Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
The MITRA Youth program design document describes how Nutrition International is expanding pilot work on the MITRA program to improve the nutritional status of adolescent girls aged 15-18 years in two provinces in Indonesia. MITRA Youth focuses on the distribution and uptake of weekly iron folic acid supplements through secondary schools for adolescent girls. The document highlights program objectives, aims, partnerships,and logistics of program management.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
It's My Move is a program that provides youth ages 16-21 years of age the skills and support they need to be successful in independent living. It was originally developed for adolescents aging out of the foster care system and is designed to provide critical information on how to function as an independent adult. Modules 1 and 2 of the Preparing Adolescents for Young Adulthood focus on Money, Home and Food Management, and Personal Care, Health (including Nutrition), Social Skills and Safety. These resources include activities and workbooks designed to build necessary skills.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This toolkit includes an impact evaluation of the Aksi Bergizi pilot programme, facilitator and student guides, the social and behavior change communication strategy, and additional intervention resources (available in Indonesian only).Aksi Bergizi includes three evidence-based interventions including weekly iron–folic acid supplementation, school-based nutrition education sessions promoting healthy eating and physical activity, and a comprehensive social behaviour change communication, which were tested in two districts in Indonesia.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This infographic summarizes the health status of adolescents in Indonesia (10-19 years). The report highlights trends in nutritional status, tobacco use, and mental health issues and their impact on adolescent morbidity and mortality. The adolescent health profile also explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Indonesia, including declines in dietary diversity.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This manual provides guidance on how to measure anemia in adolescent girls using two methods. The first method uses a Hemocue, which requires health workers to collect a drop of blood from participants. The second approach is non-invasive and uses a pulse oximeter. The document includes strategies for addressing adolescent anemia, guidance for sample size calculations, sample parental consent forms, cost estimation, and age-specific anemia cut-offs.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This review article summarizes the published literature on adolescent nutrition in Cote d'Ivoire. Most research to date has focused on micronutrient deficiencies (anemia) and parasitic infections. The studies found high prevalence of undernutrition, as well as an emerging double burden of overweight and obesity. The review also highlights the relative paucity of research on adolescent nutrition in Cote d'Ivoire, as most studies focus on younger children.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This resource includes a brief summarizing key findings from qualitative research with pregnant adolescents in Bangladesh focused on prenatal care and nutrition practices, as well as a peer-reviewed publication based on the in-depth interviews. Interviews were conducted by trained peer interviewers with pregnant adolescents, adolescent mothers, adolescents' family members and health workers. The brief may be used to interventions to improve accessibility and quality of health care and nutrition services for adolescents.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
This paper will demonstrate how prioritizing and engaging adolescents prior to and during the first 1,000 days can accelerate progress on improving nutrition and contribute to meeting multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (United Nations 2015).
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effect of multiple-micronutrient (MMN) supplementation vs iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation among adolescents on maternal morbidity, birth outcomes, and mortality outcomes. Additionally, the meta-analysis compared the effects of MMN supplementation on adolescents compared with the effects on adult women, and assessed potential effect modification of MMN supplementation by baseline and geographic characteristics of adolescents.
Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank
This article analyzed qualitative data from 5 countries (8 sites), in which focus groups were conducted with adolescents and caregivers. Major themes included: (1) transitions in generational nutrition education and knowledge; (2) transition in caregiver–adolescent power balance and (3) the implications of societal and economic transition for diet and physical activity. Additionally, urbanicity affected diet, with wide availability of junk food in urban and peri-urban environments, compared to rural areas, in which diet was more influenced by tradition, seasonlity and cost.