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Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition and Anemia Facilitator Guide
Training Material published by SPRING in
This facilitatator's guide (available in English and Russian) is intended to prepare facilitators with technical knowledge and skills to train doctors and nurses about adolescent and women’s nutrition and anemia throughout the life cycle. The sessions cover women and adolescent girls' nutritional status, causes of malnutrition, the…
Adolescent Age and Life Stage Assessment and Tools and Counseling Cards
Assessment Tool published by MCSP in
This resource includes eight tools organized by age (i.e., very young and older adolescents) and life stage (i.e., sexual activity, marital status, and first-time parent). The tools are designed to help health providers to focus their counseling based on an adolescent's age and life stage and support adolescents to consider their sexual and…
Adolescent Nutrition Survey in Nepal 2014
Landscape Analysis published by Nepal Health Research Council, Government of Nepal in
This cross-sectional study explored the nutritional status of Nepalese male and female adolescents (ages 10 to 19) from 13 districts in the three ecological regions of Nepal. Data was disaggregated by age, gender, geographic region, residence, religion, socioeconomic status, sanitation and hygiene indicators, and some food consumption patterns.
National Nutrition Program (NNP II) 2016-2020 Ethiopia
Policy published by Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in
The National Nutrition Program 2016-2020 (NNP II) of Ethiopia includes a focus on adolescent nutrition. One of five key targets of NNP II is to reduce the prevalence of anemia in adolescent girls from 30 percent to 15 percent. The document also describes other adolescent nutrition initiatives, including the provision of nutrition services and…
Ghana Adolescent Health Service Policy and Strategy 2016-2020
Policy published by Ghana Health Service in
The Ghana Adolescent Health Service Policy and Strategy 2016-2020 focuses on strategies to promote, prevent, and manage the health and development of Ghanaian adolescents. It provides a framework for health service provision and other health-related interventions for adolescents that can be implemented to support progress toward achieving health…
Tanzania National Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP) 2016-2021: From Evidence to Policy to Action
Policy published by Prime Minister's Office, Tanzania in
Tanzania's National Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan aims to improve maternal, infant, young child, and adolescent nutrition. The plan includes a focus on increasing school attendance among adolescent girls, using schools as an arena for health and nutrition interventions, and targeting communications to increase adolescent knowledge and…
Formative Research on Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Udaypur District of Nepal: Proposal
Assessment Tool published by SABAL, USAID in
This research proposal proposes conducting formative research to learn about the experiences and preferences of girls ages 10 to 19 in Nepal, specifically with regard to their information needs, preferences for program format and content, barriers and enablers to their participation in health programs, and health care seeking behaviors.
A Time of Transition: Adolescents in Humanitarian Settings
Occasional Paper published by Plan International UK in
This report describes Plan International's work with adolescents in humanitarian settings. It includes summary data on the needs of adolescents in times of crises; mapping of the work Plan does with adolescents in humanitarian action (including nutrition); identifying trends in the work of other agencies with adolescents; and recommendations for…