Table 2 Intervention design features probed during Key informant interviews

Scope of interventions

Probed the list of intervention that each provider is implementing according to the following categories:

1) health awareness (any intervention targeting to provide preventive and

promotive health information);

2) violence prevention (any intervention to control violence, treat and

rehabilitate victims);

3) mental health (any intervention for rehabilitation of psychosocial

morbidities);

4) substance abuse (any intervention for drug use and tobacco use control);

5) sexual health (any intervention on safe sex counseling, family planning

services access, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment and

6) maternal child health services (any intervention on safe motherhood and newborn care)

Target sub population

Probed the age group and sex being targeted by existing interventions

Delivery model used

Probed the level of implementation of the interventions e.g. whether facility based, school based, community based or policy based

Category of urban beneficiaries targeted

Probed whether interventions are designed to target urban poor or all urban beneficiaries irrespective of their context according to the realist evaluation approach

Mechanism of change envisioned

Probed whether mechanism of change for the intervention targets changing context in which adolescents live or influencing behaviour of the adolescents according to realist evaluation approach

Intended outcomes

Probed what the intended outcomes of the implemented interventions are for each intervention mentioned according to realist evaluation approach