Nutrition services typically do not prioritize adolescents and adolescent-friendly health services rarely include nutrition. Nutrition services need to be responsive to adolescents’ unique needs and priorities and address the barriers they face in accessing services. Programs must consider the diversity of adolescents’ situations and experiences, as well as the varied social norms and expectations of adolescents in the family and community. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes guidelines and tools used in nutrition services for adolescents.If you have relevant service delivery documents or tools, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
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Special Issue: Women's and Adolescent Nutrition
Journal Article published by NYAS in
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Women's and Adolescent Nutrition. It contains articles on such issues as global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people, a systematic review of evidence-based adolescent nutrition interventions, and a review of nutrition guidelines for adolescents…
Interventions to Improve Adolescent Nutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal Article published by Journal of Adolescent Health in
This article reviews the published literature through December 2014 to ascertain the effectiveness of interventions to promote nutrition among adolescents, in particular micronutrient supplementation, nutrition interventions for pregnant adolescents, and interventions to prevent obesity.
Children's Participation in Learning and Action for Nutrition (PCAANS): A Basic Guide for the Promotion of Nutrition and School Health
Training Material published by Children for Health in
This manual was developed to support teachers, administrators, and other school staff in one province in Mozambique to teach key nutrition and health messages that are aligned with the primary school curriculum. The program focused on educating children in grades 4-7 about nutrition and helping them to develop relevant skills and attitudes.
Guía de Capacitación en Alimentación y Nutrición para Docentes y Comités de Alimentación Escolar
Training Material published by FAO in
This training guide for teachers and school nutrition committees covers topics like nutrition, food safety, and food hygiene and includes suggestions for developing interactive, participatory educational activities.
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…
