Brenda Oulo
Biographic Data
| ID | 7174792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda Oulo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda |
| FAMILY NAME | Oulo |
| SIGNATURE | OULO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Measuring agentic capacity
This paper presents the development and psychometric validation of the Adolescent Girls Agency scale (AGAS), a novel instrument specifically designed to measure agentic capacity among girls in East and Southern Africa. Addressing a critical gap in evaluation tools, the AGAS provides a structured framework for assessing girls’ agentic capacity across four distinct domains: self-beliefs, gendered environmental beliefs, self-governance skills, and l…
She has become Brave
This paper investigates the causal pathway of life skills Binti Shupavu program in Tanzania to show how and why the program works to support the development of adolescent girls’ agency. We collected data from 52 stakeholders via 15 focus group discussions and interviews and utilized a qualitative process tracing methodology to construct a causal pathway from the Binti Shupavu Health and Wellness curriculum, towards girls’ agentic capacity. The fi…
Assessment of a Practitioner-Derived Framework for Measuring Girl’s Agency in East Africa
Although soft skills are considered important for quality education, there is little consensus on which skills matter for which populations and few cross-culturally validated measures. We propose a conceptual and methodological remedy to this quandary through an investigation of “agency” as an outcome measure for adolescent girls’ life skills programs. We engage community practitioners in East Africa to derive a four-dimensional structure of agen…
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Assessment of a Practitioner-Derived Framework for Measuring Girl’s Agency in East Africa
Although soft skills are considered important for quality education, there is little consensus on which skills matter for which populations and few cross-culturally validated measures. We propose a conceptual and methodological remedy to this quandary through an investigation of “agency” as an outcome measure for adolescent girls’ life skills programs. We engage community practitioners in East Africa to derive a four-dimensional structure of agen…
She has become Brave
This paper investigates the causal pathway of life skills Binti Shupavu program in Tanzania to show how and why the program works to support the development of adolescent girls’ agency. We collected data from 52 stakeholders via 15 focus group discussions and interviews and utilized a qualitative process tracing methodology to construct a causal pathway from the Binti Shupavu Health and Wellness curriculum, towards girls’ agentic capacity. The fi…
Measuring agentic capacity
This paper presents the development and psychometric validation of the Adolescent Girls Agency scale (AGAS), a novel instrument specifically designed to measure agentic capacity among girls in East and Southern Africa. Addressing a critical gap in evaluation tools, the AGAS provides a structured framework for assessing girls’ agentic capacity across four distinct domains: self-beliefs, gendered environmental beliefs, self-governance skills, and l…
Psychology (2 works) · Psychometrics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · CLARITY (1 work) · Community Health and Development (1 work)