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Documents on adolescent health

Key documents

• Adolescent friendly health services: an agenda for change
  The document intends to help a range of users to improve the quality of health services to adolescents. Case studies highlight the role that both committed adults and adolescents can play in contributing to their own health and well being.

• Broadening the horizon
  Research data illustrates that there are strong protective factors against health compromising behaviours in adolescents. This knowledge will help to balance risk factors and continue to support the developments in this area.

• MPS Notes: adolescent pregnancy

2011

• Strengthening the adolescent component of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programmes: a training course for public health managers

2010

• Adolescent job aid
  A handy desk reference tool for primary level health workers
• CAH progress report highlights 2009
• Joint Action for Results - UNAIDS Outcome Framework:
  Business Case 2009–2011
• Second global consulation on service provision for adolescents living with HIV
  Consensus statement
• Strengthening the health sector response to adolescent health and development
  Flyer

2009

• A qualitative review of psychosocial support interventions for young people living with HIV
• Analytic case studies: initiatives to increase the use of health services by adolescents
• CAH progress report highlights 2008
• Generating demand and community support for sexual and reproductive health services for young people
  A review of the literature and programmes
• IMAI one-day orientation on adolescents living with HIV
  Participants manual, Facilitator guide
• Mainstreaming adolescent pregnancy in the work of the World Health Organization
  Report of the Expert Group meeting
• Promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health through schools in low income countries: an information brief
  Geneva, 2008
• Quality assessment guidebook
  A guide to assessing health services for adolescent clients
• Traditional male circumcision among young people
  A public health perspective in the context of HIV prevention

2008

• Child and adolescent health and development: progress report 2006-2007
• Global Guidance Briefs on HIV interventions for young people
• More Positive Living
  Strengthening the health sector response to young people living with HIV
• MPS Notes: adolescent pregnancy
  Volume 1, No.1
• Strengthening the health sector response to care, support, treatment and prevention for young people living with HIV

2007

• Adolescents, social support and help-seeking behaviour
  An international literature review and programme consultation with recommendations for action
• CAH progress report 2006
• Concerted WHO efforts to address adolescent health and development
  Leaflet
• Helping parents in developing countries improve adolescents' health
• Married adolescents: no place of safety
• Summaries of projects in developing countries assisting the parents of adolescents
• The adolescent with a chronic condition
• WHO discussion papers on adolescence

2006

• CAH progress report 2004-2005
• Guidelines for adaptation of the WHO orientation programme on adolescent health for health care providers in Europe and Central Asia
• Orientation programme on adolescent health for health-care providers
• Pregnant adolescents
  Delivering on global promises of hope
• Preventing HIV/AIDS in young people
  A systematic review of the evidence from developing countries

2005

• Psychosocial support for children and adolescents
• Sexually Transmitted Infections among adolescents
  The need for adequate health services

2004

• Adolescent health and development in nursing and midwifery education
• CAH progress report 2002-2003
• Global consultation on the health services response to the prevention and care of HIV/AIDS among young people
  Achieving the global goals: access to services
• Key issues in the implementation of programmes for adolescent sexual and reproductive health
• Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
  Third edition
• National AIDS programmes : a guide to indicators for monitoring and evaluating national HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for young people
• Protecting young people from HIV and AIDS
  The role of health services
• Risk and protective factors affecting adolescent reproductive health in developing countries
• Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
  Second edition

2003

• Strategic directions for improving the health and development of children and adolescents

2002

• Adolescent friendly health services
  An agenda for change
• Global consultation on adolescent friendly health services
  A consensus statement
• Growing in confidence
  Lessons from eight countries in successful scaling up of adolescent health and development programming
• Young people and HIV/AIDS
  Opportunity in crisis

2001

• Broadening the horizon: balancing protection and risk for adolescents
• CAH progress report 2000-2001
• Counselling skills training in adolescent sexuality and reproductive health
  A facilitator's guide, updated version
• The second decade: Improving adolescent health and development

2000

• Boys in the picture
• What about boys?
  A literature review on the health and development of adolescent boys

1990-1999

• Action for adolescent health: Towards a common agenda
  Recommendations from a joint study group
• Programming for adolescent health and development
  Report of a WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF study group