Interactive Learning Exchange : Exploring Strategies to Reach and Work with Adolescents

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have refocused global attention on still unaddressed needs of children and youth. In response to the MDGs, the World Bank is strengthening its attention to the most vulnerable populations such as children and adolescents, through a cross-sectoral approach to human development including education, health, nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, and social protection. One crucial component for healthy adolescent development is good nutrition. It affects health, learning, physical fitness and the ability to withstand stress. Yet this population has received little emphasis in nutrition programs, and nutrition, in turn, has received little attention from programs for youth. While some low-cost solutions to adolescent malnutrition are available, nutrition specialists and programs do not have the operational experience needed to access and work with youth. In order to learn from the experience of adolescent health and development specialists, and avoid reinventing the wheel, the World Bank Nutrition team hosted a consultation to explore best practice strategies for reaching and working with youth. The objectives of the workshop were (i) to gather and distill information from multiple sectors on the successful approaches and promising practices for identifying, reaching, and working with vulnerable adolescents in resource-poor settings; and (ii) to discuss how effective strategies from other sectors might be exploited for nutrition. The Learning Exchange resulted in dialogue between a diverse group of adolescent health and development and nutrition sector specialists that would not otherwise have occurred. It successfully raised awareness among youth specialists of the synergies between actions to address the healthy development of adolescents and improved nutrition. The consultation also streamlined the learning process for the nutrition sector about how to work with this age group.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kennedy Elder, Leslie
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACHIEVEMENT, ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT BOYS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADOLESCENT HEALTH, ADOLESCENT KNOWLEDGE, ADOLESCENT MOTHER, ADOLESCENT MOTHERS, ADOLESCENT POPULATION, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTHOOD, AGE GROUPS, AIDS ORPHANS, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, ANTENATAL CARE, ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENTS, ATTENTION, BABIES, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BIRTH SPACING, BIRTH WEIGHT, CHILD LABOR, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILDBEARING, CHILDHOOD, COMMERCIAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COUNSELING, DIABETES, DIETARY INTAKE, DIETS, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY INTAKE, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FIRST AID, FIRST PREGNANCY, FOOD PREPARATION, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, HABITS, HEALTH, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTHY ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, HEART DISEASE, HIGH- RISK, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYPERTENSION, INFANCY, INFANTS, INFECTIONS, INTERVENTION, IRON, IRON STORES, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING PROCESS, LIFE SKILLS, MALARIA, MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS, MALNUTRITION, MANAGERS, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED ADOLESCENT GIRLS, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATURATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS, OBESITY, OBSTETRIC OUTCOMES, OBSTETRIC RISK, OLDER ADOLESCENTS, OVERWEIGHT, PARENTS, PARTNERSHIP, PLAYING, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTS, PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE LIFE, RISK BEHAVIORS, RISK GROUPS, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOLS, SCREENING, SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-WORTH, SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS, SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUALITY, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SOCIAL SERVICES, STREET CHILDREN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUICIDE, TARGET POPULATIONS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY, UNMARRIED ADOLESCENTS, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VULNERABLE ADOLESCENTS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS, YOUTH, YOUTH CENTERS, YOUTH HEALTH, YOUTH LIVELIHOODS, YOUTH PARTICIPANTS ADOLESCENT HEALTH, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3494549/interactive-learning-exchange-exploring-strategies-reach-work-adolescents http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13690
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