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Formative research helps us understand the challenges and opportunities that adolescents face, as well as barriers and enablers to behavior change. Routine monitoring is needed to assess progress toward program goals and national targets. Implementation research and evaluations are needed to identify effective approaches. The Adolescent Nutrition Resource Bank includes a variety of protocols and tools for monitoring, evaluating, and researching adolescent nutrition. If you have relevant monitoring, evaluation, or research resources, please send them to info@advancingnutrition.org.

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Bangladesh Second National Nutrition Plan 2016-2025
Policy published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh in
The Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) of Bangladesh aims to operationalize the sub-strategies of the 2015 National Nutrition Policy (NNP) by specifying key nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions. Adolescent girls are a target group of NNP and NPAN2, with an aim to reduce malnutrition in adolescent girls to less than…
Gabon Politique Nationale de Securite Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (PNSAN) 2017-2025
Policy published by MAEPG, Republique de Gabon in
This document contains Gabon's overarching food security and nutrition policy. The policy promotes the nutrition of adolescents and WRA across nutrition and food interventions, including micronutrient supplementation.
Madagascar Plan National D'Action pour la Nutrition (PNAN III) (2017-2021)
Policy published by Republic of Madagascar in
This document contains Madagascar's overarching nutrition strategy from 2017 to 2021 (PNAN III). PNAN III incorporates provisions for adolescent nutrition in school and community settings, including nutrition education, IFA supplements, and deworming.
Philippines Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022
Policy published by Department of Health, National Nutrition Council, Philippines in
The Philippines Plan of Action for Nutrition for 2017-2022 focuses on the first 1,000 days of life, the provision of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs, and reaching geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas and indigenous people.
Suaahara II Annual Survey: Adolescent Panel Year 1
Assessment Tool published by in
This document is the data collection tool used in Year 1 of the Suaahara project, which focused on expanding health and nutrition services for adolescents in Nepal. The tool addresses respondents' health-related background, integrated nutrition exposure, dietary recall, WASH, social participation, freedom of movement, self-efficacy, social…
Special Issue: Women's and Adolescent Nutrition
Journal Article published by NYAS in
This is a special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences on Women's and Adolescent Nutrition. It contains articles on such issues as global and regional trends in the nutritional status of young people, a systematic review of evidence-based adolescent nutrition interventions, and a review of nutrition guidelines for adolescents…
DCP Chapter 3: Global Nutrition Outcomes at Ages 5 to 19
Technical Report published by The World Bank Group in
This book chapter describes the dietary intake and the consequences of malnutrition for children ages 5 to 19, as well as global actions to address these issues.
Children’s Participation in Learning and Action for Nutrition (PCAANS): A Case Study
Case Study published by Children for Health in
This case study focused on the perspectives of teachers, parents, and children on the strengths and weaknesses of the PCAANS project in Mozambique.