Adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) are a vulnerable population given increased nutritional needs as puberty approaches. School‐based nutrition programs exist in some settings, but the comprehensive provision of nutrition services requires knowledge of the mechanisms to reach out‐of‐school adolescents. A comprehensive scoping review was performed using formal and informal search strategies to landscape all potential delivery platforms with nutrition services to reach adolescents. Peer‐reviewed studies, institutional strategies, program evaluations, and programmatic reports in LMICs were reviewed, including gray literature. A total of 87 out of 270 identified publications and reports describing nutrition programs for adolescents were identified. Although nutrition programs targeted at adolescents were sparse, various innovative and inclusive delivery platforms were included, such as school feeding programs, school‐based anemia control, and nutrition‐friendly school initiatives; health facility–based, youth‐friendly health and nutrition services; social safety nets targeted at adolescents; community‐based approaches targeting youth development and peer education within youth centers and faith‐based settings; and technology‐based platforms, including digital health services and mass media communication sensitization and mobilization efforts. Existing delivery mechanisms and platforms in health and other sectors that target adolescents offer great potential to extend nutrition interventions to this vulnerable yet hard‐to‐reach population.

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为低收入和中等收入国家青少年提供营养干预的实施平台


低收入和中等收入国家 (LMIC) 的青少年是弱势群体，因为随着青春期的临近，营养需求不断增加。在某些情况下存在以学校为基础的营养计划，但全面提供营养服务需要了解覆盖失学青少年的机制。使用正式和非正式的搜索策略进行了全面的范围审查，以规划所有潜在的提供平台，为青少年提供营养服务。对中低收入国家的同行评审研究、机构策略、项目评估和项目报告进行了审查，包括灰色文献。在 270 份描述青少年营养计划的出版物和报告中，总共确定了 87 份。尽管针对青少年的营养计划很少，但其中包括各种创新和包容性的实施平台，例如学校供餐计划、学校贫血控制和营养友好型学校举措；以医疗机构为基础的、对青年友好的健康和营养服务；针对青少年的社会安全网；以社区为基础的方法，针对青年中心和基于信仰的环境中的青年发展和同伴教育；以及基于技术的平台，包括数字医疗服务和大众媒体传播宣传和动员工作。卫生和其他部门针对青少年的现有提供机制和平台为将营养干预措施扩展到这一脆弱但难以接触的人群提供了巨大的潜力。