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Two are Better Than One but Three is Best: Fast-Tracking the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Among In-School Adolescents in Nigeria

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  • Rita Tamambang

    (University of Ibadan)

  • Kwabena Kusi-Mensah

    (University of Cambridge
    Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital)

  • Tolulope Bella-Awusah

    (University of Ibadan)

  • Olusegun Ogunmola

    (University of Ibadan)

  • Adeola Afolayan

    (University of Ibadan)

  • Elona Toska

    (University of Cape Town
    Oxford University)

  • Lucas Hertzog

    (University of Cape Town
    Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University)

  • William Rudgard

    (Oxford University)

  • Robin Evans

    (Oxford University)

  • Heidi Stöeckl

    (Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine LMU Munich
    Pettenkofer School of Public Health
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

  • Lucie Cluver

    (Oxford University)

  • Olayinka Omigbodun

    (University of Ibadan)

Abstract

Background With 60% of Africa’s population under the age of 25 years, investing in youth will accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations concept of ‘Development Accelerators’ is operationalized by examining factors associated with multiple SDGs among adolescents in Nigeria. Methodology Through data collected on the health of 1800 adolescents in Southwest Nigeria (Ibadan), ten SDG targets were identified. Accelerator protective factors that could lead to the attainment of two or more SDG targets were identified. Associations were assessed using multivariable logistic regression adjusting for sociodemographic covariates and multiple testing. Cumulative effects were tested by marginal effects modelling. Results Participants’ mean age was 15.02 years (SD = 2.27). Family (parenting support), environmental (no survival work and food security) and school (safe schools) related factors emerged as development accelerators. For seven of the identified SDG-aligned targets, a combination of two or more accelerator factors showed cumulative positive associations, suggesting accelerator synergies with a combination of three accelerators showing the greatest increase. For instance, perceiving the school environment as safe, being food secure and having optimal mental health was associated with an 67% chance of not using psychoactive substances. While with safe school alone it was 39% (29%-51%), with food security alone it was 42% (31%-54%) and with optimal mental health alone it was 54% (42%-66%). Conclusion Several development accelerators related to family, environmental and school factors can have additive effects on the attainment of the SDGs amongst adolescents in Nigeria. This has practical and policy utility in the fastest growing economy in Africa.

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  • Rita Tamambang & Kwabena Kusi-Mensah & Tolulope Bella-Awusah & Olusegun Ogunmola & Adeola Afolayan & Elona Toska & Lucas Hertzog & William Rudgard & Robin Evans & Heidi Stöeckl & Lucie Cluver & Olayin, 2024. "Two are Better Than One but Three is Best: Fast-Tracking the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Among In-School Adolescents in Nigeria," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(5), pages 2219-2241, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:17:y:2024:i:5:d:10.1007_s12187-024-10160-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10160-3
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