Interagency Youth Working Group
These research briefs summarize the latest information on key issues regarding reproductive health and HIV prevention among youth ages 10 to 24. This series began as part of the YouthNet program (2001-2006), led by Family Health International (FHI) (issue Nos. 1-18). FHI is continuing to produce YouthLens as an activity of the IYWG, beginning with issue No. 19.
No. 27. Addressing the Needs of Young Adolescents 
(136 KB). Although programs are beginning to pay attention to the needs of young adolescents, more evaluations of these efforts are needed. New interventions are generally either community-based efforts or school-based approaches, including new sexuality and life skills education.
No. 26. Youth and Injecting Drug Users (160 KB). Most injecting drug users start the practice before age 25, yet few HIV prevention programs targeting injecting drug use focus on youth — either to prevent the initiation of injecting or to reduce risks of HIV associated with injecting drugs.
No. 25. Helping Parents Improve Adolescent Health (179 KB). New reports from the World Health Organization show the importance of parents for improving adolescent health but also raise questions about how programs address desired parental behaviors. This YouthLens summarizes the new reports. This issue is also available in French (197 KB) and Spanish (156 KB).
No. 24. Youth Peer Education (184 KB). A recent meeting and new research compile scientific evidence and program experiences to show that youth peer education projects can be effective. But the available information leaves questions about delivery strategies, the degree of rigor used in curriculum and planning, and other issues. This issue is also available in French (203 KB) and Spanish (166 KB).
No. 23. New Web Sites Make Information about Youth More Accessible (179 KB). To address the growing volumes of information on youth, the new Interagency Youth Working Group site and expanded youth sections on the DHS and policy.com sites provide guidance to program planners and others.
No. 22. Scaling Up Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Programs (185 KB). This brief summarizes the latest conceptual thinking and the successful scaling up approaches of large youth projects. It identifies challenging pragmatic issues as well as key actions needed for effective scale-up of youth projects. This issue is also available in French (201 KB) and Spanish (169 KB).
No. 21. Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV Services for Youth (185 KB). Research identifies the need for more attention to pregnancy prevention in a variety of settings, but delivery models need further testing. This issue is also available in French (201 KB) and Spanish (167 KB).
No. 20. School-Based Reproductive Health and HIV Education Programs — An Effective Intervention (181 KB). A review of evaluated programs shows that well-designed programs work, but implementation issues such as teacher training and cultural sensitivities remain challenging. This issue is also available in French (202 KB) and Spanish (164 KB).
No. 19. Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention (183 KB). Youth projects are increasingly involving community members in designing, shaping, and implementing projects. Research findings are promising, but more program experience and research are needed to understand the impact such efforts have. This issue is also available in French (173 KB) and Spanish (199 KB).
This one-stop electronic source contains new publications and information on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. It generally features new program resources with links, such as tools, curricula, program reports, and unpublished research findings, as well as summaries of peer-reviewed research papers published in the last month on developing country research. This publication began as part of the YouthNet program (2001-2006), led by Family Health International (FHI) (issue Nos. 1-27). FHI is continuing to produce Youth InfoNet as an activity of the IYWG, beginning with issue No. 28.
Youth InfoNet No. 50. This issue features 16 program resources with Web links, and 12 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Youth InfoNet No. 49. This issue features 5 program resources with Web links, and 19 journal article summaries on research from Argentina, Brazil, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iran, Kenya, Lithuania, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, and Vietnam.
Youth InfoNet No. 48. This issue focuses on information from a major international youth conference held in April 2008, "Youth Deliver the Future: Investing in Young People's Health and Development — Research that Improves Policies and Programs."
Youth InfoNet No. 47. This issue features 13 program resources with Web links, and 13 journal article summaries on research from China, El Salvador, Namibia, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
Youth InfoNet No. 46. This issue features 12 program resources with Web links, and 9 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Libya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
Youth InfoNet No. 45. This issue features 16 program resources with Web links, and 11 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and Zambia.
Youth InfoNet No. 44. This issue features 10 program resources with Web links, and 18 summaries of published research articles from China, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and with a regional focus (Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa).
Youth InfoNet No. 43. This issue features 14 program resources with Web links, and 25 summaries of published research articles including several multiple-country studies from Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and Uganda.
Youth InfoNet No. 42. This issue features 15 program resources with Web links, and 17 summaries of published research articles from the Bahamas, Bosnia, Canada, Croatia, England, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Macedonia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, and Uganda, including a 24-country review.
Youth InfoNet No. 41. This issue features summaries of presentations on youth from the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights, held 29-31 October 2007, in Hyderabad, India. The projects summarized are from more than 20 countries, nearly all in Asia and the Pacific region.
Youth InfoNet No. 40. This issue features 10 program resources with Web links, and 12 summaries of published research articles from India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, and Zambia.
Youth InfoNet No. 39. This issue features 12 program resources with Web links, and 14 summaries of published research articles from Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, India, Iran, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania.
Youth InfoNet No. 38. This issue features 9 new program resources with Web links, as well as 15 summaries of published research studies conducted in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Romania, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.
Youth InfoNet No. 37. This issue features 12 new program resources with Web links, as well as 10 summaries of published research studies conducted in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Youth InfoNet No. 36. This issues features 7 new program resources with Web links, as well as 13 summaries of published research studies conducted in Africa, Iran, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, the Bahamas, Croatia, Uganda, South Africa and Tanzania.
Youth InfoNet No. 35. This issues features 11 new program resources with Web links, as well as 9 summaries of published research studies conducted in Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, India, Nepal and Egypt.
Youth InfoNet No. 34. This issue features 13 new program resources with Web links, as well as 15 summaries of published research studies conducted in China, Jamaica, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia, as well as global overviews.
Youth InfoNet No. 33. This issue features 16 new program resources with Web links, as well as 13 summaries of published research studies conducted in
Youth InfoNet No. 32. This issue features 13 new program resources with Web links, as well as 13 summaries of published research studies from Brazil, Congo, Guyana, India, Kenya, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.
Youth InfoNet No. 31. This issue features 12 program resources, with web links, as well as seven summaries of published research studies from Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam, and the region of Africa.
Youth InfoNet No. 30. This issue features 12 program resources, all available online, as well as 23 summaries of published research studies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Zambia, and other areas.
Youth InfoNet No. 29. This issue features 20 program resources, as well as 15 summaries of research studies from Botswana, China, India, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Youth InfoNet No. 28. This issue features 18 program resources and 24 summaries of research from Brazil, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and global reviews.
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