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Resources On Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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MEASURE Evaluation

MEASURE Evaluation is a key component to the USAID’s Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results (MEASURE) framework. MEASURE Evaluation fosters the demand for innovations in effective monitoring and evaluation of data to improve family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition and the prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs and other infectious diseases worldwide. Part of their work focuses on youth.

AIDS in Africa During the Nineties: Tanzania Youth Report - A Review and Analysis of Surveys and Research Studies (PDF, 256 KB)
This 75-page report from the MEASURE project and the Government of Tanzania provides a review and analysis of trends during the 1990s in youth knowledge and behavior related to HIV as well as the implications of these findings for HIV prevention. (2004)

AIDS in Africa During the Nineties Uganda: Young people, sex, and AIDS in Uganda (PDF, 220 KB)
This 86-page report from the Government of Uganda and the MEASURE project covers trends during the 1990s in youth knowledge and behavior related to HIV as well as the implications of these findings for HIV prevention. (2004)

AIDS in Africa During the Nineties: Young People in Kenya (PDF, 186 KB)
This 67-page report from the Government of Kenya and the MEASURE project provides an analysis of trends in youth knowledge and behavior related to HIV in the 1990s as well as implications of these findings for HIV prevention. (2003)

Community-Level Influences on Early Sexual Initiation in Nigeria (PDF, 221 KB)
Researchers from the MEASURE project used national survey data to determine that community factors do have an influence on early initiation of sexual activity. Young people living in communities with supportive attitudes toward reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, including contraception, are more likely to delay sexual activity. (2006)

Communities, opportunities, and adolescent sexual behavior in KwaZulu, South Africa (PDF, 228 KB)
This article from Studies in Family Planning details the impact of schooling, work, and community activities on adolescent reproductive health among a representative sample of young people. Many activities influenced males and females differently, suggesting the importance of sex in sexual risk-taking among youth. (2004)

Estimation of levels and trends in age at first sex from surveys using survival analysis (PDF, 155 KB)
This 23-page paper describes how survival analysis can be used to estimate age at first sex of adolescents. The method is illustrated using data reported by women in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa with multiple cross-sectional surveys over a ten-year period. (2002)

Evaluations of Five Programs for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya and Tanzania (PDF, 655 KB)
This two-page brief provides an overview of ongoing evaluations that are examining the effectiveness of programs for orphans and vulnerable children. The research includes evaluations of four projects in Kenya and Tanzania as well as a costing component. Also available are four case studies on individual programs, each about 35 pages. (2007)

Field Assessment of Emergency Plan Centrally-Funded HIV Prevention Programs for Youth (PDF, 375 KB)
This report includes a description of the strengths and weaknesses of the 14 funded programs and recommendations for strengthening them. An appendix includes a summary of a meeting discussing the evaluation process and the assessment tool used. The tool can be used more broadly to evaluate programs at the design, implementation, or evaluation phases. (2007)

Indicators for Reproductive Health Program Evaluation: Final Report of the Subcommittee on Adolescent Reproductive Health Services (PDF, 306 KB)
This report, by a subcommittee of the Reproductive Health Indicators Working Group, identifies and describes indicators judged to be most useful for evaluating reproductive health programs. (1995)

Jamaican Youth Risk and Resiliency Behaviour Survey 2005: School-based Survey on Risk and Resiliency Behaviours of 10-15 year olds (PDF, 536 KB)
This 135-page document from the Jamaica survey is based on a nationally representative sample of 3,003 in-school youth aged 10-15. The survey included questions on risk and resiliency to determine factors that provide protection from teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, violence, and obesity, in order to inform programs targeted at the early adolescent period. (2007)

Monitoring the AIDS epidemic using HIV prevalence data among young women attending antenatal clinics: prospects and problems (PDF, 129 KB)
This study investigates the use of antenatal surveillance data on HIV prevalence in young women as an indicator of trends in HIV incidence. Projection models are used to illustrate the relationship between changes in HIV incidence and prevalence in young women. (2000)

Risk-Taking Behaviors among Youth Socializing in Target Venues of Carrefour, Haiti: Adaptation of the Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) Methodology (PDF, 688 KB)
The Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) method identifies areas likely to have a higher incidence of HIV infection, and within these areas specific venues where AIDS prevention programs should be focused. This 67-page report discusses a modified PLACE approach used to better understand HIV prevention programming needs of young people in Carrefour, Haiti. (2007)

Transitions to Adulthood in the Context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa (PDF, 365 KB)
This 80-page report of the Transitions to Adulthood project examines youth sexual and reproductive behaviors in relation to their surrounding context using individual, household, and community data collected from 2001 to 2003. (2004)

Understanding Perceptions of HIV Risk among Adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal (PDF, 253 KB)
This study identifies factors that influence the HIV risk perceptions among a group of adolescents in South Africa. By disentangling the determinants and impact of perceptions of risk for adolescents, this research aims to improve services and support to help adolescents calculate the costs and benefits of HIV risk and take a risk-reduction strategy. (2003)

 

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