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Table 1 Problems represented on picture cards used in Participatory Learning and Action cycles

From: Community youth teams facilitating participatory adolescent groups, youth leadership activities and livelihood promotion to improve school attendance, dietary diversity and mental health among adolescent girls in rural eastern India: protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Theme

Problems represented on the picture cardsa

Education

Gender norms related to education

School drop-out

Lack of access to school-related entitlements

Nutrition

Anaemia

Lack of access to nutrition-related entitlements

Inadequate dietary intake and dietary diversity

Intra-household food distribution

Intra-household food insecurity

Health

Lack of menstrual hygiene and menstrual disorders

Early marriage and adolescent pregnancy

Alcohol and substance abuse

Depression and anxiety

Behavioural disorders

Lack of access to health entitlements

Violence

Street harassment

Physical and emotional violence

Sexual harassment

Not being able to voice their opinions

  1. aProblems mentioned by adolescents that are not on this list will be written down on blank cards and included in the prioritisation exercise