TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Priority strategic directions in adolescent health in Iran based on the WHO's Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents
JO  - International journal of adolescent medicine and health
A1  - Omidimorad, Afsaneh
A1  - Nazari, Maryam
A1  - Bahmanziari, Najmeh
A1  - Soleymani, Mohammad Haddad
A1  - Barakati, Seyyed Hamed
A1  - Ardalan, Gelayol
A1  - Aminaee, Tahereh
A1  - Taghizadeh, Rahim
A1  - Motlagh, Mohammad Esmail
A1  - Heidarzadeh, Abtin
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVEs In line with the World Health Organization’s Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance, the goal of the current research was to identify critical strategies for adolescents’ health and to determine the role and distribution of responsibilities among the leading players in the field of adolescent health in Iran. <br><br>METHODS The current qualitative and applied study is part of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education’s “Adolescent, Youth and School Health” plan to develop the “National Adolescent Health Plan Document” in 2020. First, stakeholder analysis was done, then a pool of nationally appropriate strategies was selected from the list of priority strategies recommended by the WHO in the AA-HA! through several group sessions. After that, the experts selected priority strategies based on the criteria of feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, guaranteed resources, coordination with other plans and temporal priority, scoring, and executive priorities. Eventually, the priority strategies were assigned to different players/stakeholders in the field over several sessions bearing in mind the methods of implementation and the target groups. <br><br>RESULTS The experts identified 58 priority strategies/actions for adolescent health under the seven priority areas of positive development, sexual protection, reproductive health, mental health, substance abuse, self-harm, violence, unintentional injury, communicable and non-communicable diseases, nutrition, and physical activity. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS The highest identified priority areas were in the areas of vaccination; special health care package for service providers; training and education to promote health literacy and self-care, life skills, sexual awareness, and prevention/protection against violence; community-based mental health services, planning for adolescents’ spare time, substance use prevention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0334-0139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2023-0023
ID  - ref1
ER  -