Adolescent & Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health

References

AYSRH Services & Supply

Adolescent Youth-Friendly Services

Ambresin et al (2013) Assessment of Youth-Friendly Health Care: A Systematic Review of Indicators Drawn From Young People’s Perspectives. Journal of Adolescent Health
Beguy et al (2014) Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya
Chandra-Mouli et al (2015) What Does Not Work in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Evidence on Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices
Denno et al (2015) Effective Strategies to Provide Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and to Increase Demand and Community Support
Dick et al (2006) Review of the evidence for interventions to increase young people’s use of health services in developing countries. WHO Technical Series Report,151-204
Evidence to Action Project, USAID (2014) Reaching Young First-Time Parents for the Healthy Spacing of Second and Subsequent Pregnancies
Evidence to Action Project, USAID & Pathfinder International (2015) Thinking outside the separate space: A decision-making tool for designing youth-friendly services
Goicolea et al (2017)Developing and sustaining adolescent-friendly health services: a multiple case study from Ecuador and Peru, (2017)
International Council for Research on Women (2014) Adolescents and Family Planning: What the Evidence Shows
International Planned Parenthood Federation (2014) Provide: A youth-friendly services assessment tool
International Planned Parenthood Federation (2012) Sexual and reproductive health needs of young people: Matching needs with systems
Munthali et al (2011) Do They Match? Adolescents’ Realities and Needs Relating to Sexuality and Youth Friendly Service Provision in Dowa District, Central Malawi
NURHI (2017) Impact on Adolescents and Youth Ages 15-24
Pathfinder International (2017) Mainstreaming Youth-friendly Sexual & Reproductive Health Services in the Public Sector in Mozambique & Tanzania
Population Council (2014) Accessing Adolescent Friendly Health Services in India: The Perspectives of Adolescent and Youth
Population Council (2013) Status Report on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents Living in Urban Slums in Kenya
Schwandt et al (2017) Contraceptive Service Provider Imposed Restrictions to Contraceptive Access in Urban Nigeria
Sidze et al (2014) Young Women’s Access to and Use of Contraceptives: The Role of Providers’ Restrictions in Urban Senegal
USAID (2015) High Impact Practices: Adolescent-Friendly Contraceptive Services: Mainstreaming Adolescent-Friendly Elements Into Existing Contraceptive Services
WHO (2015) Core competencies in adolescent health and development for primary health care providers
WHO & UNAIDS (2015) Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents: a guide to implement a standards-driven approach to improve the quality of health care services for adolescents
WHO (2017) Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) Guidance to Support Country Implementation

Integration and Expansion of Service Package

Advocates for Youth (2012) Young Women and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Safe, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Birth Control
Evidence to Action Project, USAID (2014) Reaching Young First-Time Parents for the Healthy Spacing of Second and Subsequent Pregnancies
FP2020 (2015) Global Consensus Statement: Expanding Contraceptive Choice for Adolescents and Youth to Include Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Hubacher et al (2012) Preventing unintended pregnancy amongst young women in Kenya: prospective cohort study to offer contraceptive implants
International HIV/AIDS Alliance (2016) Models of integrated care for young people from key populations in Uganda
International HIV/AIDS Alliance (2015) Sexual and reproductive health and rights, and HIV 101 workshop guide: A guide to facilitating a workshop on linking up HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights with young key populations
Ipas (2013) Young Women and Abortion: Avoiding Legal and Policy Barriers
Ministry of Health, Kenya (2005) National Guidelines for the Provision of Youth-Friendly Services in Kenya
Ministry of Health, Zambia (2011) National Standards and Guidelines for Adolescent Health Friendly Services
Population Council (2014) Coping with Unintended Pregnancies: Narratives from Adolescents in Nairobi’s Slums, Kenya
Population Council (2017) Expanding access to integrated family planning intervention packages for married adolescent girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Population Council (2014) Impact of SAFE Intervention on SRHR and violence against women and girls in Dhaka slums, Bangladesh
Population Reference Bureau (2011) Integrating Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health: Saving Lives, Money and Time
Population Reference Bureau (2016) Meeting the Need, Fulfilling the Promise: Youth and LARCs
USAID (2012) Post abortion Family Planning: Strengthening the family planning component of post abortion care
WHO (2014) Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance and Recommendations
WHO (2015) Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

Out-of-Facility Service Delivery

Denno et al (2015) Effective Strategies to Provide Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and to Increase Demand and Community Support
Denno et al (2012) Reaching Youth with Out-of-Facility HIV and Reproductive Health Services: A Systematic Review
Evidence to Action Project, USAID & Pathfinder International (2015) Thinking outside the separate space: A decision making tool for designing youth-friendly services
Evidence to Action Project, USAID (2014) Reaching Young First-Time Parents for the Healthy Spacing of Second and Subsequent Pregnancies
Godia et al (2014) Young people’s perception of sexual and reproductive health services in Kenya
Gottschalk et al (2014) Interventions to improve adolescents’ contraceptive behaviours in low- and middle-income countries: a review of the evidence base
International Center for Research on Women (2014) Adolescents and Family Planning: What the Evidence Shows
Marie Stopes International (2012) Delivering sexual and reproductive health services to young people: Key lessons from Marie Stopes International’s programmes
USAID (2013) Social marketing: leveraging the private sector to improve contraceptive access, choice, and use

AYSRH Demand Generation

Social and Behavior Change for Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health

Bajoga et al., (2015) Media Influence on Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use: A Cross Sectional Survey among Young Women in Urban Nigeria
Cowan et al., (2008) The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based HIV prevention intervention for rural youth in Zimbabwe – study design and baseline results
Denno et al., (2015) Effective Strategies to Provide Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and to Increase Demand and Community Support
Erulkar et al., (2012) Evaluation of ‘Biruh Tesfa’ (Bright Future) program for vulnerable girls in Ethiopia
Expandnet, (2016)The Urban Reproductive Health Initiatives: A Comparative Review of ISSU, NURHI, Tupange and the UHI
HC3, (2016) Health Communication Capacity Collaborative: Urban Adolescent SRH SBCC Implementation Kit
HC3, (2016) Health Communication Capacity Collaborative: Urban Adolescent SRH SBCC Implementation Kit – Interpersonal Communication
IDS, (2016) Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Mwaikambo et al., (2011) What works in family planning interventions: A systematic review of the evidence
NURHI, (2017) Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative: Impact on Adolescents and Youth Ages 15-24
Pathfinder International, (2015) Reaching young married women and first-time parents for healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies in Burkina Faso

Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Chandra-Mouli et al., (2015) What Does Not Work in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Evidence on Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices
Kirby et al., (2007) A comprehensive review of sex and HIV education programmes, Mathematic Policy Research mandated by US Congress and Emerging Answers
IPPF, (2016) Putting sexuality back into Comprehensive Sexuality Education: making the case for a rights-based, sex-positive approach
Population Reference Bureau, (2017) Youth Contraceptive Use: Effective Interventions
PSI, (2016) From innovation to scale: Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. A review of PSI programming approaches and experiences
STEP UP, (2013) Status report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya

Gender Transformation

ActionAid, (2012) Young women: life choices and livelihoods in poor urban areas, Johannesburg
Blum et al., (2017) It Begins at 10: How Gender Expectations Shape Early Adolescence Around the World
Chandra-Mouli, (2017) Implications of the Global Early Adolescent Study’s Formative Research Findings for Action and for Research
Chandra-Mouli et al., (2015) What Does Not Work in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Evidence on Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices
Dasra, (2017) Body of Knowledge: Improving SRH for India’s Adolescents
E2A Project, (2014) Reaching Young First-Time Parents for the Healthy Spacing of Second and Subsequent Pregnancies
Erulkar et al., (2013) Evaluation of “Biruh Tesfa” (Bright Future) program for vulnerable girls in Ethiopia
Erulkar & Ferede, (2009) Social exclusion and early or unwanted sexual initiation among poor urban females in Ethiopia
FP HIPs, (2017) Adolescent-friendly contraceptive services: mainstreaming adolescent-friendly elements into existing contraceptive services
GAGE, (2017) Challenges and potential solutions for adolescent girls in urban settings: A Rapid Evidence Review
HC3, (2014) Gender Transformative Approaches: An Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) Research Primer
icddr,b, (2014) Impact of SAFE intervention on sexual and reproductive health and rights and violence against women and girls in Dhaka slums
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University, (2016) Scaling Up Normative Change Interventions for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
MenEngage Alliance, (2017) Policy Brief: Accelerating Efforts to End VAW: Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing and Responding to Violence Against All Women and Girls
Plourde et al., (2017) Mentoring Interventions and the Impact of Protective Assets on the Reproductive Health of Adolescent Girls and Young Women
STEP UP, (2014) Coping with Unintended Pregnancies: Narratives from Adolescents in Nairobi’s Slums
STEP UP, (2013) Status Report on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents Living in Urban Slums in Kenya

Digital Health

AYSRH Essentials

Key Urban Youth Populations

Advocates for Youth (2011) Young Women Who Have Sex with Women: Falling through Cracks for Sexual Health Care
Beguy et al (2014) Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya
Brhane et al (2014) Reproductive health behaviour of street youth and associated factors in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia
Girls Note Brides (2017) About Child Marriage, Girls Not Brides
International Planned Parenthood Federation (2010) Healthy, Happy and Hot: A young person’s guide to their rights, sexuality and living with HIV
Medhin & Erulkar (2017) Evaluation of a safe spaces program for girls in Ethiopia
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute & the National Coalition for the Homeless (2006) Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness
Population Council (2009) Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Data Guides
Population Council (2012) Filles Eveillees (“Girls Awakened”): a pilot program for migrant adolescent girls in domestic service in urban Burkina Faso
Population Council (2014) Impact of SAFE Intervention on SRHR and violence against women and girls in Dhaka slums
Pathfinder International (2016) Providing Reproductive Health Services to Young Married Women and First-time Parents in West Africa: A Supplemental Training Module for Facility-based Health Care Providers
Population Services International (2014) Youth-friendly Health Services Guide
Save the Children (2015) Keep it Real Uganda: Sexuality Education for urban out of school adolescents and youth
Speizer et al (2013) Timing and circumstances of first sex among female and male youth from select urban areas of Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal
The STEP UP Research Report, (2014) Coping with Unintended Pregnancies: Narratives from Adolescents in Nairobi’s Slums
The STEP UP Research Report (2017) Expanding access to integrated family planning intervention packages for married adolescent girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
UNAIDS (2002) Young people and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in crisis
World Bank (2012) Empowering adolescent girls: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Uganda

Rights-Based Approach

Amnesty International (2017) Sexual and reproductive health rights fact sheet
Chandra-Mouli (2015) What Does Not Work in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Evidence on Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices
International Planned Parenthood Federation (2011) Exclaim! A young people’s guide to Sexual Rights: Declaration
United Nations Population Fund (2014) Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population Development 1994
WHO (2014) Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: guidance and recommendations

Youth Participation

International Planned Parenthood Federation (2016) Young at Heart: How to be Youth-Centred in the 21st Century, An Introduction
Population Services International (2016) From innovation to scale: Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. A review of PSI programming approaches and experiences
Speizer et al (2013) Timing and circumstances of first sex among female and male youth from select urban areas of Nigeria, Kenya, and Senega
UNICEF (2006) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Child-Friendly Language
USAID & DASRA (2017) Body of Knowledge: Improving SRH for India’s Adolescents

Multisectoral Collaboration

Austrian & Anderson (2014) Barriers and facilitators to health behaviour change and economic activity among slum-dwelling adolescent girls and young women in Nairobi, Kenya: the role of social, health and economic assets
Beguy (2014) Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya
Population Council (2013) Status Report on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents Living in Urban Slums in Kenya, STEP UP Technical Working Paper, Nairob
Population Council (2010) Understanding adolescent girls’ protection strategies against HIV: An exploratory study in urban Lusaka
Sangraula et al (2016) Integrating Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Services Into New York City School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs): Quality Improvement To Ensure Provision of Youth-Friendly Services
UNFPA & IPPF (2015) Working with vulnerable urban adolescents to improve their sexual and reproductive health and rights: Programmatic Guidance (unpublished manuscript)

Data Management

General References

Astone et al (2013) Adolescent and Young Adult Health Inequalities by Urbanicity and Wealth
Gender & Adolescence: Global Evidence (2017) Challenges and potential solutions for adolescent girls in urban settings: A Rapid Evidence Review
Gottschalk et al (2014) Interventions to improve adolescents’ contraceptive behaviours in low- and middle-income countries: a review of the evidence base
Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) (2014) Influencing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Urban Youth through Social and Behavior Change Communication: A Literature Review
Institute of Development Studies (2016) Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Mmari & Astone (2014) Urban adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low-income and middle-income countries
Mmari et al (2014) Adolescents’ perceptions of health from disadvantaged urban communities: Findings from the WAVE study
Mmari et al (2014) How adolescents perceive their communities: a qualitative study that explores the relationship between health and the physical environment
Save the Children (2015) Forgotten voices: The world of urban children in India
UNFPA & IPPF (2015) with vulnerable urban adolescents to improve their sexual and reproductive health and rights: Programmatic Guidance (unpublished manuscript)
USAID (2015) Adolescent-friendly contraceptive services: mainstreaming adolescent-friendly elements into existing contraceptive services

Advocacy Approaches

Positive Legal Environment

FP HIPs, USAID, (2015) Adolescent-friendly contraceptive services: mainstreaming adolescent-friendly elements into existing contraceptive services
IDS, (2016) Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Population Council, (2014) Impact of SAFE Intervention on SRHR and violence against women and girls in Dhaka slums
Population Reference Bureau, (2017) Youth Family Planning Policy Scorecard
Sidze et al., (2014) Young Women’s Access to and Use of Contraceptives: The Role of Providers’ Restrictions in Urban Senegal
Yarrow et al., (2014) Can a restrictive law serve a protective purpose? The impact of age-restrictive laws on young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health services

Accountability

Evidence Project, (2014) Social Accountability: What are the Lessons for Improving Family Planning and Reproductive Health Programs?
UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, (2013) Who will be accountable? Human rights and the post-2015 development agenda
World Health Organization, (2015) Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services

AYSRH Toolkit

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