Findings Seven areas of adolescent sexual and reproductive health were identified as important: (i) maternal health; (ii) contraception;
(iii) gender-based violence; (iv) treatment and care of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; (v) abortion; (vi) integration
of family planning and HIV-related services and (vii) sexually transmitted infections. Experts generated from 30 to 40 research questions in
each area, and to prioritize these questions, they applied five criteria focused on: clarity, answerability, impact, implementation and relevance
for equity. Rankings were based on overall mean scores derived by averaging the scores for individual criteria. Experts agreed strongly on
the relative importance of the questions in each area.
Conclusion Research questions on the prevalence of conditions affecting adolescents are giving way to research questions on the scale-up
of existing interventions and the development of new ones. CHNRI methods can be used by donors and health programme managers to
prioritize research on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.