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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Identifying Nutrition and Health-Relevant Behaviors, Beliefs, and Values of School-Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Context for Interventions
Journal Article published by Current Developments in Nutrition in
This study, which focused on adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh, aimed to describe the context for effective intervention planning for a replicable model of integrating nutrition activities into social programs. The study revealed the importance of teachers and mothers as information sources, and the dietary and cultural roles of purchased…
Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategy: Maternal and Child Nutrition During the First 1000 Days and Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition
Technical Report published by Manoff Group, Save the Children, USAID in
This report documents the outcomes and lessons learned from a rapid assessment of Growth through Nutrition’s adolescent girl nutrition SBCC strategy programming in Ethiopia. The report's recommendations focus on the training of teachers and student group leaders/facilitators; actions that teachers, facilitators, and program administrators can…
Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Adolescent Nutrition: Toward Advancing Public Health and Sustainable Development
Journal Article published by Current Developments in Nutrition in
The article discusses adolescent nutrition and outlines three critical knowledge gaps: micronutrient and macronutrient supplements, food system interventions, and nutrition programs combined with delayed pregnancy interventions. The authors conclude that these three areas offer crucial opportunities for improving adolescent health and well-being.
Frequently Asked Questions: Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplements (WIFAS) for Adolescents
Brief published by Nutrition International in
This document contains answers to 28 common questions about weekly iron and folic acid supplements (WIFAS). The information is organized into the following categories: overview of WIFAS, WIFAS and anemia, the benefits of WIFAS, safety considerations, WIFAS and reproductive health, and WHO-recommended formulation.
Promoting Girls' Nutrition in Early Adolescence: A Last Window of Opportunity!
Informational Infographic published by World Bank in
This infographic highlights the importance of adolescence as the second most crucial period of a child’s life and emphasizes that it is the last opportunity to reverse childhood growth faltering. It also emphasizes the importance of good health and nutrition during adolescence in breaking the inter-generational cycle of undernutrition In…
Framework for Action Policies and Programmes: A Policy Paper on Adolescent Nutrition in Pakistan
Technical Report published by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), SAFANSI, Ministry of Health of Pakistan, World Bank in
This report describes global and regional best practices to improve adolescent nutrition, and provides a Framework of Action for future adolescent nutrition policies and programming in Pakistan.
Key Results from the Baseline and Adolescent Formative Research LAN Mozambique
Brief published by HKI, Save the Children in
This PowerPoint presentation presents results from the baseline and formative research of the Linking Agribusiness and Nutrition (LAN) Mozambique project. The adolescent formative research findings on adolescents include dietary practices and food preferences, choices about food and influencers, nutrition knowledge, and gender norms that impact…
Formative Research on Adolescent Nutrition, LAN Mozambique
Technical Report published by HKI, Save the Children in
This report focuses on a nutrition and agriculture project focusing on high levels of anemia and iron, zinc, Vitamin A, and iodine deficiency among adolescents in two provinces in Mozambique. This formative research was conducted to better understand adolescents’ nutrition knowledge and food preferences.
