Kennedy Elder, Leslie2013-05-302013-05-302004-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13690The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have refocused global attention on still unaddressed needs of children and youth. In response to the MDGs, the World Bank is strengthening its attention to the most vulnerable populations such as children and adolescents, through a cross-sectoral approach to human development including education, health, nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, and social protection. One crucial component for healthy adolescent development is good nutrition. It affects health, learning, physical fitness and the ability to withstand stress. Yet this population has received little emphasis in nutrition programs, and nutrition, in turn, has received little attention from programs for youth. While some low-cost solutions to adolescent malnutrition are available, nutrition specialists and programs do not have the operational experience needed to access and work with youth. In order to learn from the experience of adolescent health and development specialists, and avoid reinventing the wheel, the World Bank Nutrition team hosted a consultation to explore best practice strategies for reaching and working with youth. The objectives of the workshop were (i) to gather and distill information from multiple sectors on the successful approaches and promising practices for identifying, reaching, and working with vulnerable adolescents in resource-poor settings; and (ii) to discuss how effective strategies from other sectors might be exploited for nutrition. The Learning Exchange resulted in dialogue between a diverse group of adolescent health and development and nutrition sector specialists that would not otherwise have occurred. It successfully raised awareness among youth specialists of the synergies between actions to address the healthy development of adolescents and improved nutrition. The consultation also streamlined the learning process for the nutrition sector about how to work with this age group.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACHIEVEMENTADOLESCENCEADOLESCENTADOLESCENT BOYSADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENT HEALTHADOLESCENT KNOWLEDGEADOLESCENT MOTHERADOLESCENT MOTHERSADOLESCENT POPULATIONADOLESCENTSADULTHOODAGE GROUPSAIDS ORPHANSAIRAIR POLLUTIONANTENATAL CAREASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENTSATTENTIONBABIESBEHAVIOR CHANGEBIRTH SPACINGBIRTH WEIGHTCHILD LABORCHILD SURVIVALCHILDBEARINGCHILDHOODCOMMERCIAL SEXCOMMERCIAL SEX WORKERSCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOUNSELINGDIABETESDIETARY INTAKEDIETSEMPLOYMENTENERGY INTAKEFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFIRST AIDFIRST PREGNANCYFOOD PREPARATIONGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCESHABITSHEALTHHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTHY ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENTHEALTHY DEVELOPMENTHEALTHY LIFESTYLEHEALTHY LIFESTYLESHEART DISEASEHIGH- RISKHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHYPERTENSIONINFANCYINFANTSINFECTIONSINTERVENTIONIRONIRON STORESLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING PROCESSLIFE SKILLSMALARIAMALARIA PROPHYLAXISMALNUTRITIONMANAGERSMARITAL STATUSMARRIED ADOLESCENT GIRLSMATERNAL MORTALITYMATURATIONMICRONUTRIENTSMORBIDITYMORTALITYNEEDS ASSESSMENTNEEDS OF ADOLESCENTSNUTRITIONNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIESNUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENTSOBESITYOBSTETRIC OUTCOMESOBSTETRIC RISKOLDER ADOLESCENTSOVERWEIGHTPARENTSPARTNERSHIPPLAYINGPREGNANCYPREGNANCY OUTCOMESPREGNANT ADOLESCENTSPRIVATE SECTORPROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTSPSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE LIFERISK BEHAVIORSRISK GROUPSSCHOOL HEALTHSCHOOLSSCREENINGSELF-ESTEEMSELF-WORTHSERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTSSEXUAL HEALTHSEXUALITYSEXUALLY ACTIVESEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSOCIAL SERVICESSTREET CHILDRENSUBSTANCE ABUSESUICIDETARGET POPULATIONSTEACHERSTEACHINGUNINTENDED PREGNANCYUNMARRIED ADOLESCENTSVIOLENCEVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVULNERABLE ADOLESCENTSVULNERABLE GROUPSYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENYOUNGER ADOLESCENTSYOUTHYOUTH CENTERSYOUTH HEALTHYOUTH LIVELIHOODSYOUTH PARTICIPANTS ADOLESCENT HEALTHNUTRITIONMICRONUTRIENTSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/13690