Submissions from 2023
Adolescent education, health and wellbeing status in four counties in Kenya: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Population Council Kenya
Adolescent girls’ agency and their labour force participation: Experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin and Momoe Makino
Adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings: Moving beyond rhetoric, Neha S. Singh, Jocelyn DeJong, Kimberley Popple, Chi-Chi Undie, Rozane El Masri, Ritah Bakesiima, Mariana Calderon-Jaramillo, Ellen Peprah, Saha Naseri, Nadine Cornier, and Karl Blanchet
Advancing the Agenda in Girls’ Education Research, Benta Abuya, David Evans, Selim Gulesci, Nicole Haberland, Susannah Hares, Rabea Malik, Alessia Mortara, and Pauline Rose
A glass ceiling at the playhouse? Gender gaps in public and private preschool enrollment in India, Arindam Nandi, Soham Sahoo, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo
A scoping review of survey research with gender minority adolescents and youth in low and middle-income countries, Isabel Pike, Cara Kraus-Perrotta, and Thoai Ngo
Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review of the literature, Astha Ramaiya, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Rosalijn Both, Ann Gottert, Silvia Guglielmi, Sam Beckwith, Mengmeng Li, and Robert W. Blum
Community-based empowerment program to delay marriage: Results from the More Than Brides Alliance intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Michelle Chau, Neelanjana Pandey, Mouhamadou Gueye, James Mkandawire, Aissa Diarra, and Sajeda Amin
Comprehensive sexuality education linked to sexual and reproductive health services reduces early and unintended pregnancies among in-school adolescent girls in Zambia, Michael Mbizvo, Kondwani Kasonda, Nelly-Claire Muntalima, Joseph G. Rosen, Sophie Inambwae, Edith S. Namukonda, Ronald Mungoni, Natasha Okpara, Chifundo Phiri, Nachela Chelwa, and Chabu Kangale
COVID-19 and the hidden damage to the childhood immunization agenda in India, Arindam Nandi
COVID-19 lockdown and collective activities: Evidence from the world's largest self-help group program, Garima Siwach, Thomas de Hoop, Chinmaya Holla Udayakumar, and Sapna Desai
Data Brief—Adolescent Economic Empowerment, Fatima Zahra
Data Brief—Adolescent Mothers: From Cautionary Tales to Partners, Nay Alhelou
Data Brief—Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Nay Alhelou
Data Brief—Agency, Sarah Engebretsen
Data Brief—Gender-Based Violence in Adolescence, Nay Alhelou
Data Brief—Girls in Humanitarian Settings, GIRL Center
Data Brief—Girls in the Digital Space, GIRL Center
Data Brief—Government Integration, Rene Nevarez
Data Brief—Holistic Approach to Adolescent Girls' Health, GIRL Center
Data Brief—Meaningful Adolescent and Girl Engagement, Sarah Engebretsen
Data Brief—Why Education is a Feminist Issue, Meredith L. Kozak
Depression-mediating pathways from household adversity to antiretroviral therapy nonadherence among children and adolescents living with HIV in Zambia: A structural equation modeling approach, Joseph G. Rosen, Michael Mbizvo, Lyson Phiri, Mwelwa Chibuye, Edith S. Namukonda, and Nkomba Kayeyi
Determinants of school dropouts among adolescents: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India, Pradeep Kumar, Sangram Kishor Patel, Solomon Debbarma, and Niranjan Saggurti
Effects of a single cash transfer on school re-enrollment during COVID-19 among vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya: Randomized controlled trial, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, Eva Ireri Muluve, Faith Mbushi, and Karen Austrian
Exposure to pornographic content among Indian adolescents and young adults and its associated risks: Evidence from UDAYA survey in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Shobhit Srivastava, Shekhar Chauhan, Ratna Patel, Strong P. Marbaniang, Pradeep Kumar, Preeti Dhillon, and Neelanjana Pandey
Growth failure among children of adolescent mothers at ages 0–5 and 6–12 years in India, Arindam Nandi, Fatima Zahra, Karen Austrian, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo
"How can I tell my mom such a story?": Sexual violence against children in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie and Margaret Mak'anyengo
Implementing interventions to address gender and power inequalities in early adolescence: Utilizing a theory of change to assess conditions for success, Kristin Mmari, Jennifer Gayles, Rebecka Lundgren, Katherine Barker, Karen Austrian, Ruti G. Levtov, Jane Kato-Wallace, Miranda van Reeuwijk, Lisa Richardson, Jakevia Green, Anna E. Kågestan, and Astha Ramaiya
Institutionalizing the management of sick young infants: Kenya’s experience in revising national guidelines on integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses, Wilson Liambila, Fred Were, Timothy Abuya, George Odwe, Alice Natecho, Samuel Mungai, Peter Mwaura, David Githanga, Joe Mbuthia, Doris Kinuthia, Allan Govoga, Charlotte E. Warren, Kezia K’oduol, and Jesse Gitaka
Interaction between micronutrients and lipid profile in prediabetes and diabetes among school-aged children (5–9 y) in India, Savitesh Kushwaha, Rachana Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Nizamuddin Khan, Atreyo Mondal, and Poonam Khanna
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan, Huma Iqbal
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan [in Urdu], Huma Iqbal
Leave no one behind: Integrated sexual and reproductive, mental health and psychosocial programming for not in employment, education or training (NEET) adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, Manasi Kumar, Joan Mutahi, and Beth Kangwana
Lessons learnt from community referral and follow up of sick young infants with possible severe bacterial infection in Turkana County, Kenya, Samuel Mbugua, Peter Mwaura, Laura Oyiengo, Wilson Liambila, Andrew Emuria, Daniel Maina Gatungu, and Jesse Gitaka
Longitudinal examination of which married young women use contraception to delay a first pregnancy in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India, Ilene Speizer, A.J. Francis Zavier, Lisa M. Calhoun, Gwyn Hainsworth, and David K. Guilkey
Neglected gaps in improving the health, wellbeing, and care for sexual and gender minority young people living in low- and lower-middle- income countries: A scoping review, Cara Frances, Camille Garnsey, and Jessica DeMulder
Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D deficiency among children and adolescents from a nationally representative survey in India, Garima Rana, Ransi Ann Abraham, Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Krishnapillai Madhavan Nair, Geeta Trilok Kumar, Praween Agarwal, Robert Johnston, Arjan de Wagt, Avina Sarna, Rajib Acharya, Akash Porwal, Nizamuddin Khan, Sowmya Ramesh, Rahul Bharti, and Lakshmi Ramakrishnan
“Project YES! has…given me a task to reach undetectable”: Qualitative findings from a peer mentoring program for youth living with HIV in Zambia, Katherine G. Merrill, Christiana Frimpong, Virginia M. Burke, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Sam Miti, Jonathan K. Mwansa, and Julie Denison
Recap Report: Girls Deliver Pre-Conference on Adolescent Girls at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference, GIRL Center
Role of stigma in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and continuation among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW): Considerations for programme implementers, Waimar Tun and Lulama Lunika
The Building Assets Toolkit: The Value of an Assets-Building Approach in Girls' Programs and How to Conduct an Assets Exercise, Population Council
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunization coverage and timeliness in India: Retrospective analysis of the National Family Health Survey of 2019–2021 data, Amit Summan, Arindam Nandi, Anita Shet, and Ramanan Laxminarayan
The gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent literacy and schooling outcomes: New evidence from national survey data in India, Arindam Nandi, Nicole Haberland, Meredith Kozak, and Thoai Ngo
The impact of primary schooling expansion on adult educational attainment, literacy, and health: Evidence from India’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Arindam Nandi, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child domestic workers in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Welela Tarekegne, and Eyasu Hailu
The mental health of Asian American adolescents and young adults amid the rise of anti-Asian racism, James Huynh, Jessie Chien, Amy T. Nguyen, Delanie Honda, Emily EunYoung Cho, Maliya Xiong, Tran T. Doan, and Thoai Ngo
The multidimensional, intersecting impacts of COVID-19 on young people's lives: Evidence from cross-sectional surveys in Mexico, India, and Kenya, Ann Gottert, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, René Nevárez, Karen Austrian, Eva Ireri Muluve, Sangram Kishor Patel, Niranjan Saggurti, Ashish Bajracharya, Jessica DeMulder, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, and Thoai Ngo
Submissions from 2022
A3 Policy Checklist User Guide, Yeeva Cheng and Cara Kraus-Perrotta
A conceptual framework for understanding child marriage, marriage markets, and marriageability, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Neelanjana Pandey, Mouhamadou Gueye, James Mkandawire, Aissa Diarra, and Sajeda Amin
Adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region: Leaving no one behind, Fadia AlBuhairan, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Mohamed Nar, Bassam Hamad, Jennifer Dabis, Farah Feteha, Sally Saher, Khalid Siddeeg, and Mamdouh Wahba
Age-of-consent requirements and adolescent HIV testing in low-and middle-income countries: Multinational insights from 51 population-based surveys, Joseph G. Rosen, Elizabeth M. Stone, and Michael Mbizvo
An Overview of the Adolescent Data Hub (ADH), Yeeva Cheng and Cara Kraus-Perrotta
Assessing engagement of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in HIV research: A multi-method analysis of a crowdsourcing open call and typology of AYA engagement in sub-Saharan Africa, Kadija M. Tahlil, Laura Rachal, Titi Gbajabiamila, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Takhona Hlatshwako, Mandikudza Tembo, Nicola Willis, Carine Oum Nyagog, Susan Vorkoper, Rachel Sturke, Nora E. Rosenberg, Victor Ojo, Isaac Moses, Nadia Ahmed, Kristin Beima-Sofie, Sarah Roberts, Brenda Kateera, Eleanor Namisoke-Magongo, Michael Mbizvo, Juliet Iwelunmor, Oliver Ezechi, and Joseph D. Tucker
Assessing layered HIV prevention programming: Optimizing outcomes for adolescent girls and young women, Sanyukta Mathur, Raman Mishra, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Craig Heck, and Jerry Okoth Okal
Assessment of economic opportunities for young Rohingyas in Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Md. Irfan Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud Shohag, Eashita Haque, Iqbal Ehsan, Joseph Falcone, and Ubaidur Rob
Association between school dropouts, early marriages, childbearing, and mental health in early adulthood of women: Evidence from a cohort study in Bihar, India, Ravita Yadav, Preeti Dhillon, Archana Kujur, and Sangram Kishor Patel
Association of traditional marital practices with contraceptive decision-making, couple communication, and method use among couples in rural Maharashtra, India, Anvita Dixit, Nicole E. Johns, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, Elizabeth Reed, Susan M. Kiene, Tarik Benmarhnia, Sarah Averbach, and Anita Raj
Biruh Tesfa ("Bright Future"), Population Council
Building the A3 Policy Checklist, Yeeva Cheng and Cara Kraus-Perrotta
Building the Adolescent Indicators and Gender Gaps Dashboard, Lauren Woyczynski, Christina Misunas, and Md. Irfan Hossain
Capacity building of national rural livelihood mission personnel on evaluations and data utilization for evidence-based decision making, Avishek Hazra, Apollonius Purty, Supriya, Jaleel Ahmad, Ankit Nanda, Raj Kumar Verma, and Niranjan Saggurti
Capturing adolescent realities in the global data revolution, Silvia Guglielmi, Eric Neumeister, Nicola Jones, Arwyn Finnie, Albert Motivans, Emma Samman, Jacqueline Gallinetti, and Miriam Temin
Causal mechanisms linking education with fertility, HIV, and child mortality: A systematic review, Fatima Zahra, Nicole Haberland, and Stephanie Psaki
Changes in prevalence of violence and risk factors for violence and HIV among children and young people in Kenya: A comparison of the 2010 and 2019 Kenya Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys, Francis B. Annor, Laura F. Chiang, Patricia Oluoch, Vivienne Mang'oli, Marygorret Mogaka, Mary Mwangi, Anne Ngunjiri, Francis Obare Onyango, Thomas Achia, Pragna Patel, Greta M. Massetti, Linda L. Dahlberg, Thomas R. Simon, and James A. Mercy
Changes in the prevalence of child marriage in Ethiopia, 2005–2016, Annabel Erulkar
Changing the script: Intergenerational communication about sexual and reproductive health in Niamey, Niger, Martha Silva, Sethson Kassegne, Robert-Hugues Y. Nagbe, Lorimpo Babogou, Rebecca Ezouatchi, Abdou Louche Ado, Farida Moussa, and Leanne Dougherty
Childhood vaccinations and demographic transition: Long-term evidence from India, Arindam Nandi, Amit Summan, Thoai Ngo, and David E. Bloom
Climate change vulnerability, and health of women and children: Evidence from India using district level data, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Trisha Chaudhuri, and Niranjan Saggurti
Comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Punjab and Manipur: Exploring beyond women’s education and empowerment, Anjali Sharma, Abhishek Kumar, S.K. Mohanty, and Arupendra Mozumdar
Comparing cohabiting unions and formal marriages among adolescent girls in Zambia: The role of premarital fertility and parental support, Eunice N. Muthengi, Laura Muthoni, and Karen Austrian
Dataset: The More than Brides Alliance, Grace Saul, Sajeda Amin, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Neelanjana Pandey
Determining the most significant changes on intergenerational communication and young people’s family planning and reproductive health outcomes: Qualitative evaluation of the Merci Mon Héros media campaign in Niger and Côte d’Ivoire, Martha Silva, Sethson Kassegne, Robert-Hugues Yaovi Nagbe, Rebecca Ezouatchi, Lorimpo Babogou, and Farida Moussa
Devolved health system capacity in the provision of care for sick newborns and young infants in four counties serving vulnerable populations in Kenya, Jesse Gitaka, Samuel Mbugua, Peter Mwaura, Daniel Gatungu, David Githanga, Charity Ndwiga, Timothy Abuya, Kezia K’Oduol, Wilson Liambila, and Fred Were
DREAMS Implementation Science: Data from surveys with men in South Africa (Round 1 & 2), Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile, and Sanyukta Mathur
Economies of scale of large-scale international development interventions: Evidence from self-help groups in India, Garima Siwach, Sohini Paul, and Thomas de Hoop
Effects and resilience to climate crisis among adolescents: A narrative review on South Asian countries, Sangram Kishor Patel and Rahul Rajak
Élaboration du tableau de bord A3 des indicateurs relatifs aux adolescents et du tableau de bord des écarts entre les sexes, Lauren Woyczynski, Christina Misunas, and Md. Irfan Hossain
Exploitative working conditions for child domestic workers in Ethiopia, The Freedom Fund
Exposure to violence, adverse life events and the mental health of adolescent girls in Nairobi slums, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Karen Austrian, Benta Abuya, Beth Kangwana, Nicole Maddox, and Caroline W. Kabiru
From Data to Action: Informing Menstrual Health Management Programs, Emily EunYoung Cho, Karen Austrian, and Nicole Haberland
Gendered effects of COVID-19 school closures: Bangladesh case study, Eashita Haque, Natalie Wyss, Emily EunYoung Cho, and Karen Austrian
Gendered effects of COVID-19 school closures: India case study, Neelanjana Pandey, Emily EunYoung Cho, Shilpi Rampal, and Karen Austrian
Gendered effects of COVID-19 school closures: Kenya case study, Faith Mbushi, Natalie Wyss, Emily EunYoung Cho, Karen Austrian, Eva Ireri Muluve, Laura Muthoni, and Beth Kangwana
Gendered effects of COVID-19 school closures: Pakistan case study, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, Rehan M. Niazi, Maqsood Sadiq, Fatima Azeem, Emily EunYoung Cho, and Karen Austrian
Gender-related barriers to schooling: What do we know about the effects of sexuality and life skills education?, Nicole Haberland
Getting girls back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: Lessons from the 4Ts initiative, George Odwe and Chi-Chi Undie
GIRL Center Roadmap to 2030, GIRL Center
Girls on the Map: Mapping for Program Planning and Social Change, Eva Roca
Guide d’utilisation de la liste de contrôle de la politique A3, Yeeva Cheng and Cara Kraus-Perrotta
Health worker perceptions of stigma towards Zambian adolescent girls and young women: A qualitative study, Caroline Meek, Drosin Mulenga, Patrick Edwards, Sophie Inambwae, Nachela Chelwa, Michael Mbizvo, Sarah Roberts, Sujha Subramanian, and Laura Nyblade
How to Conduct Research with Children Ethically, Franziska Meinck, Chi-Chi Undie, Anita Burgund Isakov, Elizabeth Dartnall, and Angelica Pino
Identifying latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls and the factors that cultivate them: Evidence from a community-based skills training program, Christina Misunas and Sajeda Amin
If we ask, will they tell? (and then, what?): Screening for sexual violence against children in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie and Margaret Mak'anyengo
Impact of COVID-19 on adolescent HIV prevention and treatment services in the AHISA network, Charisse V. Ahmed, Merrian J. Brooks, Stephanie M. DeLong, Brian C. Zanoni, Irene Njuguna, Kristin Beima-Sofie, Dorothy E. Dow, Aisa Shayo, Alana Schreibman, Jennifer Chapman, Lydia Chen, Shreya Mehta, Michael Mbizvo, and Elizabeth D. Lowenthal
Impacto multidimensional de la pandemia en las juventudes indígenas de Yucatán, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Suhayla Bazbaz, Fabiola Romero-Gamboa, and Isabel Vieitez Martínez
Impacts of multisectoral cash plus programs after four years in an urban informal settlement: Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya (AGI–K) randomized trial, Joy Koech, John A. Maluccio, Beth Kangwana, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Nicole Maddox, Rachel J. Sapire, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Benta Abuya, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Faith Mbushi
Impacts of multisectoral cash plus programs on marriage and fertility after 4 years in pastoralist Kenya: A randomized trial, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, Nicole Maddox, Maryama Diaw, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Benta Abuya, Eva Ireri Muluve, Faith Mbushi, Hassan Mohammed, Abdullahi Aden, and John A. Maluccio
Integrated health care delivery for adolescents living with and at risk of HIV infection: A review of models and actions for implementation, Sujha Subramanian, Eleanor Namusoke-Magongo, Patrick Edwards, Millicent Atujuna, Teddy Chimulwa, Dorothy Dow, Emilia Jalil, Nguavese Torbunde, Kawango Agot, Ivan Arinaitwe, Jenny Beizer, Nachela Chelwa, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Sam Miti, and Florence Mwangwa