Africa Research, Implementation Science, and Education Network (ARISE)

• Antragsteller: Dr. Jan-Walter De Neve
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Public Health, Gesundheitsbezogene Versorgungsforschung, Sozial- und Arbeitsmedizin ; Epidemiologie und Medizinische Biometrie/Statistik
• Förderung: Förderung von 2018 bis 2023
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 405898232

• Erstellungsjahr: 2025

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

Adolescence is a critical period of development and changes in adolescence have health consequences over the life-course. With the youngest population in the world - the median age is 19 - Africa’s adolescents represent an opportunity to improve health in the region. Gaps remain, however, in major indicators of adolescent health. Data are missing for many countries in the region and there is limited availability of age- and sex-disaggregated data for adolescents. This has hampered the full realization of adolescent health and its potential impact on the development of the region. To address these major knowledge gaps in adolescent health, a scientific network was created to bring together junior researchers and institutions from several countries in Africa and advance research and training capacity—the Africa Research, Implementation Science, and Education Network (ARISE Network). Network activities include discussions to prioritize and map out plans to advance purposeful and collaborative public health research and capacity building efforts with a focus on adolescent health and implementation science. Despite challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and political and security situation in the Sahel region, several accomplishments are noteworthy. We supported travel costs for major network meetings during March 2020 and January 2023. The ARISE Network consists of >20 member institutions located in sub-Saharan Africa. The ARISE Network co-supported meeting costs using funding from the grant application to the DFG funding call on Scientific Networks. These meetings provided the groundwork for several important initiatives, including the 2023 Annual Scientific Symposium: Translating Research into Practice for Adolescent Health, Nutrition, and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa; the NUTRINT project to reduce nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases in adolescence and youth in sub-Saharan Africa; the first Conference on Adolescent Health in sub-Saharan Africa; and the recent launch of an adolescent health think tank (AATAYH) in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, in the presence of Mekdes Daba, Minister of Health of Ethiopia, and ARISE Network representatives.

Projektbezogene Publikationen (Auswahl)

• Are out‐of‐school adolescents at higher risk of adverse health outcomes? Evidence from 9 diverse settings in sub‐Saharan Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 25(1), 70-80.
  De Neve, Jan‐Walter; Karlsson, Omar; Canavan, Chelsey R.; Chukwu, Angela; Adu‐Afarwuah, Seth; Bukenya, Justine; Darling, Anne Marie; Harling, Guy; Moshabela, Mosa; Killewo, Japhet; Fink, Günther; Fawzi, Wafaie W. & Berhane, Yemane
  
• “Because at school, you can become somebody” – The perceived health and economic returns on secondary schooling in rural Burkina Faso. PLOS ONE, 14(12), e0226911.
  Werner, Luisa K.; Jabbarian, Jan; Kagoné, Moubassira; McMahon, Shannon; Lemp, Julia; Souares, Aurélia; Fink, Günther & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• Analysis of Attained Height and Diabetes Among 554,122 Adults Across 25 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Diabetes Care, 43(10), 2403-2410.
  Teufel, Felix; Geldsetzer, Pascal; Manne-Goehler, Jennifer; Karlsson, Omar; Koncz, Viola; Deckert, Andreas; Theilmann, Michaela; Marcus, Maja-Emilia; Ebert, Cara; Seiglie, Jacqueline A.; Agoudavi, Kokou; Andall-Brereton, Glennis; Gathecha, Gladwell; Gurung, Mongal S.; Guwatudde, David; Houehanou, Corine; Hwalla, Nahla; Kagaruki, Gibson B.; Karki, Khem B. ... & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• Nationally and regionally representative analysis of 1.65 million children aged under 5 years using a child-based human development index: A multi-country cross-sectional study. PLOS Medicine, 17(3), e1003054.
  De Neve, Jan-Walter; Harttgen, Kenneth & Verguet, Stéphane
  
• Causal effect of children’s secondary education on parental health outcomes: findings from a natural experiment in Botswana. BMJ Open, 11(1), e043247.
  Ludwig, Jan Ole; Davies, Neil M.; Bor, Jacob & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• Design and Field Methods of the ARISE Network COVID-19 Rapid Monitoring Survey. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
  Hemler, Elena C.; Korte, Michelle L.; Lankoande, Bruno; Millogo, Ourohiré; Assefa, Nega; Chukwu, Angela; Workneh, Firehiwot; Tinkasimile, Amani; Lyatuu, Isaac; Soura, Abdramane; Wang, Dongqing; Madzorera, Isabel; Vuai, Said; Bärnighausen, Till; Sando, Mary Mwanyika; Killewo, Japhet; Oduola, Ayoade; Sie, Ali; Berhane, Yemane & Fawzi, Wafaie W.
  
• The Food and Health Environment in Junior Secondary Schools in Urban Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Study of Administrators, Food Vendors and Early Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), 12689.
  Mauti, Joy; Mank, Isabel; De Neve, Jan-Walter; Gyengani, Guillaume Alfred; Somé, Paul-André; Shinde, Sachin; Fawzi, Wafaie; Bärnighausen, Till & Vandormael, Alain
  
• Female-friendly toilets in schools in Burkina Faso: A mixed-methods study using photo-elicitation. Journal of Global Health, 12.
  Buitrago-García, Teresa; Sawadogo, N. Hélène; Souares, Aurélia; Koulidiati, Jean-Louis; Sié, Ali; Bärnighausen, Till; Langlotz, Sarah & McMahon, Shannon A.
  
• Health and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0270246.
  Werner, Luisa K.; Ludwig, Jan-Ole; Sie, Ali; Bagagnan, Cheik H.; Zabré, Pascal; Vandormael, Alain; Harling, Guy; De Neve, Jan-Walter & Fink, Günther
  
• Prevalence of Obesity and Anemia Among Early Adolescents in Junior Secondary Schools: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Journal of School Health, 92(11), 1081-1095.
  Mank, Isabel; De Neve, Jan‐Walter; Mauti, Joy; Gyengani, Guillaume A.; Somé, Paul‐André; Shinde, Sachin; Fawzi, Wafaie; Bärnighausen, Till & Vandormael, Alain
  
• “It’s the poverty”—Stakeholder perspectives on barriers to secondary education in rural Burkina Faso. PLOS ONE, 17(11), e0277822.
  Jabbarian, Jan; Werner, Luisa Katharina; Kagoné, Moubassira; Lemp, Julia Margarete; McMahon, Shannon; Horstick, Olaf; Kazianga, Harounan; Kobiané, Jean-François; Fink, Günther & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• Adolescent health and well‐being in sub‐Saharan Africa: Strengthening knowledge base and research capacity through a collaborative multi‐country school‐based study. Maternal & Child Nutrition.
  Shinde, Sachin; Noor, Ramadhani Abdallah; Mwanyika‐Sando, Mary; Moshabela, Mosa; Tadesse, Amare W.; Sherfi, Huda; Vandormael, Alain; Young, Tara; Tinkasimile, Amani; Drysdale, Roisin; Baernighausen, Till; Sharma, Deepika & Fawzi, Wafaie W.
  
• Counting adolescents in: the development of an adolescent health indicator framework for population-based settings. eClinicalMedicine, 61, 102067.
  Shinde, Sachin; Harling, Guy; Assefa, Nega; Bärnighausen, Till; Bukenya, Justine; Chukwu, Angela; Darling, Anne Marie; Manu, Adom; Millogo, Ourohiré; Mwanyika-Sando, Mary; Ncayiyana, Jabulani; Nurhussien, Lina; Patil, Rutuja; Tang, Kun & Fawzi, Wafaie
  
• Intergenerational spillover effects of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review and future directions for research. BMJ Global Health, 8(4), e011079.
  Schröder, Henning; Yapa, H. Manisha; Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Seeley, Janet; Bärnighausen, Till & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• The effect of school-entry age on health is understudied in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review and future directions for research. SSM - Population Health, 22, 101423.
  Liao, Janny; Schröder, Henning; Chin, Elliot K.; Bakare, Muideen Owolabi; Moshoeshoe, Ramaele; Caudillo, Mónica L.; Munir, Kerim M. & De Neve, Jan-Walter
  
• Estimated timing of the first menstrual period and dietary and nutritional correlates of menarche among urban school‐going adolescents in four sub‐Saharan African sites. Maternal & Child Nutrition.
  Costa, Janaína Calu; Darling, Anne Marie; Shinde, Sachin; Tadesse, Amare W.; Sherfi, Huda; Mwanyika‐Sando, Mary; Tinkasimile, Amani; Sharma, Deepika; Baernighausen, Till & Fawzi, Wafaie W.
  
• The future of public health doctoral education in Africa: transforming higher education institutions to enhance research and practice. The Lancet Public Health, 9(7), e523-e532.
  Bukenya, Justine; Kebede, Derege; Mwambi, Henry; Pate, Muhammed; Adongo, Philip; Berhane, Yemane; Canavan, Chelsey R.; Chirwa, Tobias; Fawole, Olufunmilayo I.; Guwatudde, David; Jackson, Elizabeth; Madzorera, Isabel; Moshabela, Mosa; Oduola, Ayoade M. J.; Sunguya, Bruno; Sall, Amadou; Raji, Tajudeen & Fawzi, Wafaie
  
• “I am adhering to HIV treatment so that I can live to support her”: A qualitative study of upward intergenerational support in South Africa. Journal of Global Health, 14.
  Schröder, Henning; Mataboge, Palesa; McMahon, Shannon A.; Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier; Schatz, Enid J.; Bärnighausen, Till & De Neve, Jan-Walter