Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Adolescence

Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

 

Adolescent contraception

• Australia
  • O&G Magazine
    • Contraception in adolescents [2017]
• Brazil
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
    • Youth, gender and reproductive justice: health inequities in family planning in Brazil’s Unified Health System [2021]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Universal access to no-cost contraception for youth in Canada [2019]
    • Contraceptive care for Canadian youth [2018]
• East Africa
  • Reproductive Health
    • Pathways to increased coverage: an analysis of time trends in contraceptive need and use among adolescents and young women in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda [2017]
• Ethiopia
  • Reproductive Health
    • Contraceptive use among sexually active female adolescents in Ethiopia: trends and determinants from national demographic and health surveys [2021]
• Ghana
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana [2015]
  • SSM - Population Health
    • Trends and determinants of contraceptive use among female adolescents in Ghana: Analysis of 2003–2014 Demographic and Health Surveys [2020]
• Guinea
  • BMC Public Health
    • Trends in contraceptive use, unmet need and associated factors of modern contraceptive use among urban adolescents and young women in Guinea [2020]
• International
  • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Improving access to and use of contraception by adolescents: What progress has been made, what lessons have been learnt, and what are the implications for action? [2020]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Contraceptive use and needs among adolescent women aged 15–19: Regional and global estimates and projections from 1990 to 2030 from a Bayesian hierarchical modelling study [2021]
  • Reproductive Health
    • A never-before opportunity to strengthen investment and action on adolescent contraception, and what we must do to make full use of it [2017]
• Jordan
  • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
    • Landscape analysis of family planning research, programmes and policies targeting young people in Jordan: stakeholder assessment and systematic review [2020]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
    • Potentials and pitfalls of including pharmacies as youth-friendly contraception providers in low- and middle-income countries [2020]
  • Contraception
    • Interventions to improve adolescents' contraceptive behaviors in low- and middle-income countries: a review of the evidence base [2014]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Contraceptive Use in Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [2020]
  • Journal of Global Health
    • The impact of underuse of modern methods of contraception among adolescents with unintended pregnancies in 12 low- and middle-income countries [2019]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access [2014]
• Malawi
  • Malawi Medical Journal
    • Quality of facility-based family planning services for adolescents in Malawi: Findings from a national census of health facilities [2016]
• Mali
  • Demographic and Health Surveys
    • Modern Contraceptive Use among Youth in Mali [2020]
• Mexico
  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    • Comparison of family-planning service quality reported by adolescents and young adult women in Mexico [2016]
  • Journal of Religion and Health
    • Factors Associated with Support for Adolescent Access to Contraception Among Mexican Catholic Parents [2021]
• Republic of Korea
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
    • Recent trends in contraceptive use among Korean adolescents: Results from a nationwide survey from year 2013 to 2015 [2016]
• South Africa
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • An Analysis of Adolescent Content in South Africa's Contraception Policy Using a Human Rights Framework [2015]
• Spain
  • Reproductive Health
    • Trends in the use of oral contraceptives among adolescents and young women in Spain [2016]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Who Meets the Contraceptive Needs of Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa? [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Predictors of unmet need for contraception among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel mixed effects analysis [2020]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Wealth-related inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied among married and unmarried adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa [2021]
• Sweden
  • BMC Public Health
    • Reimbursement of hormonal contraceptives and the frequency of induced abortion among teenagers in Sweden [2014]
• Uganda
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence and factors associated with modern contraceptives utilization among female adolescents in Uganda [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    • Contraceptive Choices for Young People [2019]
  • London Journal of Primary Care
    • Singling out the double effect - sexual health advice and contraception are ethically distinct [2015]
• United States
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Specific Issues for Adolescents [2020]
    • Contraception for Adolescents [2014]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices [2018]
    • Counseling Adolescents About Contraception [2017]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Vital Signs: Trends in Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Among Teens Aged 15–19 Years Seeking Contraceptive Services — United States, 2005–2013 [2015]
    • Sexual Experience and Contraceptive Use Among Female Teens — United States, 1995, 2002, and 2006–2010 [2012]
  • Contraception: X
    • Trends in U.S. adolescent sexual behavior and contraceptive use, 2006-2019 [2021]
    • Sex education and contraceptive use of adolescent and young adult females in the United States: an analysis of the National Survey of Family Growth 2011–2017 [2020]
  • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
    • Improving Knowledge About, Access to, and Utilization of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Among Adolescents and Young Adults [2017]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Adolescent contraceptive use: glossary of terms [2016]
    • Contraception in adolescence [2004]
• Zambia
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Patterns, trends, and factors associated with contraceptive use among adolescent girls in Zambia (1996 to 2014): a multilevel analysis [2020]
• Zimbabwe
  • BMJ Open
    • Estimating abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy among adolescents in Zimbabwe, 2016: a cross-sectional study [2020]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Family planning
    • Adolescent sexual health
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Adolescent health

Adolescent health

• Africa
  • BMJ Open
    • Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and evidence map [2021]
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Regional 2017 Atlas on Adolescent and Youth Health [2017]
    • Adolescent Health
• Americas
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • The Health of Adolescents and Youth in the Americas. Implementation of the Regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Adolescent and Youth Health 2010-2018 [2018]
• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Risk taking behaviour in adolescents [2018]
• Barbados
  • World Health Organization
    • Lessons learned from applying the Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents guidance for policy development in early adopter countries: Barbados [2019]
• China
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Towards Comprehensive National Surveillance for Adolescent Health in China: Priority Indicators and Current Data Gaps [2020]
    • Barriers to Adolescent Health Care in Maternal and Children's Healthcare Hospitals: Based on a National Survey in China [2020]
    • Adolescent Health and Healthy China 2030: A Review [2020]
• Colombia
  • Reproductive Health
    • Documenting good practices: scaling up the youth friendly health service model in Colombia [2015]
• Eastern Mediterranean
  • WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
    • Operationalization of the adolescent health component of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health, 2016–2030 [2017]
• Ecuador
  • Global Health Action
    • Mechanisms for achieving adolescent-friendly services in Ecuador: a realist evaluation approach [2012]
  • Reproductive Health
    • The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents [2017]
• Ethiopia
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Report of adolescent health services barriers assessment in Ethiopia [2021]
• Europe
  • WHO Regional Office for Europe
    • Pocket book of primary health care for children and adolescents: guidelines for health promotion, disease prevention and management from the newborn period to adolescence (2022) [2022]
    • Adolescents taking the lead [2021]
• Ghana
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Adolescent Health Service Policy and Strategy, 2016-2020 [2017]
• India
  • Reproductive Health
    • Adolescent health programming in India: a rapid review [2020]
    • Measuring adolescent friendly health services in India: A scoping review of evaluations [2016]
• International
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • The Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA) Initiative—Rethinking Adolescent Metrics [2019]
    • The Global Early Adolescent Study: An Exploration of the Factors that Shape Adolescence [2017]
  • Lancet
    • Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016 [2019]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Technical guidance for prioritizing adolescent health [2017]
• Low and middle income countries
  • Reproductive Health
    • Do efforts to standardize, assess and improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents by government-run health services in low and middle income countries, lead to improvements in service-quality and service-utilization by adolescents? [2016]
• Moldova
  • BMC Public Health
    • Strategies to sustain and scale up youth friendly health services in the Republic of Moldova [2013]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Assessing youth-friendly-health-services and supporting planning in the Republic of Moldova [2015]
• Myanmar
  • Global Health Action
    • Matching action to need: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2017 and population health data to focus adolescent health policy and actions in Myanmar [2021]
• New Zealand
  • Starship
    • Adolescent Consultation and the HEeADSSS Assessment [2019]
• Nigeria
  • World Health Organization
    • Assessment of barriers to accessing health services for disadvantaged adolescents in Nigeria [2019]
• Philippines
  • Department of Health Philippines
    • Adolescent Health and Development Program: Manual of Operations [2017]
• Republic of Korea
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Prevalence of Unmet Healthcare Needs in Adolescents and Associated Factors: Data from the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016–2018) [2021]
• South-East Asia
  • WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
    • Strategic Guidance on Accelerating Actions for Adolescent Health in South-East Asia Region (2018-2022) [2018]
    • Adolescent health
• Sudan
  • World Health Organization
    • Lessons learned from applying the Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents guidance for policy development in early adopter countries: Sudan [2019]
• Tanzania
  • BMC Public Health
    • Standardizing and scaling up quality adolescent friendly health services in Tanzania [2013]
  • WHO Regional Office for Africa
    • Assessment of barriers to accessing health services for disadvantaged adolescents in Tanzania [2019]
• United Kingdom
  • Public Health England
    • Early adolescence: applying All Our Health
• United States
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Unique Needs of the Adolescent [2019]
    • Targeted Reforms in Health Care Financing to Improve the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults [2018]
    • Supporting the Health Care Transition From Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home [2018]
    • Age Limit of Pediatrics [2017]
    • Achieving Quality Health Services for Adolescents [2016]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care [2020]
    • Promoting Healthy Relationships in Adolescents [2018]
    • OpenNotes and the Confidentiality of Adolescents’ Electronic Health Records [2018]
    • Mental Health Disorders in Adolescents [2017]
    • Guidelines for Adolescent Health Research [2016]
    • Concerns Regarding Social Media and Health Issues in Adolescents and Young Adults [2016]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey — United States, January–June 2021 [2022]
    • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017 [2018]
    • Adolescent and School Health
    • Adolescent Health
  • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
    • The 21st Century Cures Act & Adolescent Confidentiality [2021]
    • Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process [2016]
    • Recommendations for Electronic Health Record Use for Delivery of Adolescent Health Care [2014]
    • Promoting Equity and Reducing Health Disparities Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2013]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit [2021]
    • Youth-centred digital health interventions: a framework for planning, developing and implementing solutions with and for young people [2020]
    • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Adolescents and youth [2020]
    • Handbook for conducting an adolescent health services barriers assessment (AHSBA) with a focus on disadvantaged adolescents: knowing which adolescents are being left behind on the path to universal health coverage, and why [2019]
    • Advocating for change for adolescents! A Practical Toolkit for Young People to Advocate for Improved Adolescent Health and Well-being [2018]
    • WHO recommendations on adolescent health: guidelines approved by the WHO guidelines review committee [2017]
    • Transformative accountability for adolescents: accountability for the health and human rights of women, children and adolescents in the 2030 agenda [2017]
    • Global accelerated action for the health of adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support country implementation [2017]
    • Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030): adolescents' health: report by the Secretariat [2017]
    • Child and adolescent health and development: progress report 2009: highlights [2010]
    • Adolescent job aid: a handy desk reference tool for primary level health workers [2010]
    • Quality assessment guidebook: a guide to assessing health services for adolescent clients [2009]
    • Global School-based Student Health Survey
    • Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent health (GAMA)
    • Adolescent health
    • Adolescent data
    • Adolescent country profile
    • Adolescent and young adult health: Fact sheet
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Puberty
    • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
    • Adolescent sexual health
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Adolescent contraception

Adolescent pregnancy

• Africa
  • Reproductive Health
    • Prevalence and determinants of adolescent pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and Meta-analysis [2018]
• Asia, Pacific
  • World Health Organization
    • Child, early and forced marriage legislation in 37 Asia-Pacific countries [2016]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Teenage mothers [2016]
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    • Teenage mothers in Australia 2015 [2018]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Teenage pregnancy [2020]
• Bangladesh
  • Demographic and Health Surveys
    • Prevalence and Determinants of Adolescent Fertility: Analysis of 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey [2020]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Adolescent motherhood in Bangladesh: Trends and determinants [2017]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Utilization of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh: A scoping review of the literature [2015]
  • World Bank
    • Child Marriage and Fertility in Bangladesh [2017]
• Brazil
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Fertility rates among very young adolescent women: temporal and spatial trends in Brazil [2016]
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
    • Trend of the nutritional status of pregnant adolescent beneficiaries of the Brazilian Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program in the 2008-2018 period [2021]
  • Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
    • Trends in fertility rates, proportion of antenatal consultations and caesarean sections among Brazilian adolescents [2021]
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • Trends in teenage pregnancy in Brazil in the last 20 years (2000-2019) [2021]
    • Temporal trend of adolescent pregnancy in Brasil [2019]
    • Adolescent pregnancy trends in the last decade [2019]
    • Trends of teenage pregnancy in Brazil, 2000-2011 [2016]
  • Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
    • Prenatal Care for Adolescents and attributes of Primary Health Care [2014]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Meeting the needs of adolescent parents and their children [2016]
  • Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    • Prevalence of Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, and Stillbirth Among Pregnant Adolescents in Canada: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2021]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Adolescent Pregnancy Guidelines [2015]
• China
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Chinese trends in adolescent marriage and fertility between 1990 and 2015: a systematic synthesis of national and subnational population data [2020]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Characteristics and adverse outcomes of Chinese adolescent pregnancies between 2012 and 2019 [2021]
• Colombia
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Early adolescent childbearing in Colombia: time-trends and consequences [2019]
• Developed countries
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Nutrient intakes and nutritional biomarkers in pregnant adolescents: a systematic review of studies in developed countries [2016]
• Developing countries
  • World Health Organization
    • Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries [2011]
• East Africa
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Prevalence and associated factors of adolescent pregnancy (15–19 years) in East Africa: a multilevel analysis [2021]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Mapping adolescent first births within three east African countries using data from Demographic and Health Surveys: exploring geospatial methods to inform policy [2016]
• East Asia, Pacific
  • Reproductive Health
    • Adolescent fertility and family planning in East Asia and the Pacific: A review of DHS reports [2011]
• Ecuador
  • International Journal of Public Health
    • Trends in teenage motherhood in Ecuador: challenges and inequalities [2020]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Adolescent childbearing trends and sub-national variations in Ethiopia: a pooled analysis of data from six surveys [2018]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence and associated factors of adolescent fatherhood in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis using the 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey data [2021]
• Ghana
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Child marriage in Ghana: evidence from a multi-method study [2019]
• High-income countries
  • Reproductive Health
    • Psychosocial interventions targeting mental health in pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents: a systematic review [2020]
• India
  • Reproductive Health
    • Motherhood in childhood: addressing reproductive health hazards among adolescent married women in India [2016]
• International
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Using three indicators to understand the parity-specific contribution of adolescent childbearing to all births [2018]
  • Global Health: Science and Practice
    • Interventions for Preventing Unintended, Rapid Repeat Pregnancy Among Adolescents: A Review of the Evidence and Lessons From High-Quality Evaluations [2017]
  • Population Council
    • Child Marriage Prevention and Supporting Married Girls
  • Reproductive Health
    • Updated research gaps on ending child marriage and supporting married girls for 2020–2030 [2021]
    • Research priorities on ending child marriage and supporting married girls [2015]
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Early Childbearing
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Girlhood, Not Motherhood [2015]
    • Country Profiles
• Israel
  • Israel Medical Association Journal
    • Pregnancy Prevention and Termination of Pregnancy in Adolescence: Facts, Ethics, Law and Politics [2015]
• Kenya
  • PLoS ONE
    • Political prioritization and the competing definitions of adolescent pregnancy in Kenya: An application of the Public Arenas Model [2020]
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Adolescent Pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Technical brief, August 2020 [2020]
    • Accelerating progress toward the reduction of adolescent pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean [2017]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Trends in adolescent first births in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaggregated data from demographic and health surveys [2018]
    • Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas? [2017]
  • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
    • Adolescent pregnancy, public policies, and targeted programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review [2021]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMC Medicine
    • Trend and projection of skilled birth attendants and institutional delivery coverage for adolescents in 54 low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2030 [2022]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • The causes of maternal mortality in adolescents in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of the literature [2016]
  • Health Policy and Planning
    • Early adolescent childbearing in low- and middle-income countries: associations with income inequity, human development and gender equality [2016]
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Interventions to Prevent Unintended and Repeat Pregnancy Among Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Published and Gray Literature [2016]
    • Interventions to Prevent Child Marriage Among Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Published and Gray Literature [2016]
  • Journal of Global Health
    • Equity in antenatal care visits among adolescent mothers: An analysis of 54 country levels trend and projection of coverage from 2000 to 2030 [2022]
  • Nutrition Reviews
    • Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data [2022]
• Malaysia
  • Medical Journal of Malaysia
    • A review of teenage pregnancy research in Malaysia [2015]
• Mexico
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Government Expenditure on Maternal Health and Family Planning Services for Adolescents in Mexico, 2003–2015 [2020]
• Nepal
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Using geospatial modelling to estimate the prevalence of adolescent first births in Nepal [2019]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Trends and factors associated with pregnancies among adolescent women in Nepal: Pooled analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2006, 2011 and 2016) [2018]
• Philippines
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Adolescent Pregnancy and the First 1000 Days (the Philippine Situation) [2015]
  • Department of Health Philippines
    • Behavior Change Communication Strategies for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy [2012]
• Rwanda
  • Heliyon
    • Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and the associated contextual correlates in Rwanda [2020]
• South Africa
  • African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
    • Maternal deaths due to eclampsia in teenagers: Lessons from assessment of maternal deaths in South Africa [2020]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a three-wave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents [2016]
• Southern Africa
  • Health Promotion Perspectives
    • The prevalence of pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women across the Southern African development community economic hub: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMC International Health and Human Rights
    • Prevalence of child marriage and its impact on fertility outcomes in 34 sub-Saharan African countries [2019]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Socio-demographic determinants of pregnancy termination among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa [2021]
    • Maternal health service utilisation of adolescent women in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review [2019]
  • BMC Research Notes
    • A systematic review of risk factors for neonatal mortality in Adolescent Mothers in Sub Saharan Africa [2014]
  • BMJ Open
    • Young adolescent girls are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational multicountry study [2016]
  • Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
    • Trends, Determinants and Health Risks of Adolescent Fatherhood in Sub-Saharan Africa [2018]
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • Trends in adolescent first births in sub-Saharan Africa: a tale of increasing inequity? [2020]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis [2021]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2018]
• Taiwan
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Comparison of medical issues in antenatal and perinatal periods in early youth, adolescent, and young adult mothers in Taiwan: a 10-year nationwide study [2014]
  • Italian Journal of Pediatrics
    • The growth and development of children born to adolescent mothers in Taiwan [2016]
• Tanzania
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Trends and factors associated with repeated adolescent pregnancies in Tanzania from 2004-2016: evidence from Tanzania demographic and health surveys [2021]
• Thailand
  • AIMS Public Health
    • Years of healthy life lost due to adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among adolescent mothers in Thailand [2018]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Estimation of the adolescent pregnancy rate in Thailand 2008–2013: an application of capture-recapture method [2020]
• Uganda
  • PLoS ONE
    • Time trends in and factors associated with repeat adolescent birth in Uganda: Analysis of six demographic and health surveys [2020]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Trends and determinants of adolescent childbirth in Uganda- analysis of rural and urban women using six demographic and health surveys, 1988–2016 [2020]
  • World Bank
    • Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for Girls, and Their Impacts in Uganda [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Implementing the United Kingdom Government's 10-Year Teenage Pregnancy Strategy for England (1999–2010): Applicable Lessons for Other Countries [2016]
  • Lancet
    • Changes in conceptions in women younger than 18 years and the circumstances of young mothers in England in 2000–12: an observational study [2016]
  • Public Health England
    • Teenage pregnancy
  • Public Health Scotland
    • Outcomes Framework for the Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People strategy in Scotland [2016]
    • Teenage Pregnancy
  • Reproductive Health
    • Implementing the United Kingdom’s ten-year teenage pregnancy strategy for England (1999-2010): How was this done and what did it achieve? [2016]
  • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
    • Pre-procedure pregnancy checking for under-16s: clinical guideline [2012]
  • Scottish Government
    • Pregnancy and parenthood in young people: strategy update [2017]
• United States
  • Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
    • Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Strategies in the United States: Looking Back, Looking Forward [2020]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Care of Adolescent Parents and Their Children [2021]
    • Options Counseling for the Pregnant Adolescent Patient [2017]
    • Diagnosis of Pregnancy and Providing Options Counseling for the Adolescent Patient [2017]
    • Addendum - Adolescent Pregnancy: Current Trends and Issues [2014]
    • Adolescent Pregnancy: Current Trends and Issues [2005]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Adolescent Pregnancy, Contraception, and Sexual Activity [2017]
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Adolescent Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain: Do the Institute of Medicine Recommendations Apply? [2011]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Trends in Repeat Births and Use of Postpartum Contraception Among Teens — United States, 2004–2015 [2017]
    • Maternity Care Practices and Breastfeeding Among Adolescent Mothers Aged 12–19 Years — United States, 2009–2011 [2016]
    • Vital Signs: Births to Teens Aged 15–17 Years — United States, 1991–2012 [2014]
    • National and state patterns of teen births in the United States, 1940-2013 [2014]
    • Prepregnancy Contraceptive Use Among Teens with Unintended Pregnancies Resulting in Live Births — Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2004–2008 [2012]
    • Vital Signs: Teen Pregnancy --- United States, 1991--2009 [2011]
    • Teen Pregnancy
    • Teen Births
  • Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
    • Tailoring Clinical Services to Address the Unique Needs of Adolescents from the Pregnancy Test to Parenthood [2013]
  • Global Advances in Health and Medicine
    • Reproductive Health Disparities: A Focus on Family Planning and Prevention Among Minority Women and Adolescents [2013]
  • Guttmacher Institute
    • United States Teen Pregnancy
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • County-level clustering and characteristics of repeat versus first teen births in the United States, 2015-2017 [2019]
    • Understanding the Decline in Adolescent Fertility in the United States, 2007–2012 [2016]
  • LGBT Health
    • Sexual Orientation Disparities in Pregnancy Risk Behaviors and Pregnancy Among Sexually Active Teenage Girls: Updates from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey [2019]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • Office of Adolescent Health Medical Accuracy Review Process—Helping Ensure the Medical Accuracy of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Materials [2014]
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
    • The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (2010-2015): Synthesis of Impact Findings [2016]
• West and Central Africa
  • Journal of Global Health
    • Socio-economic predictors of undernutrition and anaemia in adolescent mothers in West and Central Africa [2021]
    • Levels and trends of adolescent marriage and maternity in West and Central Africa, 1986-2017 [2021]
    • Does early childbearing affect utilization of antenatal care services and infant birth weight: Evidence from West and Central African Region [2021]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Adolescent pregnancy: Evidence brief [2019]
    • Reducing early and unintended pregnancies among adolescents [2017]
    • Pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among adolescent mothers: a World Health Organization multicountry study [2014]
    • Report of the expert group meeting on mainstreaming adolescent pregnancy in the work of the World Health Organization [2009]
    • Adolescent pregnancy: Unmet needs and undone deeds [2007]
    • Adolescent Pregnancy: Issues in adolescent health and development [2004]
    • Adolescent pregnancy: Fact sheet
    • Adolescent birth rate data
• Zambia
  • Reproductive Health
    • Association between socioeconomic status and fertility among adolescents aged 15 to 19: an analysis of the 2013/2014 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) [2021]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Family planning
    • Adolescent sexual health
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent health
    • Adolescent contraception

Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology

• Australia
  • Healthy Male
    • Child and Adolescent Male Genital Examination [2021]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians
    • Genital Examination of Young Girls [2018]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents [2019]
• 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]
• 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]
  • 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]
• International
  • 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]
• Low and middle income countries
  • Global Health Action
    • Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent schoolgirls in low- and middle-income countries: research priorities [2016]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Mapping the knowledge and understanding of menarche, menstrual hygiene and menstrual health among adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries [2017]
• Mexico
  • PLoS ONE
    • Quality of reproductive healthcare for adolescents: A nationally representative survey of providers in Mexico [2017]
• New Zealand
  • Starship
    • Menstruation management for children and young people with cancer [2020]
• 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 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]
• 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]
    • Gynecologic Examination for Adolescents in the Pediatric Office Setting [2013]
  • 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]
    • Menstrual Manipulation for Adolescents With Physical and Developmental Disabilities [2016]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Receipt of Reproductive Health Services Among Sexually Experienced Persons Aged 15–19 Years — National Survey of Family Growth, United States, 2006–2010 [2014]
    • 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]
    • Expedited Partner Therapy for Adolescents Diagnosed with Chlamydia or Gonorrhea: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2009]
• United States, Canada
  • North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    • NASPAG Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccines and Gynecologic Concerns in Adolescents and Young Adults [2021]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Sexually transmitted infections in adolescence [2004]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Puberty
    • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
    • Adolescent sexual health
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Adolescent health
    • Adolescent contraception

Adolescent sexual health

• Brazil
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence and correlates of early sexual initiation among Brazilian adolescents [2021]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Comprehensive sexual health assessments for adolescents [2020]
  • Sex Information & Education Council of Canada
    • Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education [2019]
• Developing countries
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions in Developing Countries: Making the Investments Count [2016]
  • World Health Organization
    • The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents in developing countries: research issues in developing countries: background paper for consultation [2011]
    • The sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents in developing countries: reviewing the evidence, identifying research gaps, and moving the agenda: report of a WHO technical consultation, Geneva, 4-5 November 2010 [2011]
    • Sexual relations among young people in developing countries: Evidence from WHO case studies [2001]
• Estonia
  • Reproductive Health
    • The success factors of scaling-up Estonian sexual and reproductive health youth clinic network - from a grassroots initiative to a national programme 1991–2013 [2015]
  • World Health Organization
    • Amor youth clinic network in Estonia [2009]
• Europe
  • European Journal of Public Health
    • Gendered trends in early and very early sex and condom use in 20 European countries from 2002 to 2010 [2015]
• Gambia
  • Pan African Medical Journal
    • Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people in the Gambia: a systematic review [2021]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Psychiatry
    • Adolescent sex education in India: Current perspectives [2015]
• International
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • COVID-19 and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for young people: An overview of the international literature and policy [2022]
  • Contraception
    • Pharmacy provision of sexual and reproductive health commodities to young people: a systematic literature review and synthesis of the evidence [2016]
  • Global Health Action
    • A systematic review of the use of adolescent mystery clients in assessing the adolescent friendliness of health services in high, middle, and low-income countries [2018]
  • Global Health: Science and Practice
    • What Does Not Work in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Evidence on Interventions Commonly Accepted as Best Practices [2015]
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation
    • IMAP Statement on youth peer provision models to deliver sexual and reproductive health services to young people [2017]
    • Fulfil! Guidance document for the implementation of young people's sexual rights [2016]
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Regional and Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Correlates of Early Sexual Initiation Among Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years in 50 Countries [2021]
    • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Progress in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development and Prospects for the Next 25 years [2019]
    • Addressing Gender Socialization and Masculinity Norms Among Adolescent Boys: Policy and Programmatic Implications [2018]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Reorienting adolescent sexual and reproductive health research: reflections from an international conference [2016]
    • Invest in adolescents and young people: it pays [2013]
  • UNESCO
    • The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education: global status report [2021]
    • International technical guidance on sexuality education: an evidence-informed approach [2018]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • International Technical and Programmatic Guidance on Out-of-School Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) [2020]
    • The Evaluation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programmes [2015]
    • Emerging Evidence, Lessons and Practice in Comprehensive Sexuality Education, a global review [2015]
• Kenya
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Sexual reproductive health service provision to young people in Kenya; health service providers’ experiences [2013]
• Latin America
  • Evaluation and Program Planning
    • Lessons learnt from the CERCA Project, a multicomponent intervention to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health in three Latin America countries: a qualitative post-hoc evaluation [2016]
  • Global Health Action
    • Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua [2013]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Latin America: reflections from an International Congress [2015]
• Lithuania
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Changes in public attitudes towards confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Lithuania after the introduction of new legislation: findings from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2005 and 2012 [2015]
• Low and lower middle income countries
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • How Sexuality Education Programs Have Been Evaluated in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Review [2020]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMC Public Health
    • A systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people in humanitarian and lower-and-middle-income country settings [2020]
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
    • Sexually Transmitted Infection Services for Adolescents and Youth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Perceived and Experienced Barriers to Accessing Care [2016]
    • Detailed Methodology for Systematic Reviews of Interventions to Improve the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries [2016]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Using mobile phones to improve young people sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review to identify barriers, facilitators, and range of mHealth solutions [2021]
• Low-income countries
  • World Health Organization
    • Promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health through schools in low income countries : an information brief [2009]
• Moldova
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Cost analysis and exploratory cost-effectiveness of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in the Republic of Moldova [2014]
• Mozambique
  • Reproductive Health
    • Programa Geração Biz, Mozambique: how did this adolescent health initiative grow from a pilot to a national programme, and what did it achieve? [2015]
• Nepal
  • Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
    • Sexual Risk Behaviour and Risk Preception of unwanted Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection Amoung Young Factory Workers in Nepal [2002]
  • World Health Organization
    • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme to Address Equity, Social Determinants, Gender and Human Rights in Nepal, Report of the Pilot Project [2017]
• Pakistan
  • Global Health: Science and Practice
    • Building Support for Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health Education and Responding to Resistance in Conservative Contexts: Cases From Pakistan [2018]
• Senegal
  • Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning
    • Scaling up sexuality education in Senegal: integrating family life education into the national curriculum [2016]
• South Africa
  • BMC International Health and Human Rights
    • Changes to the law on consent in South Africa: implications for school-based adolescent sexual and reproductive health research [2012]
  • South African Medical Journal
    • Adolescent girls and young women: Policy-to-implementation gaps for addressing sexual and reproductive health needs in South Africa [2020]
• South Asia
  • Global Health Action
    • Key indicators for appraising adolescent sexual and reproductive health in South Asia: international expert consensus exercise using the Delphi technique [2020]
  • World Health Organization
    • Towards adulthood: Exploring the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in South Asia [2003]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BMC Public Health
    • Prevalence and correlates of sexual intercourse among sexually active in-school adolescents: an analysis of five sub-Sahara African countries for the adolescent’s sexual health policy implications [2019]
    • A systematic review of effectiveness of school-based sexual health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa [2008]
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa: who is left behind? [2020]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review [2022]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Factors influencing access to and utilisation of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2021]
    • Nature of, and responses to key sexual and reproductive health challenges for adolescents in urban slums in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review [2020]
    • A review of interventions addressing structural drivers of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for sexual health programming [2014]
    • A review of studies of parent-child communication about sexuality and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa [2011]
  • Social Science & Medicine
    • Is the sexual behaviour of young people in sub-Saharan Africa influenced by their peers? A systematic review [2015]
• Sweden
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden
    • Sexuality and health among young people in Sweden [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people [2016]
• United States
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Promoting Healthy Sexuality for Children and Adolescents With Disabilities [2021]
    • Emerging Issues in Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [2020]
    • Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting [2017]
    • Care of the Adolescent After an Acute Sexual Assault [2017]
    • Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents [2016]
    • The Evaluation of Sexual Behaviors in Children [2013]
    • Office-Based Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth [2013]
    • Male Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care [2011]
    • Sexual Orientation and Adolescents [2004]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Comprehensive Sexuality Education [2016]
  • Cancer Medicine
    • Pediatric oncology clinician communication about sexual health with adolescents and young adults: A report from the children’s oncology group [2021]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Sexual Risk Behavior Differences Among Sexual Minority High School Students — United States, 2015 and 2017 [2018]
    • Sexual Intercourse Among High School Students — 29 States and United States Overall, 2005–2015 [2018]
    • Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — United States and Selected Sites, 2015 [2016]
    • Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9--12 --- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United States, 2001--2009 [2011]
  • Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    • Sexual Health Behavior Interventions for U.S. Latino Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Literature [2012]
  • Journal of Pediatrics
    • Clinician Adherence to Recommendations for Screening of Adolescents for Sexual Activity and Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV [2014]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Comparability of estimates and trends in adolescent sexual and contraceptive behaviors from two national surveys: National Survey of Family Growth and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey [2021]
  • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
    • Advocating for Adolescent and Young Adult Male Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Position Statement From the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2018]
    • Abstinence-only-until-marriage policies and programs: An updated position paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2017]
    • Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2014]
    • Recommendations for Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine [2013]
    • Abstinence-only education policies and programs: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2006]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • The project has ended but we can still learn from it! Practical guidance for conducting post-project evaluations of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights projects [2019]
    • WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights [2018]
    • Guidance on ethical considerations in planning and reviewing research studies on sexual and reproductive health in adolescents [2018]
    • Generating demand and community support for sexual and reproductive health services for young people. A review of the literature and programmes [2009]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Sexual dysfunction
    • HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Adolescent health
    • Adolescent contraception

HIV/AIDS in children and adolescents

• Africa
  • AIDS
    • Cost-effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected African children less than 3 years of age [2015]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • What is it going to take to move youth-related HIV programme policies into practice in Africa? [2017]
  • UNAIDS
    • Advocacy toolkit — Africa united against childhood HIV — Free to Shine campaign [2020]
    • Empower young women and adolescent girls: Fast-Track the end of the AIDS epidemic in Africa [2015]
• Asia, Pacific
  • UNAIDS
    • Putting young key populations first — HIV and young people from key populations in the Asia and Pacific region 2022 [2022]
• Brazil
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
    • Late-stage diagnosis of HIV infection in Brazilian children: evidence from two national cohort studies [2013]
• Cameroon
  • Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics
    • Practices of Care to HIV-Infected Children: Current Situation in Cameroon [2019]
• Canada
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • Management of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children [2010]
• Côte d'Ivoire
  • PLoS ONE
    • Costs of Care of HIV-Infected Children Initiating Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy before the Age of Two in Cote d’Ivoire [2016]
• Democratic Republic of Congo
  • PLoS ONE
    • Antiretroviral Treatment Program Retention among HIV-Infected Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo [2014]
• Developing countries
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • An analysis of volumes, prices and pricing trends of the pediatric antiretroviral market in developing countries from 2004 to 2012 [2016]
• Eastern and Southern Africa
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Status of HIV Epidemic Control Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Aged 15–24 Years — Seven African Countries, 2015–2017 [2018]
  • World Health Organization
    • The importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights to prevent HIV in adolescent girls and young women in eastern and southern Africa: evidence brief [2017]
• Ethiopia
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • Burden of anemia and its association with HAART in HIV infected children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]
• Europe
  • HIV Medicine
    • Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS Treatment Guideline 2016 update: antiretroviral therapy recommended for all children living with HIV [2016]
    • Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA) guidelines for treatment of paediatric HIV-1 infection 2015: optimizing health in preparation for adult life [2015]
• Germany
  • Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
    • Dolutegravir (HIV infection) - Benefit assessment according to §35a Social Code Book V [2017]
• International
  • BMC Research Notes
    • Weight-for-age distributions among children with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) multiregional consortium [2020]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Pediatric HIV Case Identification Across 22 PEPFAR-Supported Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic, October 2019–September 2020 [2022]
  • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
    • The global epidemiology of adolescents living with HIV: Time for more granular data to improve adolescent health outcomes [2018]
  • International AIDS Society
    • Current perspectives on paediatric HIV management from the Mexico International Aids Society Conference, 2019 [2019]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Global HIV mortality trends among children on antiretroviral treatment corrected for under-reported deaths: an updated analysis of the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS collaboration [2021]
    • Global temporal changes in the proportion of children with advanced disease at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy in an era of changing criteria for treatment initiation [2018]
    • Adolescent pregnancy at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation: a critical barrier to retention on ART [2018]
    • Social protection: potential for improving HIV outcomes among adolescents [2015]
    • Reducing mortality in HIV-infected infants and achieving the 90–90–90 target through innovative diagnosis approaches [2015]
    • Optimizing drugs to reach treatment targets for children and adolescents living with HIV [2015]
    • Achieving 90–90–90 in paediatric HIV: adolescence as the touchstone for transition success [2015]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Estimates of the global population of children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected, 2000–18: a modelling study [2019]
  • Lancet Infectious Diseases
    • Global, regional, and national estimates of pneumonia burden in HIV-infected children in 2010: a meta-analysis and modelling study [2014]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • The epidemiology of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: A cross-region global cohort analysis [2018]
    • Access to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children aged 0–19 years in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Global Cohort Consortium, 2004–2015: A prospective cohort study [2018]
  • UNAIDS
    • Young people and HIV [2021]
    • Young people’s participation in community-based responses to HIV — From passive beneficiaries to active agents of change [2019]
    • Improving UNAIDS’ paediatric and adolescent estimates [2018]
  • United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
    • Paediatric care and treatment
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Adolescent HIV prevention
• Japan
  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
    • Current status of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection in Japan [2014]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Estimating age-based antiretroviral therapy costs for HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings based on World Health Organization weight-based dosing recommendations [2014]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Models of support for disclosure of HIV status to HIV-infected children and adolescents in resource-limited settings [2018]
    • Attrition of HIV-exposed infants from early infant diagnosis services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]
    • Routine viral load monitoring in HIV-infected infants and children in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and opportunities [2017]
  • PLoS Medicine
    • HIV Testing for Children in Resource-Limited Settings: What Are We Waiting For? [2010]
  • PLoS ONE
    • School Based Sex Education and HIV Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2014]
• Low-income countries
  • BMC Medicine
    • Early infant HIV-1 diagnosis programs in resource limited settings: opportunities for improved outcomes and more cost-effective interventions [2011]
• Malawi
  • BMC Research Notes
    • Discordance between clinical and immunological ART eligibility criteria for children in Malawi [2014]
• Namibia
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • HIV Prevention Program Eligibility Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women — Namibia, 2019 [2021]
  • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
    • “If I Take My Medicine, I Will Be Strong:” Evaluation of a Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention in Namibia [2015]
• Nepal
  • Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities
    • A Situation Assessment of Children Affected by AIDS in Nepal [2009]
• Nigeria
  • BMC Pediatrics
    • How are children with HIV faring in Nigeria?- a 7 year retrospective study of children enrolled in HIV care [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Pediatric to adult healthcare transitioning for adolescents living with HIV in Nigeria: A national survey [2018]
• South Africa
  • AIDS Research and Therapy
    • Trends and correlates of HIV prevalence among adolescents in South Africa: evidence from the 2008, 2012 and 2017 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behaviour surveys [2021]
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
    • Infrastructural and human-resource factors associated with return of infant HIV test results to caregivers: secondary analysis of a nationally representative situational assessment, South Africa, 2010 [2019]
  • Current HIV Research
    • Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions for HIV Prevention among South African Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review [2014]
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    • Virologic Failure among Children Taking Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Containing First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa [2015]
  • South African Medical Research Council
    • HERStory2: Process evaluation of the combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), Global Fund grant period 2019 to 2022 [2021]
    • HERStory: An evaluation of a South African combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women [2020]
    • Evaluation of a South African Combination HIV Prevention Programme for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: HERStory Study [2020]
• Southern Africa
  • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
    • Outcomes of infants starting antiretroviral therapy in Southern Africa, 2004-2012 [2015]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Temporal Trends in the Characteristics of Children at Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Southern Africa: The IeDEA-SA Collaboration [2013]
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • AIDS Research and Treatment
    • Healthcare Workers' Perspectives on the Barriers to Providing HIV Services to Children in Sub-Saharan Africa [2019]
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    • Severe malnutrition and metabolic complications of HIV-infected children in the antiretroviral era: clinical care and management in resource-limited settings [2011]
  • BioMed Research International
    • Health Risk Behaviour among Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2018]
  • BMJ Open
    • Adolescents and age of consent to HIV testing: an updated review of national policies in sub-Saharan Africa [2021]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Survival and HIV-Free Survival Among Children Aged <=3 Years — Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2015–2017 [2020]
    • Trends in Antiretroviral Therapy Eligibility and Coverage Among Children Aged 15 Years with HIV Infection — 20 PEPFAR-Supported Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2012–2016 [2018]
    • Early Diagnosis of HIV Infection in Infants — One Caribbean and Six Sub-Saharan African Countries, 2011–2015 [2016]
  • Family Medicine and Community Health
    • Implementation of differentiated service delivery for paediatric HIV care and treatment: opportunities, challenges and experience from seven sub-Saharan African countries [2020]
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Perspectives and Practice of HIV Disclosure to Children and Adolescents by Health-Care Providers and Caregivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review [2016]
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    • Informing the measurement of wellbeing among young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for policy evaluations: a mixed-methods systematic review [2020]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Transition from paediatric to adult care of adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges, youth-friendly models, and outcomes [2017]
    • Scaling a waterfall: a meta-ethnography of adolescent progression through the stages of HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa [2017]
    • Uptake and yield of HIV testing and counselling among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2015]
    • Contemporary issues on the epidemiology and antiretroviral adherence of HIV-infected adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review [2015]
  • Lancet Infectious Diseases
    • Perinatally acquired HIV infection in adolescents from sub-Saharan Africa: a review of emerging challenges [2014]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Sex in the shadow of HIV: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa [2017]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Known HIV status among adolescent women attending antenatal care services in Eswatini, Ethiopia and Mozambique [2021]
    • HIV trends and disparities by gender and urban–rural residence among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa [2021]
  • Tropical Medicine & International Health
    • Clinical outcomes of HIV-exposed, HIV-uninfected children in sub-Saharan Africa [2016]
• Sweden
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden
    • Sexuality and health among young people living with HIV in Sweden [2021]
• Tanzania
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Implementation of antiretroviral therapy guidelines for under-five children in Tanzania: translating recommendations into practice [2015]
• Thailand
  • PLoS ONE
    • Cost-Effectiveness of Early Infant HIV Diagnosis of HIV-Exposed Infants and Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Children under 24 Months in Thailand [2014]
• Togo
  • AIDS Care
    • Closing the delivery gaps in pediatric HIV care in Togo, West Africa: using the care delivery value chain framework to direct quality improvement [2016]
• Uganda
  • African Health Sciences
    • Sexual, reproductive health needs and rights of young people with perinatally Acquired HIV in Uganda [2011]
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    • Pharmacokinetics of Zidovudine Dosed Twice Daily According to World Health Organization Weight Bands in Ugandan HIV-infected Children [2014]
  • Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
    • Closing the gap in HIV prevention and care for children: early insights from a model that links communities and health care facilities in Uganda [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • Children’s HIV Association
    • Guidelines
  • Frontiers in Immunology
    • Strategies for Monitoring Outcomes in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children in the United Kingdom [2016]
• United States
  • Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions
    • JRP-Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions Data Harmonization: Rationale and Development of Guidelines [2018]
  • AIDS Patient Care and STDs
    • The Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Cascade of Care in the United States: Exaggerated Health Disparities [2014]
    • Conformity of Pediatric/Adolescent HIV Clinics to the Patient-Centered Medical Home Care Model [2013]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Adolescents and Young Adults: The Pediatrician’s Role in HIV Testing and Pre- and Postexposure HIV Prophylaxis [2021]
    • Evaluation and Management of the Infant Exposed to HIV in the United States [2020]
    • Increasing Antiretroviral Drug Access for Children With HIV Infection [2016]
    • Contraception for HIV-Infected Adolescents [2016]
    • Adolescents and HIV Infection: The Pediatrician's Role in Promoting Routine Testing [2016]
    • Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Other Blood-borne Viral Pathogens in the Athletic Setting [2015]
    • Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infection in Children Younger Than 18 Months in the United States [2015]
    • Psychosocial Support for Youth Living With HIV [2014]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Retention in Medical Care Among Insured Children with Diagnosed HIV Infection — United States, 2010–2014 [2017]
    • Vital Signs: HIV Infection, Testing, and Risk Behaviors Among Youths — United States [2012]
    • HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010 [2012]
  • Clinicalinfo
    • Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection
  • JMIR Research Protocols
    • Research Priorities to End the Adolescent HIV Epidemic in the United States: Viewpoint [2021]
  • Pediatrics in Review
    • Preventing and Managing HIV Infection in Infants, Children, and Adolescents in the United States [2014]
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Effects of Condom Use on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in the United States: A Mixed Epidemiology and Epidemic Modeling Study [2021]
  • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
    • HIV infection and AIDS in adolescents: An update of the position of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [2006]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Transitioning to the 2021 optimal formulary for antiretroviral drugs for children: implementation considerations [2021]
    • The 2021 optimal formulary and limited-use list for antiretroviral drugs for children [2021]
    • Point-of-care tests for diagnosing HIV infection among children younger than 18 months [2020]
    • Package of care for children and adolescents with advanced HIV disease: stop AIDS [2020]
    • Nurturing care for children affected by HIV [2020]
    • HIV strategic information: accelerating progress on HIV testing and treatment for children and adolescents through improved strategic information [2020]
    • Considerations for introducing new antiretroviral drug formulations for children [2020]
    • Toolkit: HIV molecular diagnostics toolkit to improve access to viral load testing and infant diagnosis: HIV treatment and care [2019]
    • Paediatric HIV testing strategy decision tool [2019]
    • HIV molecular diagnostics toolkit to improve access to viral load testing and infant diagnosis [2019]
    • Adolescent-friendly health services for adolescents living with HIV: from theory to practice [2019]
    • Toolkit for research and development of paediatric antiretroviral drugs and formulations [2018]
    • Policy brief: transitioning to an optimal paediatric ARV formulary: implementation considerations [2018]
    • Policy brief: the 2018 optimal formulary and limited-use list for paediatric ARVs [2018]
    • Paediatric ARV drug optimization 3 review: summary report [2018]
    • HIV diagnosis and ARV use in HIV-exposed infants: a programmatic update [2018]
    • AIDS free framework to accelerate paediatric and adolescent HIV treatment [2018]
    • 2018 optimal formulary and limited-use list for paediatric ARVs [2018]
    • HIV diagnostics: novel point-of-care tools for early infant diagnosis of HIV: information note [2017]
    • Pediatric advocacy toolkit: for improved pediatric HIV diagnosis, care and treatment in high HIV prevalence countries and regions [2011]
    • HIV testing in young children : technical briefing paper [2011]
    • Guideline on HIV disclosure counselling for children up to 12 years of age - Appendices [2011]
    • Guideline on HIV disclosure counselling for children up to 12 years of age [2011]
    • WHO recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children [2010]
    • Participant manual : IMAI one-day orientation on adolescents living with HIV [2010]
    • Facilitator guide: IMAI one-day orientation on adolescents living with HIV [2010]
    • Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Infants and Children: Towards Universal Access. Recommendations for a Public Health Approach - 2010 Revision [2010]
    • A qualitative review of psychosocial support interventions for young people living with HIV [2009]
• Zambia
  • AIDS Research and Therapy
    • Impact of WHO guidelines on trends in HIV testing and ART initiation among children living with HIV in Zambia [2020]
  • BMC Public Health
    • Progress in the performance of HIV early infant diagnosis services in Zambia using routinely collected data from 2006 to 2016 [2018]
  • Ministry of Health Zambia
    • Paediatric HIV Change Package: Revised Paediatric HIV Change Package to Attain the 95-95-95 Goals for Children and Adolescents [2020]
  • SAHARA-J
    • Changes in sexual behaviour and practice and HIV prevalence indicators among young people aged 15–24 years in Zambia: An in-depth analysis of the 2001–2002 and 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys [2013]
• Zimbabwe
  • BMC Public Health
    • Gender dimensions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on stunting in children under five years in Zimbabwe [2021]
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and newborn
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Adolescent sexual health
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent health

Puberty

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Growth disorders in adolescents [2017]
• Brazil
  • Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Central precocious puberty: revisiting the diagnosis and therapeutic management [2016]
• China
  • BMJ Open
    • Secular trends for age at spermarche among Chinese boys from 11 ethnic minorities, 1995–2010: a multiple cross-sectional study [2016]
• Denmark
  • Acta Paediatrica
    • The 2014 Danish references from birth to 20 years for height, weight and body mass index [2014]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Trends in the Incidence of Central Precocious Puberty and Normal Variant Puberty Among Children in Denmark, 1998 to 2017 [2020]
• Europe
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Real-life GH dosing patterns in children with GHD, TS or born SGA: a report from the NordiNet® International Outcome Study [2017]
• Germany
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Growth and puberty in German children: is there still a positive secular trend? [2009]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Challenges and controversies in diagnosis and management of gonadotropin dependent precocious puberty: An Indian perspective [2015]
• International
  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics
    • Use of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analogs in Children: Update by an International Consortium [2019]
    • Diagnosis, Genetics, and Therapy of Short Stature in Children: A Growth Hormone Research Society International Perspective [2019]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Association between Obesity and Puberty Timing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2017]
  • JAMA Pediatrics
    • Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls [2020]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
    • Menarche age in Iran: A meta-analysis [2014]
• Italy
  • Heliyon
    • The levelling-off of the secular trend of age at menarche among Italian girls [2020]
• Netherlands
  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics
    • Towards a Rational and Efficient Diagnostic Approach in Children Referred for Tall Stature and/or Accelerated Growth to the General Paediatrician [2019]
• New Zealand
  • Starship
    • Central precocious puberty - treatment protocol [2020]
• Republic of Korea
  • Reproductive Health
    • Age at menarche in Korean adolescents: trends and influencing factors [2016]
• Romania
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Secular Trends in Height, Body Mass and Mean Menarche Age in Romanian Children and Adolescents, 1936–2016 [2021]
• South Africa
  • Journal of Nutrition
    • Pubertal Development and Prepubertal Height and Weight Jointly Predict Young Adult Height and Body Mass Index in a Prospective Study in South Africa [2016]
• Sweden
  • JAMA Pediatrics
    • Secular Trends in Pubertal Growth Acceleration in Swedish Boys Born From 1947 to 1996 [2019]
• United Kingdom
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
    • Early puberty in 11-year-old girls: Millennium Cohort Study findings [2016]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Human growth hormone (somatropin) for the treatment of growth failure in children [2010]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Sex Steroid Treatment for Pubertal Induction and Replacement in the Adolescent Girl [2013]
• United States
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Evaluation and Referral of Children With Signs of Early Puberty [2016]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Menstruation in Girls and Adolescents: Using the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign [2015]
  • American Family Physician
    • Disorders of Puberty: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management [2017]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • CDC Growth Charts
  • Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • Guidelines for Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, and Primary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Deficiency [2016]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Growth reference data for 5-19 years
• {Related topics}
  • Guidelines
    • Menstruation disturbances, female gonadal disorders
    • Male hypogonadism, andropause
    • Hirsutism, acne, alopecia, adrenal gland diseases
    • Adolescent reproductive health, adolescent gynecology
    • Adolescent health