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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.
Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 3
Assessment Tool published by in
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 3 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal. The tool addresses respondents' health-related background, integrated nutrition exposure, dietary recall, WASH, social participation, freedom of movement, self-efficacy, social…
Handbook for Conducting an Adolescent Health Services Barrier Assessment (AHSBA) with a Focus on Disadvantaged Adolescents
Assessment Tool published by WHO in
This handbook for conducting an adolescent health services barriers assessment discusses how governments can assess health service equity and barriers at national and subnational levels. The handbook focuses on three areas: building in-country capacity to identify barriers, triggering remedial action to address barriers, and focusing on who is…
Adolescent Girl SBCC Nutrition Strategy Summary (USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity)
Framework published by USAID in
This document provides information about the USAID/Growth through Nutrition project's Adolescent Girl Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Nutrition Strategy. It explores the following issues related to adolescent girls' nutrition: nutrition behaviors, priority actors and audiences, facilitators and barriers, messaging and…
Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-Food Consumption: A Meta-Analysis of Global School-Based Student Health Surveys
Journal Article published by Food and Nutrition Bulletin in
This study generated evidence on adolescent diets globally and explored patterns and trends by subpopulation, using data from the Global School-based Student Health Surveys in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. The study found that school-going adolescents infrequently consume fruits and vegetables and frequently consume carbonated soft…
Using a Gender Lens to Understand Eating Behaviours of Adolescent Females Living in Low‐Income Households in Bangladesh
Journal Article published by in
This study conducted qualitative research on the individual, social, environmental, and structural factors that influence the eating behaviors of female adolescents in low‐income families in urban and rural settings in Bangladesh. The study's recommendations relate to the age of marriage, adolescent pregnancy, schools meals for adolescents,…
The Innocenti Framework on Food Systems for Children and Adolescents
Framework published by UNICEF in
The report describes the Innocenti Framework on Food Systems for Children and Adolescents' five drivers and four determinants that shape children and adolescents’ diets. It details each component, how they interact, and how a food systems approach can improve diets.
Who Is the Woman in Women's Nutrition? A Narrative Review of Evidence and Actions to Support Women's Nutrition Throughout Life
Journal Article published by in
This comprehensive narrative review summarizes the impact and delivery platforms of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions for adolescent girls; nonpregnant, nonlactating WRA; pregnant and lactating women; women with children under age five; and older women. The review has a special focus on nutrition interventions delivered in…