This product provides consensus-driven research priorities for social-norms-shifting for healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy among adolescents and youth in low- and middle-income countries to spur future innovation and investment within the global research and development community. The slide deck details the background of the product, the process for developing it, and next steps for its dissemination and use. Read More
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Youth, Social Norms, and Key Behaviors in Reproductive Health, Education, and Family Violence
This new web feature is comprised of five behavior studies related to social norms affecting adolescents and young adults across reproductive health, education, and family violence. These behavior studies—results of a scoping review of evidence—include example social norms, other factors affecting behavior, reference groups, and selected interventions addressing norms and behaviors. Read More
Una Guía Para Chicas de la Pubertad y los Periodos Menstruales
Grow & Know has produced a Spanish version of A Girl’s Guide to Puberty and Periods. This graphic novel and video series, produced by adolescent health experts at Columbia University, provides girls with practical advice, answers to common questions, and real puberty stories from girls across the USA. Read More
Engaging Boys and Men in Contraception Use and Family Planning: A Slide Deck
This slide deck consists of 57 data-driven slides that can be used by advocates, program planners, and funders, to make the case for engaging boys and men in family planning. The presentation includes a discussion of men and women’s ideal family size, men’s current use of and beliefs about contraception, advantages to men of being involved in family planning, and multiple barriers and challenges that keep men and boys from accessing and receiving the reproductive health information and care they need.Read More
COVID-19 and Violence Against Women: The Evidence Behind the Talk
This study, conducted in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore, conducted an analysis of big data to better understand pre- and post-COVID perceptions and concerns around violence against women. The webinar recording from the launch can be found here (passcode: i!Ci2MH4), the slides from the presentation can be found here, and a three-page fact sheet on the study can be found here.Read More
Menstrual Health Challenges During COVID-19: A Digital Storytelling Video From Kenya
This digital storytelling video series by the Menstruation Shouts project aims to explore the menstrual health experiences and challenges of healthcare workers working the frontlines of the COVID-19 response in Kenya and Egypt. These videos seek to break the silence on menstruation among adolescent girls and healthcare workers while creating empathy among the general public and motivating program designers and implementers to take immediate action...Read More
