Formative research helps us understand the challenges and opportunities that adolescents face, as well as barriers and enablers to behavior change. Routine monitoring is needed to assess progress toward program goals and national targets. Implementation research and evaluations are needed to identify effective approaches. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes a variety of protocols and tools for monitoring, evaluating, and researching adolescent nutrition. If you have relevant monitoring, evaluation, or research resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
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School Health, Population, and Nutrition Curriculum (Bangladesh)
Training Material published by Directorate General of Family Planning, GOB in
This toolkit for social and behavior change communication (SBCC) program planners and managers in Bangladesh features tools and resources for designing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating SBCC activities and programs for health, population, and nutrition. More specifically, the toolkit addresses adolescent reproductive health and…
Special Issue: Adolescent Women's Nutrition Status
Journal Article published by NYAS in
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Adolescent Women's Nutritional Status. It contains articles on such issues as dietary and nondietary determinants of nutritional status among adolescent girls and adult women in India, and understanding the determinants of adolescent nutrition in Bangladesh.
Strengthening Nutrition Action: A Resource Guide for Countries Based on the Policy Recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
Guideline/Guidance published by FAO, WHO in
This resource guide is intended for policy advisors supporting decision makers and development partners involved in multisectoral food and nutrition-related policy-making processes. One of the recommendations is the establishment of policies and the strengthening of interventions to improve maternal nutrition and health, beginning with adolescent…
Impacts of School-Based Nutrition Promotion and Micronutrient Supplementation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Somalia
Technical Report published by in
This study assessed the effects of a school nutrition pilot in the Baidoa district in Somalia with a view to scale-up a multi-component school nutrition program. The interventions included the formation of nutrition clubs to disseminate nutrition information to students and weekly IFAS for adolescent girls.
Adolescent Nutrition in Demographic and Health Surveys
Informational Infographic published by DHS Program in
This story map summarizes the state of nutrition for adolescents age 15 to 19 from 62 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and East Asia Pacific. The story map present data on underweight, overweight, and anemia.
Adolescent Nutrition 2000-2017: DHS Data on Adolescents 15-19
Technical Report published by DHS Program in
This report summarizes information about nutrition for adolescent girls and boys ages 15 to 19, using data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), conducted in 65 low-income and 22 middle-income countries. The report describes the prevalence of anthropometric measurements, childbearing, anemia, iron supplementation, and women’s dietary…
Delivering an Action Agenda for Nutrition Interventions Addressing Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Priorities for Implementation and Research
Journal Article published by Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in
This paper summarizes the evidence for effective nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries and outlines policy recommendations and service delivery opportunities as part of an agenda for improving adolescent nutrition.
Evaluating the Use of a Novel Wallchart Tool to Identify Stunted Adolescents in Malawi - Poster
Informational Infographic published by Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) in
This poster provides information on the effectiveness of a wall chart for measurement of stunting (HAZ-score).
