Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review
Objectives: A quarter of West Africa's population are adolescents 10–19 years. Their mental, sexual, and reproductive health is inter-related. We therefore aimed to examine published evidence on effectiveness of interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in the Economic...
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| author | Irene A. Agyepong Emelia Agblevor Selase Odopey Selasie Addom Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun Mary Pomaa Agyekum Paapa Yaw Asante Grace Emmanuelle Aye Natasha Darko Aïssa Diarra Ama Pokuaa Fenny Annick Gladzah Nassirou Ibrahim Aline Kagambega Lauren J. Wallace Jacob Novignon Maurice Yaogo Roxane Borgès Da Sliva Tim Ensor Tolib Mirzoev |
| author_facet | Irene A. Agyepong Emelia Agblevor Selase Odopey Selasie Addom Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun Mary Pomaa Agyekum Paapa Yaw Asante Grace Emmanuelle Aye Natasha Darko Aïssa Diarra Ama Pokuaa Fenny Annick Gladzah Nassirou Ibrahim Aline Kagambega Lauren J. Wallace Jacob Novignon Maurice Yaogo Roxane Borgès Da Sliva Tim Ensor Tolib Mirzoev |
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| description | Objectives: A quarter of West Africa's population are adolescents 10–19 years. Their mental, sexual, and reproductive health is inter-related. We therefore aimed to examine published evidence on effectiveness of interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to inform development, implementation and de-implementation of policies and programs. Study design: The study design was a scoping review. Methods: We considered all qualitative and quantitative research designs that included adolescents 10–19 years in any type of intervention evaluation that included adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health. Outcomes were as defined by the researchers. PubMed/Medline, APA PsycINFO, CAIRN, and Google Scholar databases were searched for papers published between January 2000 and November 9, 2023.1526 English and French language papers were identified. After eliminating duplicates, screening abstracts and then full texts, 27 papers from studies in ECOWAS were included. Results: Interventions represented three categories: service access, quality, and utilization; knowledge and information access and intersectionality and social determinants of adolescent health. Most studies were small-scale intervention research projects and interventions focused on sexual and reproductive or mental health individually rather than synergistically. The most common evaluation designs were quasi-experimental (13/27) followed by observational studies (8/27); randomized, and cluster randomized controlled trials (5/27), and one realist evaluation. The studies that evaluated policies and programs being implemented at scale used observational designs. Conclusion: Research with robust evaluation designs on synergistic approaches to adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health policies, interventions, implementation and de-implementation is urgently needed to inform adolescent health policies and programs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ef9529f2c0f4b3faf7aa9b1d06189992025-08-20T02:50:19ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522024-12-01810053010.1016/j.puhip.2024.100530Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping reviewIrene A. Agyepong0Emelia Agblevor1Selase Odopey2Selasie Addom3Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun4Mary Pomaa Agyekum5Paapa Yaw Asante6Grace Emmanuelle Aye7Natasha Darko8Aïssa Diarra9Ama Pokuaa Fenny10Annick Gladzah11Nassirou Ibrahim12Aline Kagambega13Lauren J. Wallace14Jacob Novignon15Maurice Yaogo16Roxane Borgès Da Sliva17Tim Ensor18Tolib Mirzoev19Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (GCPS), Accra, Ghana; Dodowa Health Research Center, Ghana; Corresponding author. Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, 54 Independence Avenue, Accra, Ghana.Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (GCPS), Accra, GhanaDodowa Health Research Center, Ghana; School of Public Health, University of Ghana, GhanaGhana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (GCPS), Accra, Ghana; Ghana Mental Health Authority, Accra, GhanaGhana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (GCPS), Accra, GhanaDodowa Health Research Center, GhanaUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences, GhanaGhana College of Physicians and Surgeons. (GCPS), Accra, Ghana; Dodowa Health Research Center, GhanaDodowa Health Research Center, GhanaLaboratoire d’études et Recherches sur les dynamiques Sociales et le développement local. (LASDEL), NigerUniversity of Ghana, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER UG), GhanaDodowa Health Research Center, GhanaLaboratoire d’études et Recherches sur les dynamiques Sociales et le développement local. (LASDEL), Niger; Université de Montréal Quebec, CanadaInstitut National de Santé Publique, Observatoire National de Santé de la Population (IASP), Burkina FasoDodowa Health Research Center, GhanaKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Department of Economics, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, GhanaInstitut National de Santé Publique, Observatoire National de Santé de la Population (IASP), Burkina FasoUniversité de Montréal Quebec, CanadaUniversity of Leeds, UKLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London UK Department of Global Health and Development London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UKObjectives: A quarter of West Africa's population are adolescents 10–19 years. Their mental, sexual, and reproductive health is inter-related. We therefore aimed to examine published evidence on effectiveness of interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to inform development, implementation and de-implementation of policies and programs. Study design: The study design was a scoping review. Methods: We considered all qualitative and quantitative research designs that included adolescents 10–19 years in any type of intervention evaluation that included adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health. Outcomes were as defined by the researchers. PubMed/Medline, APA PsycINFO, CAIRN, and Google Scholar databases were searched for papers published between January 2000 and November 9, 2023.1526 English and French language papers were identified. After eliminating duplicates, screening abstracts and then full texts, 27 papers from studies in ECOWAS were included. Results: Interventions represented three categories: service access, quality, and utilization; knowledge and information access and intersectionality and social determinants of adolescent health. Most studies were small-scale intervention research projects and interventions focused on sexual and reproductive or mental health individually rather than synergistically. The most common evaluation designs were quasi-experimental (13/27) followed by observational studies (8/27); randomized, and cluster randomized controlled trials (5/27), and one realist evaluation. The studies that evaluated policies and programs being implemented at scale used observational designs. Conclusion: Research with robust evaluation designs on synergistic approaches to adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health policies, interventions, implementation and de-implementation is urgently needed to inform adolescent health policies and programs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535224000673 |
| spellingShingle | Irene A. Agyepong Emelia Agblevor Selase Odopey Selasie Addom Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun Mary Pomaa Agyekum Paapa Yaw Asante Grace Emmanuelle Aye Natasha Darko Aïssa Diarra Ama Pokuaa Fenny Annick Gladzah Nassirou Ibrahim Aline Kagambega Lauren J. Wallace Jacob Novignon Maurice Yaogo Roxane Borgès Da Sliva Tim Ensor Tolib Mirzoev Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review Public Health in Practice |
| title | Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review |
| title_full | Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review |
| title_short | Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review |
| title_sort | interventions for adolescent mental sexual and reproductive health in west africa a scoping review |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535224000673 |
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