PMID- 25554828
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160121
LR  - 20231104
IS  - 1744-1706 (Electronic)
IS  - 1744-1692 (Print)
IS  - 1744-1692 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015
TI  - Sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls: evidence from low- 
      and middle-income countries.
PG  - 189-221
LID - 10.1080/17441692.2014.986169 [doi]
AB  - This paper reviews the evidence on sexual and reproductive health and rights 
      (SRHR) of adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) in 
      light of the policy and programme commitments made at the International 
      Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), analyses progress since 1994, 
      and maps challenges in and opportunities for protecting their health and human 
      rights. Findings indicate that many countries have yet to make significant 
      progress in delaying marriage and childbearing, reducing unintended childbearing, 
      narrowing gender disparities that put girls at risk of poor SRH outcomes, 
      expanding health awareness or enabling access to SRH services. While governments 
      have reaffirmed many commitments, policy development and programme implementation 
      fall far short of realising these commitments. Future success requires increased 
      political will and engagement of young people in the formulation and 
      implementation of policies and programmes, along with increased investments to 
      deliver at scale comprehensive sexuality education, health services that are 
      approachable and not judgemental, safe spaces programmes, especially for 
      vulnerable girls, and programmes that engage families and communities. Stronger 
      policy-making and programming also require expanding the evidence on adolescent 
      health and rights in LMICs for both younger and older adolescents, boys and 
      girls, and relating to a range of key health matters affecting adolescents.
FAU - Santhya, K G
AU  - Santhya KG
AD  - a Population Council, Poverty, Gender and Youth Program , India Habitat Centre , 
      New Delhi , India.
FAU - Jejeebhoy, Shireen J
AU  - Jejeebhoy SJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150102
PL  - England
TA  - Glob Public Health
JT  - Global public health
JID - 101256323
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Developing Countries
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Reproductive Health Services
MH  - *Reproductive Rights
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4318087
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - adolescent girls
OT  - low- and middle-income countries
OT  - sexual and reproductive health
EDAT- 2015/01/03 06:00
MHDA- 2016/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/03 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - 986169 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17441692.2014.986169 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Glob Public Health. 2015;10(2):189-221. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2014.986169. Epub 
      2015 Jan 2.