Setting research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries
Michelle J Hindin, Charlotte Sigurdson Christiansen & B Jane Ferguson
Volume 91, Number 1, January 2013, 10-18
Table 1. Summary of revised outcome areas and responses to generation of research questions
| Outcome area | Responses received |
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|---|---|---|
| Phase 2 | Phase 3 | |
| 1. Improve adolescents' access to and the quality of antenatal, delivery, postpartum and newborn care to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity among adolescents and to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. | 11 | 20 |
| 2. Improve adolescents' access to contraception, including emergency contraception, to decrease unwanted pregnancy. | 11 | 22 |
| 3. Prevent and mitigate gender-based violence to reduce unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion among adolescents. | 11 | 18 |
| 4. Improve testing, treatment and care for HIV to decrease the burden of disease among adolescents. | 11 | 21 |
| 5. Prevent unsafe abortion and improve access to post-abortion care to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality among adolescents. | 11 | 19 |
| 6. Improve strategies for the integration of family planning and HIV/AIDS to increase access to contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies, lower HIV and MTCT rates, and prevent unsafe abortion among adolescents | 12 | 22 |
| 7. Improve adolescents' access to interventions for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HPV, to reduce transmission, and to prevent current and future morbidity and mortality. | 9 | 21 |
AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HPV, human papillomavirus; MTCT, mother-to-child transmission; STIs, sexually-transmitted infections.