Malhotra, AnjuMathur, SanyuktaPande, RohiniRoca, Eva2013-05-302013-05-302005-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13687This paper presents findings from a community-based study testing the effectiveness of participatory approaches in improving services and outcomes for youth reproductive health in Nepal. The study was motivated by the desire to test the impact of participatory approaches in improving youth reproductive health. Nepal was chosen because it is a country where youth reproductive health needs are especially acute and little is being done to meet them. In this study, the authors test whether many of the key principles advocated by development practitioners for making services work for poor people can be effectively operationalized through small, community-based programmatic interventions. In particular, the study seeks to establish whether participatory intervention programs can increase empowerment of poor and disadvantaged populations and accountability to them.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO HEALTH INFORMATIONACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESADOLESCENCEADOLESCENTADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENT PROJECTADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHADOLESCENTSAGE AT MARRIAGEAGEDANTENATAL CAREANTENATAL SERVICESASSET INDEXASSET INFORMATIONAVERAGE AGEBIRTHSCARE SERVICESCASE STUDIESCHILDBEARINGCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY MEMBERSCONTRACEPTIVE USEDATA ANALYSISDATA SOURCESDEPENDENT VARIABLEDESIGNDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT NETWORKDEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERSDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTDISTRICTSEARLY MARRIAGEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENTETHICAL DILEMMASETHNIC MINORITIESFAMILIESFEMALESFIRST PREGNANCYGENDERGIRLSGOVERNANCE STRUCTUREHEALTHHEALTH FACILITYHEALTH FOR ALLHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH NEEDSHIV/AIDSHOME OWNERSHIPHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIREHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WEALTHHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPROVED ACCESSINTERVENTIONLEISURE ACTIVITIESMARITAL STATUSMATERNAL HEALTHMETHOD OF CONTRACEPTIONMOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONMULTIVARIATE ANALYSESMULTIVARIATE ANALYSISNEEDS ASSESSMENTNEIGHBORHOODSNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNURSINGNUTRITIONOUTCOME VARIABLESPARTICIPATORY APPROACHPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY DATAPARTICIPATORY METHODOLOGIESPEER REVIEWPOOR CLIENTSPOOR GAINPOOR PEOPLEPREGNANT WOMANPRENATAL CAREQUALITATIVE DATAQUANTITATIVE SURVEYSRADIORANDOM SAMPLINGREGRESSION MODELSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INDICATORSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTSREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICYREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESRESEARCHRESEARCH DESIGNRISK FACTORSRURAL AREASRURAL RESIDENCERURAL WOMENSAFE SEXSAMPLE SIZESAMPLE SIZESSELF-CARESERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSEXUALITYSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SUPPORTSTDSSUBURBSUNMARRIED MALESUNMARRIED YOUNG MENUNMARRIED YOUNG WOMENUNWANTED PREGNANCIESURBAN AREAURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITIESURBAN SETTINGYOUNG MARRIED WOMENYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMANYOUNG WOMENYOUNGER ADOLESCENTSYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/13687