Table 1.
Priority themes organized by delivery platform for adolescent health interventions
| Schools (n = 17) |
|---|
| Incorporation of more safe routes to schools initiatives |
| Teaching swimming and water survival, gender-based violence, sexual education, STI prevention in schools |
| School-based interventions for mental health, obesity, physical activity (including 60 min of moderate to vigorous activity daily) |
| Identification of key interventions for school health provision |
| Conditional cash transfer programs to keep girls in schools |
| Strategies for reaching out-of-school adolescents |
|
Primary care (n = 12) |
| Integration of primary care health services with: mental health, reproductive health (antenatal, postnatal), community health |
| Identification and implementation of evidence-based screening and prevention interventions: alcohol use, mental health, adolescents with intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental delays |
| Adolescent-friendly health services: confidentiality, anonymity, social services offered, counseling services offered, speed of results |
| Barriers for adolescents to accessing services |
|
Community (n = 11) |
| Community health workers: accessibility and acceptability to adolescents |
| Training of community health workers on: adolescent sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence |
| Understanding community risk factors for: injuries, violence, drowning, communicable diseases |
| Community-based programs: obesity, physical activity, substance use, gender-based violence, STI counseling and testing, HPV vaccination |
|
Parenting (n = 6) |
| Parenting programs for: the prevention of mental health disorders, management of substance use disorders |
| Programs for parents to create physical activity-friendly environments |
|
Virtual media (ie, internet, mobile phones, electronics, social media) (n = 5) |
| Identification of communication strategies that work best for adolescents |
| Identification of how adolescents use information technologies |
| Using cell phones, the internet, other technologies to effectively provide information, referrals, and treatment for adolescents |
| Understanding virtual means to promote healthy choices |
|
Peer education (n = 2) |
| Impact of peer education on substance abuse |
| Peer education for improving retention in care for adolescents with HIV and/or tuberculosis |
HIV – human immunodeficiency virus; HPV – human papillomavirus; STI – sexually transmitted infection