Improving adolescent nutrition depends heavily on behaviors such as diet and eating practices, exercise, lifestyle, and use of health services. Social and behavior change (SBC) strategies must consider how unique structural and environmental factors that affect adolescents’ access to services and adoption of priority behaviors. Formative research, concept testing, and pre-testing of materials and approaches are needed to identify barriers and enablers to behavior change and to better understand how adolescents engage with family members, friends, teachers, health care providers, religious leaders, other community members, mass media, and social media. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes posters, videos, counseling cards, and other SBC materials. If you have relevant SBC resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.
We found 111 resource(s)
Adolescent Job Aid
Job Aid published by Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in
This is a desk reference tool for Nepali health workers (trained and registered doctors, nurses, and clinical officers) who provide services to children, adolescents, and adults. The tool provides step-by-step guidance for responding to adolescent patients more effectively and with greater sensitivity when they present with a concern about their…
Sugar Shocker Education Kit
Training Material published by Alberta Health Services in
The purpose of this education kit is to raise the awareness of children and young people of the amount of added sugar in common drinks and to help them to make better drink choices. It provides interactive activities about healthy drink choices.
Adolescent Nutrition Guideline
Guideline/Guidance published by California Department of Public Health in
This document presents the California nutrition and physical activity guidelines for adolescents. The guidelines apply to males and females and address such topics as pregnant and breastfeeding adolescents and adolescent eating patterns, with links to resources.
Alberta Nutrition Guidelines for Children and Youth: A Childcare, School, Recreation/Community Centre Resource Manual
Guideline/Guidance published by Alberta Health Services in
These guidelines aim to assist Albertans to create an environment that provides and promotes healthy food choices and healthy attitudes about food. The guidelines encourage individuals, families, organizations, and communities to work together to increase the availability and appeal of healthier food choices, and to teach and model healthy eating…
Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda (AFSANA)
Policy published by Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in
The Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda provides an overarching approach for addressing the causes of food and nutrition insecurity. The agenda incorporates adolescent nutrition, including self-care to prevent and treat nutritional disorders, counseling, and operations research to be conducted by the ministries of public health and…
What Adolescents Need to Know and To Do (Bangladesh)
Information, Education and Communication Materials published by Dhaka Ahsania Mission in
This document, written in Bengali, contains continuing education material for adolescents in Bangladesh, including information about nutrition.
Discrimination Between Son and Daughter (Food/Nutrition) (Bangladesh)
Information, Education and Communication Materials published by Plan International UK in
These four flashcards, with notes in Bengali, illustrate key messages about discrimination in the context of sons receiving preferential treatment over daughters for food intake at meal times. The flash cards promote daughters being treated in the same manner as sons with regard to food intake.
La Importancia de la Educacion Nutricional (Spanish); Why Nutrition Matters (English)
Framework published by FAO in
This document outlines the FAO's commitment to improving global nutrition and food security through nutrition education. It describes effective nutrition education and highlights several possible strategies to integrate nutrition education, improved food security, and health promotion.
