Highlights from the Healthy Transitions for Nepali Youth Project Evaluation: Interest in self-care among adolescent girls and young women

The Healthy Transitions for Nepali Youth Project aimed to improve reproductive, maternal and newborn health (RMNH) knowledge and practices among married and unmarried adolescent girls and young women (aged 15-24), as well as foster more equitable gender attitudes and norms. In Nepal, RMNH self-care options are nascent, and additional insight into the self-care knowledge and preferences of adolescent girls and young women is needed to inform future investment. To contribute toward filling this research gap, Healthy Transitions collaborated with the USAID-funded Research for Scalable Solutions (R4S) project to gain insight into adolescent girls’ and young women’s interest in self-care by including relevant questions in the endline survey. This brief outlines the findings and reflections on possible next steps.