In 1999, FRONTIERS began a three-year collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Senegalese ministries of Education (MOE), of Youth (MOY), and Family and Social Affairs (MOFSA), the Center for Research and Training (CEFOREP) and the Population Training Group (GEEP) to test the feasibility, effectiveness and cost of school-, clinic-, and community-based interventions to improve the reproductive health of youth aged 10-19 years. The Operations Research (OR) study focused on providing information appropriate to the cultural context of Senegalese adolescents on a variety of reproductive health issues including: knowledge of the human body; puberty; sexuality; gender roles; different cultural, familial, and peer values regarding sexual and reproductive behavior; contraception; responsible parenthood; STIs and AIDS; and sources of help and services. The study tested different ways of providing information. At the community through outreach, an "edutainment" format was adopted; this comprised interactive participation of beneficiaries involving both education and entertainment. In schools, extra curricular activities and events such as music festivals were used as the forum. In clinics, a combination of edutainment and standard approaches of providing information were used.

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