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.
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Guideline: Implementing Effective Actions for Improving Adolescent Nutrition
Guideline/Guidance published by WHO in
This guideline aims to summarize the global, evidence-based recommendations by the WHO to address all forms of malnutrtion in adolescents. It aims to facilitate the implementation of various existing guidelines and to identify gaps in various nutrtion-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions for improving the health and well-being of adolescents.
Engaging Adolescents to Accelerate Progress on the First 1,000 Days
Occasional Paper published by SPRING in
This paper discusses prioritizing and engaging with adolescents prior to and during their child's first 1,000 days. The authors conclude that supporting pregnant and parenting adolescents requires identifying barriers to optimal maternal health, pregnancy, birth outcomes, breastfeeding, and young child feeding and care practices. They also note…
Adolescent Nutrition in Timor L'Este: A Formative Research Study
Technical Report published by Australian Aid, TOMAK, WFP in
The purpose of this formative research was to inform the development of interventions, activities, and materials that support adolescent nutrition in Timor Leste from an SBC perspective. The study's key findings and recommendations relate to such issues as snacks at school, drinks, nutrition-related illness, cultural and gender norms,…
Formative Research to Inform Adolescent Programming in Cambodia: Engagement for Health, Nutrition, and Sustainable Development
Technical Report published by WFP in
This formative qualitative research study, conducted in three Cambodian provinces, focused on the perspectives, experiences, and suggestions of adolescent girls and their communities related to adolescent health and nutrition. Based on the study's findings, evidence-based recommendations were created to improve the design of nutrition-…
Formative Research to Inform Adolescent Programming in Kenya: Engagement for Health, Nutrition, and Sustainable Development
Technical Report published by WFP in
This formative qualitative research study, conducted in Kenya, focused on the perspectives, experiences, and suggestions of adolescent girls and their communities related to adolescent health and nutrition. The report includes recommendations related to strengthening the visibility of adolescents, influencing adolescent nutrition, engaging…
Formative Research to Inform Adolescent Programming in Guatemala: Engagement for Health, Nutrition, and Sustainable Development
Technical Report published by WFP in
This formative qualitative research study, conducted in Guatemala, focused on the perspectives, experiences, and suggestions of adolescent girls and their communities related to adolescent health and nutrition. The report includes recommendations related to strengthening the visibility of adolescents, influencing adolescent nutrition, engaging…
Malawi National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy 2018-2022
Policy published by Department of Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Government of Malawi in
The Malawi National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy for 2018–2022 aims to ensure that evidence-based, high-impact nutrition interventions are developed and implemented at scale. The policy addresses such issues as preventing undernutrition and nutrition education, social mobilization, and positive behavior change.
Nutrition and Health Education Session Guide
Training Material published by National Health Mission, India in
This guide prepares classroom teachers to teach about health and nutrition. The topics covered include personal hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, iron and anemia, anemia (causes and prevention), and physical activity. Each session consists of key messages with illustrations.
