Beginning a Family and Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle

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dc.creatorHasan, Rifat
dc.creatorBakilana, Anne
dc.creatorMoucheraud, Corrina
dc.date2016-03-07T17:01:52Z
dc.date2016-03-07T17:01:52Z
dc.date2015-11-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:44:02Z
dc.descriptionDecisions during youth have great long-term impacts on human development, which is key to poverty alleviation and economic development. During adolescence, two of the primary transitions are beginning a family and adopting a healthy lifestyle. Youth face many choices and challenges around these key decisions, such as when to initiate sex, when to marry, when to have children, and whether to engage in risky behaviors- all of which affect their future health and future opportunities. Consequences of these early decisions can have long-lasting effects on adolescents and their communities, potentially increasing public health costs and depleting human capital. This policy brief discusses a situation analysis of adolescent girls in Zambia with respect to these transitions and highlights the challenges they face. Specifically, issues of reproductive health (fertility, maternal health, use of family planning), early marriage, use of family planning, nutrition and risky behaviors are analyzed and presented.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23869
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/K8490
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410098
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Brief Zambia;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectRISKY BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectMATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.subjectCONTRACEPTIVE USE
dc.subjectEARLY MARRIAGE
dc.subjectSEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectADOLESCENT FERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.titleBeginning a Family and Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle
dc.titleSituation Analysis for Zambia
dc.typeBrief
dc.typeFiche
dc.typeResumen

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