Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?

Table 2 Examples of interventions to improve contraceptive access and uptake by adolescents across the ecological framework^a

Level of ecological framework	Examples of intervention
Individual	- Educate adolescents about contraception
Relational	- Encourage and support communication on contraception between couples, within and outside unions.
Community	- Build community support for contraceptive provision to adolescents - Make health service provision more responsive and friendly to adolescents
Societal	- Legislate access to contraceptive information and services - Reduce the cost of contraceptives to adolescents

^aThese evidence-based interventions are taken from WHO’s Guidelines for preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes to adolescents in developing countries