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 2017
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
Pathways to increased coverage: An analysis of time trends in contraceptive need and use among adolescents and young women in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, Mardieh L. Dennis, Emma Radovich, Kerry L.M. Wong, Onikepe Owolabi, Francesca L. Cavallaro, Michael Mbizvo, Agnes Binagwaho, Peter Waiswa, Caroline A. Lynch, and Lenka Benova
Policymakers' perceptions of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis introduction in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Preventing pediatric tuberculosis: A randomized trial of symptom-based screening of South African children exposed to tuberculosis, Population Council
Project brief: Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA), Population Council
Providers' views on PrEP for adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: Findings from implementation science research, Population Council
Rates of HIV and HSV-2 among young people in Machinga, Malawi, Barbara Mensch and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Reducing HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women, and their partners through the DREAMS Partnership in Malawi, Project SOAR
Stakeholder considerations for PrEP introduction to adolescent girls and young women: Laying the groundwork for research utilization in Tanzania, Population Council
Status of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia: Comprehensive sexuality education and adolescents sexual and reproductive health, Population Council
Stigma reduction training improves healthcare provider attitudes toward, and experiences of, young marginalized people in Bangladesh, Scott Geibel, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Julie Pulerwitz, Nargis Sultana, Tarik Hossain, Shongkour Roy, Brady Zieman, Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Barbara Friedland, Reena Yasmin, Najmus Sadiq, and Eileen Yam
Strengthening school-based sexual and reproductive health education and services in Accra, Ghana, Nancy Termini LaChance and Terence Adda-Balinia
The effect of a gender transformative life skills education and sports-coaching programme on the attitudes and practices of adolescent boys and young men in Bihar, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Neelanjana Pandey, K.G. Santhya, A.J. Francis Zavier, Santosh Kumar Singh, Komal Saxena, Aparajita Gogoi, Madhu Joshi, and Sandeep Ojha
The effects of school violence on education in Malawi, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
The global state of evidence on interventions to prevent child marriage, Sophia Chae and Thoai Ngo
The impact and cost of child marriage prevention in rural Burkina Faso, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, and Eva Weissman
The impact and cost of child marriage prevention in rural Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, and Eva Weissman
The impact and cost of child marriage prevention in rural Tanzania, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, and Eva Weissman
The impact and cost of child marriage prevention in three African settings, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, and Eva Weissman
The impact and cost of child marriage prevention in three African settings—Brief, Population Council
The journey of out-of-school girls in Ethiopia: Examining migration, livelihoods, and HIV, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, and Lemi Negeri
The Nia Project: Baseline report, Eunice N. Muthengi, Emily Farris, and Karen Austrian
The Nia Project: Baseline survey instruments, Karen Austrian
The Nia Project—Brief, Eunice N. Muthengi, Emily Farris, and Karen Austrian
Trends and determinants of comprehensive knowledge of HIV among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria: 2003–2013, Ayodeji Oginni, Sylvia Adebajo, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Trends in the age at reproductive transitions in the developing world: The role of education, John Bongaarts, Barbara Mensch, and Ann K. Blanc
Understanding adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health-seeking behaviors in Ethiopia: Implications for youth friendly service programming, Aparna Jain, Hussein Ismail, Elizabeth Tobey, and Annabel Erulkar
Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA): Bihar, Population Council
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
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
Understanding the lives of adolescents and young adults (UDAYA): Uttar Pradesh, Population Council
Using data to target and scale-up girls' support programs and child marriage prevention, The Evidence Project
Why don’t urban youth in Zambia use condoms? The influence of gender and marriage on non-use of male condoms among young adults, Jessie Pinchoff, Christopher B. Boyer, Namuunda Mutombo, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, and Thoai Ngo
Youth engagement in developing an implementation science research agenda on adolescent HIV testing and care linkages in sub-Saharan Africa, Julie Denison, Audrey Pettifor, Lynne Mofenson, Susan Kasedde, Rebecca Marcus, Katongo J. Konayuma, Katlego Koboto, Mmangaliso Luyanda Ngcobo, Julie Pulerwitz, and Deanna Kerrigan
Submissions from 2016
Abriendo Oportunidades: Guía Curricular Plan de Vida 2016—Cuadernillo español, Population Council
Abriendo Oportunidades: Guía Curricular Plan de Vida 2016—Cuadernillo Q’eqchi, Population Council
Abriendo Oportunidades para alcanzar mi plan de vida: Programa de 5 meses—14 a 18 años, Cecilia Garcés and Paola Broll
Abriendo Oportunidades para alcanzar mi plan de vida: Programa de 5 meses—8 a 13 años, Cecilia Garcés
Abriendo Oportunidades: Sesión—Mi plan de vida, Population Council
Acceptability and feasibility of introducing strengthened school-based sexual and reproductive health information and services in Accra, Ghana, Terence Adda-Balinia, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Maya Teye, Philip Baba Adongo, Placide Tapsoba, and Harriet Birungi
Addressing adolescent girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: Lessons from the Meri Life Meri Choice project, Sunil Mehra, Rajesh R. Singh, Vandana Nair, K.G. Santhya, and A.J. Francis Zavier
Addressing child marriage and adolescent pregnancy as barriers to gender parity and equality in education, Stephanie Psaki
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Mid-term findings—Brief, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Savings account, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme in Zambia: Qualitative evaluation report, Zoe Duby, Chipo Natasha Zulu, and Karen Austrian
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme: Research and evaluation mid-term technical report, Karen Austrian, Paul C. Hewett, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Fiammetta Bozzani, Jere R. Behrman, and Jean Digitale
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme: Research and evaluation mid-term technical report—Executive Summary, Karen Austrian, Paul C. Hewett, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Fiammetta Bozzani, Jere R. Behrman, and Jean Digitale
Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya: Qualitative report, Eunice N. Muthengi, Karen Austrian, Amanda Landrian, Benta Abuya, Joyce Mumah, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health situation: Insights from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, Francis Obare, George Odwe, and Harriet Birungi
Adolescents in Bangladesh: Programmatic approaches to sexual and reproductive health education and services, Sigma Ainul, Ashish Bajracharya, and Laura Reichenbach
An integrated peer outreach and clinic-based intervention to improve the sexual health of young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: A Link Up evaluation, Population Council
BALIKA: Empowering girls to delay child marriage in Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin
BALIKA study design, Sajeda Amin
Boîte à Outils: Renforcement des Compétences, Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building a national pro-choice alliance in Mexico: Evaluation of the Alliance media campaign to promote access to safe, free, and legal abortion services, Population Council
Building evidence to guide PrEP introduction for adolescent girls and young women, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Sanyukta Mathur, Ann Gottert, Naomi Rutenberg, and Julie Pulerwitz
Building Girls' Protective Assets: A Collection of Tools for Program Design, Population Council
Considerations on the use and interpretation of survey data on FGM/C, Bettina Shell-Duncan
Delaying child marriage through community-based skills-development programs for girls: Results from a randomized controlled study in rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Johana Ahmed, Jyotirmoy Saha, Md. Irfan Hossain, and Eashita Haque
Developing an implementation science research agenda to improve the treatment and care outcomes among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, Julie Denison, Audrey Pettifor, Lynne Mofenson, and Deanna Kerrigan
Développer les Compétences de Protection des Filles: Ensemble d’Outils pour la Conception d’un Programme, Population Council
Effects of the PRACHAR project's reproductive health training programme for adolescents: Findings from a longitudinal study, Neelanjana Pandey, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Santosh Kumar Singh, and Mahesh Srinivas
Empowering adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa to prevent unintended pregnancy and HIV: A critical research gap, Sharon J. Phillips and Michael Mbizvo
Engaging parents to promote girls' transition to secondary education: Evidence from a cluster randomised trial in rural Gujarat, India, K.G. Santhya, A.J. Francis Zavier, Pallavi Patel, and Neeta Shah
Evidence to end FGM/C: Research to help girls and women thrive, Population Council
Evidence to end FGM/C: Research to help girls and women thrive [Arabic], Population Council
Fatherhood, marriage and HIV risk among young men in rural Uganda, Sanyukta Mathur, Jenny A. Higgins, Nityanjali Thummalachetty, Mariko Rasmussen, Laura Kelley, Neema Nakyanjo, Fred Nalugoda, and John S. Santelli
Girl Empower Intervention Baseline Survey, Kelly Hallman, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Berk Ozler, Juliette Seban, Erica Kuhlik, Cooper Alton, Joseph Kamara, and Sarah Goodman