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Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Genital Examination of Young Girls [2018]

Bangladesh

• Global Health Action
  • Changes in the menstrual hygiene management facilities and usage among Bangladeshi school girls and its effect on school absenteeism from 2014 to 2018 [2024]

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents [2019]

Canada, United States

• North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • NASPAG Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccines and Gynecologic Concerns in Adolescents and Young Adults [2021]

Ethiopia

• PLoS ONE
  • Menstrual hygiene practice among adolescent girls in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • Menstrual hygiene practice among female adolescents and its association with knowledge in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

Europe

• BMC Public Health
  • Awareness and knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among school-going adolescents in Europe: a systematic review of published literature [2011]

• WHO European Region
  • Healthy habits, healthy schools: good practices for hand hygiene and menstrual health in schools in the pan-European region [2025]

Germany

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Prevalence and Trends in the Utilization of Gynecological Services by Adolescent Girls in Germany. Results of the German Health Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) [2017]

India

• BMJ Open
  • Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics
  • Menstrual Irregularities [2022]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Menstrual Hygiene Preparedness Among Schools in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of System-and Policy-Level Actions [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adolescent girls and young women in India: A rapid review [2024]

International

• BMC Women's Health
  • Adolescents, menstruation, and physical activity: insights from a global scoping review [2025]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Elevating and empowering reproductive futures: Pediatric and adolescent gynecology's specialized care across the globe [2025]

• Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • Instruments to Identify Menstrual Complaints and Their Impact on Adolescents: A Systematic Review [2024]

• PLoS Medicine
  • A Time for Global Action: Addressing Girls’ Menstrual Hygiene Management Needs in Schools [2016]

• Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
  • A review of current guidelines and research on the management of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults [2020]

• UNESCO
  • Puberty education & menstrual hygiene management [2014]

Kenya

• Ministry of Health Kenya
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools: A Handbook for Teachers [2020]

Latrin America and the Caribbean

• Women's Health
  • Menstrual health among young adults in Latin America and the Caribbean: A scoping review and evidence-gap map [2025]

Low and middle income countries

• Global Health Action
  • Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent schoolgirls in low- and middle-income countries: research priorities [2016]

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections, Including HIV, Among Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Published and Gray Literature [2016]

• PLoS ONE
  • Menstrual hygiene management interventions and their effects on schoolgirls' menstrual hygiene experiences in low and middle countries: A systematic review [2024]

• Reproductive Health
  • Mapping the knowledge and understanding of menarche, menstrual hygiene and menstrual health among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries [2017]

Mali

• BMJ Open
  • Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in Mali: analysis of prevalence and predictors [2023]

Mexico

• PLoS ONE
  • Quality of reproductive healthcare for adolescents: A nationally representative survey of providers in Mexico [2017]

Namibia

• Global Health Research and Policy
  • Transforming adolescent menstrual health through policy: the role of value added tax exemptions in improving access to sanitary products [2024]

New Zealand

• Starship
  • Menstruation management for children and young people with cancer

Philippines

• Reproductive Health
  • Assessment of country policies affecting reproductive health for adolescents in the Philippines [2018]

Poland

• Advances in Dermatology and Allergology
  • Gynaecological infections in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology: a review of recommendations [2021]

• Ginekologia Polska
  • Recommendations of procedures to follow in the case of ovarian lesions in girls [2022]
  • Recommendations of the Group of Experts of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians in the field of gynecological and obstetric care of young women with physical and intellectual disabilities [2020]

South Africa

• Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Comparing the Integration of Syndromic versus Etiological Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections Into HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women, in South Africa [2023]

United Kingdom

• British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • BASHH National Guideline on the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Related Conditions in Children and Young People (2021) [2021]

• NHS England
  • Complex Gynaecology: Congenital Gynaecological Anomalies (Children of 13 years and above and Adults) [2019]

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Menstrual Management for Adolescents With Disabilities [2016]
  • Screening for Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults [2014]
  • Gynecologic Examination for Adolescents in the Pediatric Office Setting [2010]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • The Initial Reproductive Health Visit [2020]
  • Gynecologic Management of Adolescents and Young Women With Seizure Disorders [2020]
  • Gynecologic Considerations for Adolescents and Young Women With Cardiac Conditions [2020]
  • Management of Acute Obstructive Uterovaginal Anomalies [2019]
  • Genetic Syndromes and Gynecologic Implications in Adolescents [2019]
  • Diagnosis and Management of Hymenal Variants [2019]
  • Adnexal Torsion in Adolescents [2019]
  • Breast and Labial Surgery in Adolescents [2017]
  • Adolescent Health

• Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric and Adolescent Obstetric and Gynecologic Encounters in US Emergency Departments: A Cross-Sectional Study [2023]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Reproductive Health

• JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Prevalence of Potentially Unnecessary Bimanual Pelvic Examinations and Papanicolaou Tests Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15-20 Years in the United States [2020]

• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
  • The Male Genital Examination: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2012]

Western countries

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Menstrual management using hormonal medications in adolescents and young adults with developmental disability: a systematic review and a meta-analysis [2025]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Sexually transmitted infections in adolescence [2004]

{Related topics}

• Topic
  • Puberty
  • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
  • Adolescent sexual health
  • Adolescent pregnancy
  • Adolescent health
  • Adolescent contraception