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Fact sheets

Are you IN THE KNOW January 2012

Facts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Of Adolescent Women in the Developing World [PDF] June 2010

Highlighted policy articles

Toward Equity and Access: Removing Legal Barriers To Health Insurance Coverage for Immigrants  [PDF version] March 2013
Kinsey Hasstedt
Guttmacher Policy Review

Advancing Sexuality Education in Developing Countries: Evidence and Implications  [PDF version] August 2011
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

A Long and Winding Road: Getting the HPV Vaccine to Women in the Developing World  [PDF version] August 2007
Susan A. Cohen
Guttmacher Policy Review

Young People Need Help in Preventing Pregnancy and HIV; How Will the World Respond  [PDF version] August 2007
Heather D. Boonstra
Guttmacher Policy Review

"In Brief"

Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF] September 2007

Interpreting Research Studies [PDF] July 2006

Highlighted research articles

Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries  [PDF version]
Ann Biddlecom, Kofi Awusabo-Asare and Akinrinola Bankole
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2009

Adolescents' views of and preferences for sexual and reproductive health services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda [PDF]
Ann E. Biddlecom, Alister Munthali, Susheela Singh and Vanessa Woog
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Nyovani Madise, Johannes John-Langba, and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Factors Associated with Sexual Abstinence among Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Caroline W. Kabiru and Alex Ezeh
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in four African Countries [PDF]
Nyovani Madise, Eliya Zulu and James Ciera
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Knowledge of correct condom use and consistency of use among adolescents in four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Fatima H. Ahmed, Stella Neema, Christine Ouedraogo,and Sidon Konyani
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Prevalence and meanings of exchange of money or gifts for sex in unmarried adolescent sexual relationships in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Ann E. Biddlecom, and Eliya M. Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Sexual Behavior, Knowledge and Information Sources of Very Young Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Ann Biddlecom, Georges Guiella, Susheela Singh and Eliya Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Reports

Demystifying Data: A Guide to Using Evidence to Improve Young People’s Sexual Health and Rights [PDF] May 2013
Ragnar Anderson, Christine Panchaud, Susheela Singh and Katherine Watson

Asegurar un mañana más saludable en Centroamérica: Proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud de hoy [PDF] May 2008
Lisa Remez, Elena Prada, Susheela Singh, Luis Rosero Bixby and Akinrinola Bankole

Protecting the Next Generation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy [PDF] December 2007
Ann E. Biddlecom, Laura Hessburg, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole and Leila Darabi

Audio clips

Interview with Akinrinola Bankole March 2008
Listen to and interview with Dr. Akinrinola Bankole, Director of International Research at the Guttmacher Institute about findings from the Protecting the Next Generation project in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Archived reports

These older Guttmacher reports contain information that is out of date. In many instances, more current information is available elsewhere on the Guttmacher Web site.

Qualitative Evidence on Adolescents' Views of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] March 2005
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Ann E. Biddlecom, Christine Ouedraogo and Vanessa Woog

Risk and Protection: Youth and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] January 2004

Annotated Bibliography on HIV/AIDS and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF] November 2003
Vanessa Woog

Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in Developed Countries: Can More Progress Be Made? [PDF] November 2001
Jacqueline E. Darroch, Jennifer J. Frost, Susheela Singh and The Study Team