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

IF 2 3区 社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Rita Tamambang, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Rudgard, Robin Evans, Heidi Stöeckl, Lucie Cluver, Olayinka Omigbodun
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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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两个比一个好,三个最好:在尼日利亚在校青少年中快速实现可持续发展目标 (SDGs)
背景非洲 60% 的人口年龄在 25 岁以下,对青年的投资将加快实现可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的进程。方法通过收集尼日利亚西南部(伊巴丹)1800 名青少年的健康数据,确定了十项可持续发展目标。确定了可实现两个或两个以上可持续发展目标的加速保护因素。通过调整社会人口协变量和多重检验,使用多变量逻辑回归对相关性进行了评估。结果参与者的平均年龄为 15.02 岁(SD = 2.27)。与家庭(父母支持)、环境(无生存工作和食品安全)和学校(安全学校)相关的因素成为发展的促进因素。在已确定的与可持续发展目标一致的目标中,有七个目标的两个或两个以上加速因素的组合显示出累积的正相关性,这表明加速因素具有协同作用,三个加速因素的组合显示出最大的增长。例如,认为学校环境安全、食品安全和心理健康状况良好与 67% 的人不使用精神活性物质有关。结论:与家庭、环境和学校因素相关的几种发展加速器可以对尼日利亚青少年实现可持续发展目标产生叠加效应。这对非洲经济增长最快的国家具有实际和政策意义。
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Child Indicators Research
Child Indicators Research SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: Child Indicators Research is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly that focuses on measurements and indicators of children''s well-being, and their usage within multiple domains and in diverse cultures. The Journal will present measures and data resources, analysis of the data, exploration of theoretical issues, and information about the status of children, as well as the implementation of this information in policy and practice. It explores how child indicators can be used to improve the development and well-being of children. Child Indicators Research will provide a unique, applied perspective, by presenting a variety of analytical models, different perspectives, and a range of social policy regimes. The Journal will break through the current ‘isolation’ of academicians, researchers and practitioners and serve as a ‘natural habitat’ for anyone interested in child indicators. Unique and exclusive, the Journal will be a source of high quality, policy impact and rigorous scientific papers. Readership: academicians, researchers, government officials, data collectors, providers of funding, practitioners, and journalists who have an interest in children’s well-being issues.
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