The influence of context and norms on adolescent girls’ SRH experiences and choices in northern Nigeria
This poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021 presents results from a qualitative and ethnographic study of A360’s programming in northern Nigeria aimed at assessing the relevance and effectiveness of MMA’s mentorship groups and understanding how married adolescent girls in Kaduna state were experiencing MMA in light of the […]
Mothers: The silent partners in contraceptive uptake among adolescent girls in Nigeria
In this presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021, we describe the potential role of mothers in raising awareness and motivating girls to take up and sustain use of contraceptives, using a case study of A360’s programming in Nigeria.
More than side effects: How social norms and stigma affect discontinuation
In this poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021, we share findings from a qualitative study fielded among married young women in Ethiopia and Nigeria to identify factors contributing to contraceptive discontinuation.
Pathway from innovation to scale: Early lessons from RISE
In this poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021, we share lessons from the Roadmap for Integrating Smart Start in Ethiopia (RISE) project, a five-year program to scale Smart Start within the Ethiopian health system. We evaluated RISE’s scale-up process in 2022 to assess progress to-date and key lessons […]
Husband support can break negative norms surrounding contraceptive use for married adolescents in rural Ethiopia
In this presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021, we share experience from designing and testing an intervention to engage male partners of married adolescents in Ethiopia to build an improved enabling environment for girls’ contraceptive use.
Expanding self-care interventions in Ethiopia: Client and provider experiences with piloting DMPA-SC self-injection
In this poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021 we share results of a pilot study to explore the feasibility of DMPA-SC self-injection in the context of Ethiopia.
Conceptualizing “empowerment” for adolescent girls and young women within the context of sexual and reproductive health: perspectives from a qualitative study in Nigeria and Tanzania
In this poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021, we share outcomes from a qualitative study conducted in two of A360’s geographies to conceptualize a user-led definition of empowerment.
Digitization: Gateway to accessing real-time adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) data for decision-making in Nigeria and Tanzania
This poster presentation, shared at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in 2021 describes the utility of using DHIS2 to access real-time ASRH data across healthcare facilities in Nigeria and Tanzania.