Through its research on adolescents and young people, the Population Council carries forward a global agenda to transform the lives of adolescents, especially girls. The agenda is more relevant than ever as adolescents face social, health, and economic challenges that have been further compounded by the Covid pandemic.
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Submissions from 2002
Premarital sex in Vietnam: Is the current concern with adolescent reproductive health warranted?, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, and Dang Nguyen Anh
South Asia: Clarify goals and expand the reach of anti-trafficking programs, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
The effect of gender differences in primary school access, type, and quality on the decision to enroll in rural Pakistan, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Zeba Sathar
Training and support of developing-country population scientists: A panel report—Summary and recommendations, Jane Menken, Ann K. Blanc, and Cynthia B. Lloyd
Universal sexuality education in Mongolia: Educating today to protect tomorrow, Delia Barcelona, Laura Laski, and Caitlin Gerdts
Submissions from 2001
An assessment of youth centres in South Africa, Annabel Erulkar, Mags Beksinska, and Queen Cebekhulu
Community involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Insights and recommendations, Naomi Rutenberg, Mary Lyn Field-Nguer, and Laura Nyblade
Determinants of educational attainment among adolescents in Egypt: Does school quality make a difference?, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Sahar El Tawila, Wesley H. Clark, and Barbara Mensch
Determinants of educational attainment among adolescents in Egypt: Does school quality make a difference? [Arabic], Cynthia B. Lloyd, Sahar El Tawila, Wesley H. Clark, and Barbara Mensch
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Bénin 1996, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Cameroun 1998, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Côte d’Ivoire 1994, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Mali 1995–1996, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Maroc 1992, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Niger 1998, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Republique Centrafricaine 1994–1995, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Sênêgal 1992-1993 et 1997, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Tchad 1996–1997, Population Council
Données sur les adolescents tirées de l’Enquête Démographique et de Santé—Tableaux Statistiques aux fins de la préparation de programmes: Togo 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bangladesh 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Benin 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Bolivia 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Brazil 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Burkina Faso 1993, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Cameroon 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Central African Republic 1994–1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Chad 1996–1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Côte d'Ivoire 1994, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Egypt 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Ghana 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Guatemala 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: India 1992–1993, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Indonesia 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Jordan 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Kenya 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Madagascar 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Malawi 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mali 1995–1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Morocco 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Mozambique 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Namibia 1992, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Niger 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1990, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Pakistan 1990–1991, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Peru 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Senegal 1992–1993 and 1997, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Tanzania 1996, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Togo 1998, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Uganda 1995, Population Council
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Zimbabwe 1994, Population Council
HIV voluntary counseling and testing among youth ages 14 to 21: Results from an exploratory study in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala and Masaka, Uganda, Horizons Program, Kenya Project Partners, and Uganda Project Partners
Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana, Philomena Nyarko, Brian Wells Pence, and Cornelius Debpuur
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India, Dale Huntington, Mary Philip Sebastian, Nirmala Sevlam, Barbara Mensch, and Sahar Hegazi
Kenya update: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Making a difference for children affected by AIDS: Baseline findings from operations research in Uganda, Laelia Gilborn, Rebecca Nyonyintono, Robert Kabumbuli, and Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda
Reducing HIV infection among youth: What can schools do? Key baseline findings from Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand, Holley Stewart, Ann P. McCauley, Simon Baker, Martha Givaudan, Shegs James, Iwin Leenen, Susan Pick, Priscilla Reddy, Usasinee Rewthong, Patchara Rumakom, and Dilys Walker
South Africa: Providers should encourage sexually active youth to use condoms, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
South Africa: Who uses youth centers and why?, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
The reporting of sensitive behavior among adolescents: A methodological experiment in Kenya, Barbara Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, and Annabel Erulkar
Transitions to adulthood in the context of AIDS in South Africa: Report of Wave I, Naomi Rutenberg, Cathrien Kehus-Alons, Lisanne Brown, Kate Macintyre, Anthea Dallimore, and Carol E. Kaufman
Whose education counts? The impact of grown children's education on the physical functioning of their parents in Taiwan, Zachary Zimmer, Albert I. Hermalin, and Hui-Sheng Lin
Zambia: Los educadores juveniles pueden promover comportamientos sexuales más seguros, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Zambia: Peer educators can promote safer sex behaviors, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Submissions from 2000
Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop, Carey Meyers
Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop [Arabic], Carey Meyers
Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in South Africa, Carol E. Kaufman, Thea de Wet, and Jonathan Stadler
Adolescents and reproductive health in Pakistan: A literature review, Ayesha Khan
A participatory evaluation of the life-skills training programme in Myanmar, UNICEF and Population Council
Egipto: Los proveedores de servicios de planificación deben motivar a sus clientas a hablar de sus problemas de sexualidad, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypte: Développer l'accès aux soins après avortement, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypte: Encourager les journalistes à couvrir les questions relatives à la santé de la reproduction, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypte: Les ONG doivent unir leurs forces pour éradiquer l'excision, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypte: Les prestataires de service de planification familiale doivent encourage les discussions sur les problèmes sexuels, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypt: Encourage journalists to cover reproductive health, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypt: Expand access to postabortion care, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypt: Family planning providers should encourage clients to discuss sexual problems, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Egypt: NGOs need to join forces to end FGC, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Greater investments in children through women's empowerment: A key to demographic change in Pakistan?, Valerie L. Durrant and Zeba Sathar
Integrating a reproductive health framework within primary care services: The experience of the Reproductive Health Intervention Study, Karima Khalil, Abdel Moneim Farag, Assem Anwar, Dina Galal, Olfia Kamal, Karraze Shorbagi, Miral Breebaart, Hind Khattab, Nabil Younis, and Huda Zurayk
Mali: Empower health workers to advocate against female genital cutting, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Mali: FGC excisors persist despite entreaties, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Mali: Les exciseuses persistent malgré les supplications, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Mali: Pour une plus grande responsabilisation des agents de santé dans le plaidoyer contre l'excision, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Peer education and HIV/AIDS: Past experience, future directions, Deanna Kerrigan and Ellen Weiss
Schooling opportunities for girls as a stimulus for fertility change in rural Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Cem Mete, and Minhaj ul Haque
Socialization to gender roles and marriage among Egyptian adolescents, Barbara Mensch, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Susan M. Lee, and Omaima El-Gibaly
The effects of schooling incentive programs on household resource allocation in Bangladesh, Mary Arends-Kuenning and Sajeda Amin
The School Environment in Egypt: A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools, Sahar El Tawila, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Zeinab Gamal, Wesley H. Clark, and Rania Sakr
The School Environment in Egypt: A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools [Arabic], Sahar El Tawila, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Zeinab Gamal, Wesley H. Clark, and Rania Sakr
Women street vendors: The road to recognition, Monique Cohen
Submissions from 1999
FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project update: Encuesta gente joven [Youth survey], Population Council
Implementing A Reproductive Health Agenda in India: The Beginning, Saroj Pachauri
Investing in youth: Testing community-based approaches for improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Tamara Fetters, Fines Munkonze, and Julie Solo
Premarital sex and school dropout in Kenya: Can schools make a difference?, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, Cynthia B. Lloyd, and Annabel Erulkar
Strengthening reproductive health services in Africa through Operations Research, Population Council
The quantity-quality transition in Asia, Mark R. Montgomery, Mary Arends-Kuenning, and Cem Mete
The spread of primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for fertility change, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Carol E. Kaufman, and Paul C. Hewett
Transitions to Adulthood: A National Survey of Adolescents in Egypt (1st edition), Sahar El Tawila, Omaima El-Gibaly, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Fikrat El Sahn, Sunny Sallam, Susan M. Lee, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Sarah Bukhari, and Osman Galal
Transitions to Adulthood: A National Survey of Adolescents in Egypt [1st edition, Arabic], Sahar El Tawila, Omaima El-Gibaly, Barbara L. Ibrahim, Fikrat El Sahn, Sunny Sallam, Susan M. Lee, Barbara Mensch, Hind Wassef, Sarah Bukhari, and Osman Galal
Submissions from 1998
Adolescent reproductive health: Booklet for parents, Rieny H. Hardjono and Rashmi Pachauri Rajan