Table 2.
Examples of interventions to improve contraceptive access and uptake by adolescents across the ecological frameworka
| Level of ecological framework | Examples of intervention |
|---|---|
| Individual | - Educate adolescents about contraception |
| Relational | - Encourage and support communication on contraception between couples, within and outside unions. |
| Community | - Build community support for contraceptive provision to adolescents - Make health service provision more responsive and friendly to adolescents |
| Societal | - Legislate access to contraceptive information and services - Reduce the cost of contraceptives to adolescents |
aThese evidence-based interventions are taken from WHO’s Guidelines for preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes to adolescents in developing countries