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Knowledge and experiences of adolescent girls and young women in the use of sexual reproductive health and HIV services at health facilities in Maputo City, Mozambique

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
IntroductionKnowledge and use of sexual reproductive health and human immunodeficiency virus (SRH and HIV) services are crucial for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). This
Vasco Muchanga, Luisa Huo, Kathryn T. Kampa, Baltazar Chilundo, Khátia Munguambe, Troy D. Moon   +5 more
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‘You Can Be Simultaneously Powerful and Marginalised at the Same Time in Different Ways’. An Intersectional Examination of Barriers and Facilitators of Help‐Seeking for Eating Disorders by People From Under‐Served Groups

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore barriers and facilitators to help‐seeking by people from under‐served groups in eating disorders (EDs). Methods Seventeen participants with lived experience of an ED, identifying as members of groups traditionally under‐served in ED research (ethnic minority, sexual or gender minority, or men), took part in semi‐structured
Jessica Wilkins, Lucy Gallagher, Karina L. Allen, Ulrike Schmidt   +3 more
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Norms shifting and behavior change in uncertain times: Assessing the state of the evidence

Global Public Health
This commentary reflects on the current state of evidence on social norms interventions focused on improving health and economic outcomes for adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries.
Sohail Agha, Courtney McLarnon, Rajiv N. Rimal, Beniamino Cislaghi, W. Douglas Evans, Elizabeth Costenbader, Elizabeth Larson, Sarah Smith, C. Hunter Davis, Rebecka Lundgren   +9 more
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Weight Bias Internalisation and Health‐Related Quality of Life in Adolescents: What Role Do Family Meals Play?

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Weight bias internalisation (WBI) has been associated with poorer health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), however, evidence in community‐based adolescent samples remains scarce. Family meals have shown protective effects on adolescent health, yet their role in the relationship between WBI and HRQoL has not yet been explored.
Jaume Broto‐Puig, Miriam Latorre‐Millán, Eva Penelo, Anna Bach‐Faig, David Sánchez‐Carracedo   +4 more
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How adolescent motherhood is perceived and influenced by sociocultural factors: A sociological qualitative study of Sindh province, Pakistan.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundIn Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), 21 million adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 years become pregnant each year. Adolescent girls in South Asia have the shortest interval to begin maternity, i.e., within 1-2 years of marriage ...
Nadia Agha, Rahim Dad Rind
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Entertainment Media and Gender Norm Transformation Interventions for Young Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Behavioral Sciences
Adolescent girls and young women are particularly vulnerable to the influence of social and gender norms. This systematic review builds on a broader review of social and gender norms interventions, with the overall aim of identifying and mapping ...
William Douglas Evans, Elizabeth A. Larson, Courtney J. McLarnon, Michael Hauer, Marian Marian, Sohail Agha, Rajiv Rimal, Beniamino Cislaghi, Elizabeth Costenbader, Amy Henderson Riley, Helen Wang, Sushmita Mukherjee, Sarah Smith, Claire Hunter Davis, Rebecka Lundgren   +14 more
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Eating Disorder Clinician Views About the Impact of Out‐of‐Home Calorie Labelling on Their Patients: A Qualitative Interview Study

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Accumulating evidence suggests that people with eating disorders experience mainly negative impacts of out‐of‐home calorie labelling. This study explored eating disorder clinician perspectives on how such labels affect individuals with eating disorders, and their views on implementation of this policy.
Abinaya Nadarajah, Imogen Peebles, Fiona Duffy, Nora Trompeter, Ellen Maloney, Dasha Nicholls, Ulrike Schmidt, Lucy Serpell, Helen Sharpe, Tom Jewell   +9 more
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Rethinking power: secondary analysis of evaluation results for an intervention to prevent violence against adolescent girls and young women in Haiti

BMC Public Health
Background Though there are a growing number of programs seeking to prevent violence against women and children, adolescent girls often fall into a gap between these approaches.
Maureen Murphy, Emanuela Paul, Sara Siebert, Jean Prosper Elie   +3 more
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Examining the Relationship Between Identity Disturbance, Body Image Disturbance, and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Current and Partially Recovered Anorexia Nervosa Using Structural Equation Modelling

European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Theoretical models and empirical research suggest that identity plays a pivotal role in the development of anorexia nervosa (AN), however, limited research has been conducted on how identity is connected to the expression of eating disorder (ED) symptoms. One possible connecting mechanism is body image disturbance (BID). As such, the
Scarlett R. Croce, Denny Meyer, Amy C. Malcolm, Christina Ralph‐Nearman, Andrea Phillipou   +4 more
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The burden and associated social determinants of mental health among adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Discover Public Health
Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are an important sub-group in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where young people make up more than two-thirds of the population.
Elsa Denise Perestrelo, Saikou Sanyang, Jinan Abi Jumaa   +2 more
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