Adolescents and Youth
- Lessons From Implementing Ask-Boost-Connect-Discuss, a Peer-Delivered Psychosocial Intervention for Young Mothers Living With HIV in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
To respond to the distinct needs of young mothers living with HIV, peer supporters can be trained to provide structured psychosocial support. The authors assessed the feasibility of using young peers to deliver this psychosocial support.
- Implementation of a Multisectoral Approach to Address Adolescent Pregnancy: A Case Study of Subnational Advocacy Informing National Scale-Up in Kenya
Implementation of a multisectoral initiative to address adolescent pregnancy in Kenya required strong leadership and ownership at both national and subnational levels. Advocacy is key to harnessing leadership, ownership, and scale-up.
- Taking Stock: An Adaptable Research and Partnership Model for Developing Puberty Education in 10 Countries
Puberty books, developed through participatory youth engagement and local partnerships, could provide a meaningful and culturally acceptable tool to inform youth of puberty content in areas where educational systems cannot do so.
- Using Responsive Feedback in Scaling a Gender Norms-Shifting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Responsive feedback mechanisms—especially a culture of learning among donors, researchers, and implementers—facilitated timely adaptations and scale-up efforts of an adolescent sexual and reproductive health program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Improving the Quality of Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services Through Integrated Supportive Supervision in 4 Nigerian States
Integrating quality assurance in Nigeria’s family planning supportive supervision system improved the quality of adolescent- and youth-friendly health services and contraceptive uptake by clients aged 15–24 years.
- Bottlenecks and Solutions During Implementation of the DREAMS Program for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Namibia
We analyze implementation bottlenecks experienced in the DREAMS program in Namibia that can provide valuable insights and suggest ways to anticipate and overcome these challenges when managing HIV and gender-based violence prevention programs for adolescent girls and young women.
- Qualitative Examination of the Role and Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Young Married Couples’ Family Planning in Rural Maharashtra, India
Mothers-in-law (MILs) in India hold influential norms that can compromise the reproductive autonomy of their daughters-in-law. Family planning interventions should address MILs’ attitudes and involvement in reproductive decision making.
- Multisectoral, Combination HIV Prevention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Qualitative Study of the DREAMS Implementation Trajectory in Zambia
Our study of DREAMS implementation in Zambia identified key implementation successes and challenges experienced by implementing partners and program participants, from program rollout and throughout its evolution.
- Adapting High Impact Practices in Family Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe
Documenting how family planning programs adapt to ensure continuity of care during the COVID-19 pandemic is an important contribution toward implementing approaches that are effective and resilient in the face of present and future challenges.
- Human-Centered Design for Public Health Innovation: Codesigning a Multicomponent Intervention to Support Youth Across the HIV Care Continuum in Mozambique
Using a human-centered design approach, we codesigned CombinADO, an intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence and retention in care among adolescents and young people living with HIV (AYAHIV) in Nampula, Mozambique. CombinADO aims to foster peer connectedness and belonging, provide accessible medical knowledge, demystify and destigmatize HIV, and cultivate a sense of hope among AYAHIV.