Counting adolescents in: the development of an adolescent health indicator framework for population-based settings

Co-occurrence of and factors associated with health risk behaviors among adolescents: a multi-center study in sub-Saharan Africa, China, and India

“…This study investigated five HRBs among adolescents, including physical inactivity, poor dietary habits, smoking, alcohol consumption, and risky sexual behaviors. 30 Such a variable selection is consistent with previous studies which focused on the key issues of adolescent HRBs. 5 , 11 , 17 , 23 , 24 Each behavior was organized as a categorical variable.…”

“…3 Conducted under the aegis of the Africa Research, Implementation Science and Education (ARISE) Network, this study is part of the first year of a prospective longitudinal cohort study on the health and well-being of adolescents in LMICs. 30 The cross-sectional survey was conducted in six sub-Saharan African countries (i.e., Nouna, Burkina Faso; Harar, Ethiopia; Shai Osudoku/Ningo Prampram, Ghana; Ibadan, Nigeria; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Iganga, Uganda) and two Asian countries (i.e., Funan County, China; and Pune, India). Among them, three sites were urban (Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria), while the remaining were rural.…”

“…The set of correlates was selected for the regression analyses based on the literature on risk factors of HRBs and the availability of data in our study. 5 , 11 , 30 …”

Enhancing adolescent and youth health through nutrition fluency in Sub-Saharan Africa: ARISE-NUTRINT initiative

“…to find solutions for these public health challenges, partners from SSa, europe, and North america have established the multiactor, multidisciplinary, and population-representative arISe-NUtrINt (the africa research, Implementation Science, and educationreducing NUtrition-related noncommunicable diseases in adolescence and youth: INterventions and policies to boost nutrition fluency and diet quality in africa) initiative, which is funded by the european commission Horizon 2022 and builds on previous successful collaborations of partners. [8][9][10] the overall goal of arISe-NUtrINt is to generate high-quality and actionable evidence on Adolescents and youth, who are particularly susceptible to undernutrition and dietrelated obesity compared to other age groups, face increased risks for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a major public health challenge that accounts for 70% of global deaths annually the (cost-) effectiveness, impact, and implementation aspects of communitybased interventions and policies that promote healthy diets among adolescents in seven SSa countries: ethiopia, tanzania, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South africa (Figure 1).…”

Overweight and obesity among female adolescents in Nigeria; an emerging, but under-reported epidemic

“…About 20% of the world’s populations are adolescents (10–19 years) and more than 85% of them live in LMIC [ 8 , 9 ]. In Nigeria, about a quarter of the population i.e.…”