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 2018
Marriage and sexual and reproductive health of Rohingya adolescents and youth in Bangladesh: A qualitative study, Sigma Ainul, Iqbal Ehsan, Eashita Haque, Sajeda Amin, Ubaidur Rob, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Joseph Falcone
Married adolescents and family planning in rural Ethiopia: Understanding barriers and opportunities, Helen Ketema and Annabel Erulkar
Measuring gender equality in education: Lessons from trends in 43 countries, Stephanie Psaki, Katharine McCarthy, and Barbara Mensch
Migration and child domestic work: Evidence from Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Mothers' education and girls' achievement in Kibera: The link with self-efficacy, Benta Abuya, Joyce Mumah, Karen Austrian, Maurice Mutisya, and Caroline W. Kabiru
NISITU (Nisikilize Tujengane): Listen to Me, Let’s Grow Together, Population Council
Programas Municipales de Infancia Adolescencia y Juventud, Honduras: Diseñemos juntos nuestro programa, Population Council
Program Modalidades Flexibles: Integrated Curriculum Guide—Primer semestre, Population Council
Program Modalidades Flexibles: Integrated Curriculum Guide—Segundo semestre, Population Council
Protocol of an open, three-arm, individually randomized trial assessing the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health information to young people (aged 13-24) in Kenya and Peru via mobile phones: Adolescent/youth reproductive mobile access and delivery initiative for love and life outcomes (ARMADILLO) study stage 2, Lianne Gonsalves, Michelle J. Hindin, Angela Bayer, Cesar P. Carcamo, Peter Gichangi, Ndema Habib, Jefferson Mwaisaka, and Lale Say
Provider perspectives on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: The role of provider biases and quality of care, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Nrupa Jani, Sanyukta Mathur, Catherine Kahabuka, Vaibhav Saria, Neema Makyao, Louis Apicella, and Julie Pulerwitz
Reading and numeracy skills after school leaving in southern Malawi: A longitudinal analysis, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Barbara Mensch, Stephanie Psaki, Monica J. Grant, Christine A. Kelly, and Paul C. Hewett
Réduction des grossesses précoces et involontaires chez les adolescents, Francis Obare, Caroline W. Kabiru, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, and Matti Parry
Registered or unregistered? Levels and differentials in registration and certification of births in Ghana, Fidelia A.A. Dake and Kamil Fuseini
Resources for nurturing childcare practices in urban and rural settings: Findings from the Colombia 2010 Demographic and Health Survey, Helga Bjørnøy Urke, M.B. Mittelmark, D.A. Amugsi, and Dennis Matanda
Skill retention after school-leaving: Analysis of data from the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Barbara Mensch, Stephanie Psaki, Monica J. Grant, Christine A. Kelly, and Paul C. Hewett
Skills-building programs to reduce child marriage in Bangladesh: A randomized controlled trial, Sajeda Amin, Jyotirmoy Saha, and Johana Ahmed
State-level dietary diversity as a contextual determinant of nutritional status of children in India: A multilevel approach, Kakoli Borkotoky, Sayeed Unisa, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Stemming HIV in adolescents: Gender and modes of transmission, Suzanne Petroni and Thoai Ngo
Strengthening capacity to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women: Supporting DREAMS-like programming, Project SOAR
The case for a multi-sectoral approach to preventing child marriage and early childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa, Eunice Muthengi and Karen Austrian
The influence of maternal and household resources, and parental psychosocial child stimulation on early childhood development: A cross-sectional study of children 36–59 months in Honduras, Helga Bjørnøy Urke, Mariela Contreras, and Dennis Matanda
Trabajando en incidencia política hacia una mejor vida para las niñas, jóvenes y mujeres en mi comunidad, Population Council
Understanding HIV risks among adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Lessons for DREAMS, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Benedict Orindi, Sheru Muuo, Sian Floyd, Isolde Birdthistle, Joyce Mumah, Jane Osindo, Pauline Njoroge, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Webinar—Building Girls’ Protective Assets in Indian Country: Intentional Girl-Centered Program Design, Kelly Hallman and LeToy Lunderman
What do we know about the HIV risk characteristics of adolescent girls and young women in Kenya? Findings from DREAMS Implementation Science research, Population Council
What do we know about the HIV risk characteristics of adolescent girls and young women in Zambia? Findings from DREAMS implementation science research, Population Council
What works to improve outcomes for Kenya's adolescent girls?, Population Council
Who are the male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Swaziland? Analysis of survey data from community venues across 19 DREAMS districts, Zahra Reynolds, Ann Gottert, Erin Luben, Bheki Mamba, Patrick Shabangu, Nsindiso Dlamini, Muhle Dlamini, Sanyukta Mathur, and Julie Pulerwitz
Submissions from 2017
Addressing pregnancy prevention needs of adolescents in East and Southern Africa through education and health sector partnerships, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, Esther Lwanga Walgwe, Francis Obare, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Joyce Mumah
Adolescent Friendly Health Corners (AFHCs) in selected government health facilities in Bangladesh: An early qualitative assessment, Sigma Ainul, Iqbal Ehsan, Tasmiah Tanjeen, and Laura Reichenbach
Adolescent girls and young women’s perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Adapting the safe spaces model in rural settings, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Evaluation—Round 4 update, Karen Austrian, Paul C. Hewett, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, and Jean Digitale
Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya: Financial Education Audio Training Script, Wajir, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya: Health and Life Skills Audio Training Script, Wajir, Population Council
Adolescent health: Priorities and opportunities for Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram, Sapna Desai
Adolescent health: Priorities and opportunities for Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) in Uttar Pradesh, Sapna Desai
Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia, Population Council
Adolescents in Bangladesh: A situation analysis of programmatic approaches to sexual and reproductive health education and services, Sigma Ainul, Ashish Bajracharya, Laura Reichenbach, and Kate Gilles
Assessment of comprehensive HIV-risk reduction programming for adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Kenya, Population Council
Assessment of comprehensive HIV-risk reduction programming for adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Zambia, Population Council
Associations between violence in school and at home and education outcomes in rural Malawi: A longitudinal analysis, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Can conditional transfers eradicate child marriage?, Sajeda Amin, Niaz Asadullah, Sara Hossain, and Zaki Wahhaj
Characteristics associated with HIV and HSV-2 among adolescents in Malawi, Barbara Mensch and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Characteristics of married adolescent girls in Egypt [Arabic], Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, May Gadallah, and Doaa Oraby
Child marriage in Zambia, Population Council
Cluster randomized evaluation of Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme (AGEP): Study protocol, Paul C. Hewett, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jere R. Behrman, Fiammetta Bozzani, and Natalie Jackson Hachonda
Considerations for PrEP introduction to adolescent girls and young women: Implementation science research in Tanzania, Population Council
Construyendo Activos Protectores en Niñas Adolescentes: Una Colección de Herramientas para el Diseño de Programas, Population Council
Creating a culture of evidence use: Using an innovative knowledge translation platform to inform HIV/AIDS programming for women and girls, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Amelia Peltz
Dataset: Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and malaria: A systematic review (materials), Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Erica Chuang
Dataset: Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), Population Council
Dataset: The economic returns to investing in girls, Thoai Ngo, Erica Chuang, and Kelly Hallman
Dataset: UDAYA, Adolescent Survey, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, 2015–16, Population Council
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in HIV services: Implementation science research in Swaziland, Population Council
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, Population Council
Effective engagement of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Uganda, Population Council
Effect of a family-centered model of HIV care on viral suppression and care retention among HIV-positive children in Swaziland, Project SOAR
Empowering women and addressing marital violence through self-help groups: Evidence from rural Bihar—Policy brief, K.G. Santhya and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Empowering women and addressing violence against them through self-help groups (SHGs), Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, Rajib Acharya, A.J. Francis Zavier, Neelanjana Pandey, Santosh Kumar Singh, Komal Saxena, Shilpi Rampal, Sharmistha Basu, Aparajita Gogoi, Madhu Joshi, and Sandeep Ojha
Enabling adolescent boys to adopt attitudes that espouse gender equality and oppose violence against women and girls: Evidence from rural Bihar—Policy brief, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya
Enhancing access to post-rape care for child survivors in the context of police and health services in Zambia: A feasibility assessment of a police response model, Nachela Chelwa, Kshipra Hemal, George Msipu Phiri, Michael Mbizvo, and Chi-Chi Undie
Ensuring adolescents in Bihar stay—and learn—in school, Sapna Desai, Neelanjana Pandey, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Ensuring adolescents in Uttar Pradesh stay—and learn—in school, Sapna Desai and Neelanjana Pandey
Ensuring adolescents in Uttar Pradesh stay—and learn—in school [Hindi], Sapna Desai and Neelanjana Pandey
Eradicating child marriage in the Commonwealth: Is investment in girls’ education sufficient?, Sajeda Amin, M. Niaz Asadullah, Sara Hossain, and Zaki Wahhaj
Evaluating community-facility linkage models to promote mother-infant retention along the HIV care continuum, Project SOAR
Evaluation of a safe spaces program for girls in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Girmay Medhin
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the HERhealth model for improving sexual and reproductive health and rights knowledge and access of female garment factory workers in Bangladesh, Md. Irfan Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud Shohag, Ashish Bajracharya, Ubaidur Rob, and Laura Reichenbach
Executive Summary—Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) in Bihar, India, K.G. Santhya, Rajib Acharya, Neelanjana Pandey, Santosh Kumar Singh, Shilpi Rampal, A.J. Francis Zavier, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Executive Summary—Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) in Bihar, India [Hindi], K.G. Santhya, Rajib Acharya, Neelanjana Pandey, Santosh Kumar Singh, Shilpi Rampal, A.J. Francis Zavier, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Executive Summary: Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA) in Uttar Pradesh, India (2015–16), K.G. Santhya, Rajib Acharya, Neelanjana Pandey, Ashish Kumar Gupta, Shilpi Rampal, Santosh Kumar Singh, and A.J. Francis Zavier
Expanding access to integrated family planning intervention packages for married adolescent girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Sadia Afrin, Anisuddin Ahmed, Nafis Al Haque, and Bidhan Krishna Sarker
Exploring the association between FGM/C and early/child marriage: A review of the evidence, Jamlick Karumbi, David Gathara, and Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
Family planning for HIV-positive girls and young women, Eileen Yam, Elizabeth Tobey, and Amy Ong Tsui
Gender differentials in feeding practices, health care utilization and nutritional status of children in Northern India, Abhishek Singh and Sangram Kishor Patel
Girls Creating Opportunities for a Brighter Tomorrow: Integrated Curriculum Guide (8 to 17 years old)—Two-year cycle (adapted for Belize), Cecilia Garcés and Paola Broll
Guía Curricular de Abriendo Oportunidades: Para niños de 8 a 12 años, Population Council
Herramientas para la formación y el acompañamiento a mentoras del programa Abriendo Oportunidades®, Cecilia Garcés and Alejandra Munguia
Increasing uptake of HIV, sexually transmitted infection, and family planning services, and reducing HIV-related risk behaviors among youth living with HIV in Uganda, Lung Vu, Brady Zieman, Cecily Banura, Jerry Okal, Margret Elang, Rodgers Ampwera, Georgina Caswell, Diana Amanyire, Jacquelyne Alesi, and Eileen Yam
Indigenous Adolescent Girls' Empowerment Network (IMAGEN), Kelly Hallman and Stephanie Martinez
Inequitable gender norms from early adolescence to young adulthood in Uganda: Tool validation and differences across age groups, Lung Vu, Julie Pulerwitz, Brady Zieman, Cecily Banura, Jerry Okal, and Eileen Yam
Introducing oral pre-exposure prophylaxis to adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: Overview of findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Learning to be gendered: Gender socialization in early adolescence among urban poor in Delhi, India, and Shanghai, China, Sharmistha Basu, Xiayun Zuo, Chaohua Lou, Rajib Acharya, and Rebecka Lundgren
Linking sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV services for young people: The Link Up project, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Divya Bajpai, Georgina Caswell, Tyler Crone, Fleur Dewar, Greg Gray, Allen Kyendikuwa, Julie Mellin, Andrew Miller, Felicity Morgan, Luisa Orza, Jacqui Stevenson, Nienke Westerhof, Felicia Wong, Eileen Yam, and Brady Zieman
Married adolescent girls in rural Assiut and Souhag: Limited choices and unfulfilled reproductive health needs, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Doaa Oraby, Omaima El-Gibaly, Manal Darwish, Mirette Aziz, Amira Elgazzar, and Heba Mahmoud
Married young women and girls' family planning and maternal heath preferences and use in Ethiopia, Aparna Jain, Elizabeth Tobey, Hussein Ismail, and Annabel Erulkar
Measuring gender equality in education: Lessons from 43 countries, Stephanie Psaki, Katharine McCarthy, and Barbara Mensch
Men's perceptions of PrEP use by their adolescent and young adult female partners in Tanzania in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
More Than Brides Alliance: Baseline report, India, Sharmistha Basu, Rajib Acharya, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Sajeda Amin
More Than Brides Alliance: Baseline report, Malawi, Christine A. Kelly, Andrea J. Melnikas, Sajeda Amin, James Mkandawire, and Hamza Daud
More Than Brides Alliance: Baseline report, Mali, Andrea J. Melnikas, Sajeda Amin, Sarah Engebretsen, and Mouhamadou Gueye
More Than Brides Alliance: Baseline report, Niger, Grace Saul, Andrea J. Melnikas, Sajeda Amin, Sarah Engebretsen, Aissa Diarra, and Chaibou Saadou
More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA): Mariage n’est pas un jeu d’enfat, Rapport de référence Mali, Andrea J. Melnikas, Sajeda Amin, Sarah Engebretsen, and Mouhamadou Gueye
More Than Brides Alliance (MTBA): Mariage n’est pas un jeu d’enfat, Rapport de référence Niger, Grace Saul, Andrea J. Melnikas, Sajeda Amin, Sarah Engebretsen, Aissa Diarra, and Chaibou Saadou
Parents' and guardians' perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council