population

Adolescents aged 10-19 years in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

Ethics

Primary school students aged 10-14 and secondary school students aged 15-19 years could participate in the study if their parent/guardian consented and they also provided their assent. At community venues, adolescents aged 16-19 years provided their own informed consent. The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.Gov NCT06090006..

Keywords

Adolescent health; Health screening; Zimbabwe

Language of written material

English

Project information

The Zimbabwean Y-Check study was funded jointly by UKRI and Fondation Botnar.

Data availability statement

Data is made available through controlled access. Researchers are advised to complete the application form, indicating the data variables they wish to access and the proposed research in which they wish to use it.

Applications will be reviewed by the Y-Check study management group which includes the principal investigator, data manager, statistician, and the study coordinator. Responses will be communicated by the corresponding author within 2 weeks.

If approved, the research or their host organization will be required to sign a Data Transfer Agreement prior to being provided with the data subset.

Additional information

The study protocol and statistical analysis plan are available online at 10.17037/DATA.00004763.

Creators

File description

Data and codebooks

Stata Do-files

Stata Do-files for Y-Check Zimbabwe - Nature Medicine paper.

Documentation

Consent forms

Participant information sheet and Informed consent forms for Y-Check Zimbabwe.