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Interagency Youth Working Group

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Resources On Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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Monitoring and Evaluation for Youth Programs:
 Capturing Social Change
Sponsored by the Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG)
December 7, 2007
Washington, DC
9:00 am – 12:30 pm

 

Youth reproductive health (YRH) program interventions, whether implemented at the national level, at local health facilities, or at the community level, pose unique issues in program evaluation. Measurement becomes more complex at the community level, since these interventions may lead to social and other changes.

To address these challenges, this half-day interactive workshop, coordinated by measurement experts from MEASURE Evaluation / UNC, CARE, and Advocates for Youth familiarized participants with:

  1. The role of community involvement programs in improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health;
  2. Key issues about monitoring and evaluation of youth reproductive health and HIV prevention programs; and
  3. Issues relating specifically to evaluating community-based interventions for youth.

Participants learned how to address YRH measurement challenges, particularly assessing outputs, outcomes, and impacts at the community level. In addition, participants learned about a conceptual framework developed by the Inter-Agency Working Group on Community Involvement in YRH and HIV Prevention Programs. This framework shows how community involvement can influence YRH and suggests outcome indicators of social change. In small groups, participants worked on a structured case study to evaluate a youth program with significant community involvement. 

The presentation accompanying this workshop is available here (PDF, 283 KB).

 

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