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Interagency Youth Working Group

© 2003 Sean Hawkey, Courtesy of Photoshare© 2001 Jim Stipe/Lutheran World Relief, Courtesy of Photoshare© 2001 Jennifer Knox/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare© 2006 Jane Koehler/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare© 2005 Esther Braud, Courtesy of Photoshare

Resources On Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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The Population Council
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, that conducts research in reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; and poverty, gender, and youth. Following is a sample of the Population Council’s publications on youth. Others can be found on the Population Council’s Web site (scroll to Transitions to Adulthood section), as well as under two projects led by the Population Council, Frontiers and Horizons.
 
Briefs

Adolescent Behavior in the Context of AIDS in South Africa  (PDF, 618 KB; 2003)
 
Adverse Health and Social Outcomes of Sexual Coercion: Experiences of Young Women in Developing Countries (PDF, 120 KB; 2004)
 
Culture of Silence: A Brief on Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Youth in Pakistan (PDF, 4.63 MB; 2005)
 
Forced Sexual Relations among Married Young Women in Developing Countries (PDF, 118 KB; 2004)
 
Providing Safe Spaces, Financial Skills, and HIV/AIDS Awareness for Vulnerable South African Youth (PDF, 150 KB; 2005)
 
Reproductive Health Program for Youth Successful in Kenya (PDF, 632 KB; 2004)
 
Sexual Coercion: Young Men's Experiences as Victims and Perpetrators (PDF, 160 KB; 2004)
 

Quality/Calidad/Qualité
 

This series highlights clinical and educational programs in sexual and reproductive health, with the issues below focusing on youth.
 
“My Father Didn't Think This Way”: Nigerian Boys Contemplate Gender Equality (PDF, 394 KB; 2003)
 
Universal Sexuality Education in Mongolia: Educating Today to Protect Tomorrow (PDF, 728 KB; 2002)
 
 
Reports
 
Adolescents and Reproductive Health in Pakistan: A Literature Review (PDF, 378 KB; 2000)
 
Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming (PDF, 249 KB; 2003)
 
Emergency Contraception Operations Research Project Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya: Final report (PDF, 429 KB; 2002) 
 
The Experience of Adolescence in Rural Amhara Region, Ethiopia (PDF, 568 KB; 2004)
 
Formation of Partnerships among Young Women and Men in Pune District, Maharashtra (PDF, 1.69 MB; 2006)
 
 
Girls' Adolescence in Burkina Faso: A Pivot Point for Social Change (PDF, 879 KB; 2007)
 
 
Working Papers
 
Actions that Protect: Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Choice among Young People in India (PDF, 348 KB; 2003)
 
The Changing Context of Sexual Initiation in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 415 KB; 2005)
 
Condom Use and Abstinence among Unmarried Young People in Zimbabwe: Which Strategy, Whose Agenda?  (PDF, 1.09 MB; 2003) 
 
Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods (PDF, 903 KB; 2003)
 
Pregnant or positive: Adolescent childbearing and HIV risk in South Africa (PDF, KB; 2003)
 

Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Unsafe Sexual Behaviors among Young Women and Men in South Africa (PDF, 518 KB; 2004)

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