Interagency Youth Working Group

Save the Children

Save the Children is a non-profit relief and development organization working to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. They work with families and communities to define and solve the problems children face, including a focus on adolescent reproductive and sexual health.

Using Male Motivators to Increase Family Planning Use Among Young Married Couples: Training Curriculum (PDF, 544 KB)
This five-day training curriculum aims to train male motivators, young men who enthusiastically use contraceptive methods with their partners, to act as educators and ambassadors to increase the contraceptive uptake of other young married couples. Using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills (IMB) theoretical model, this training curriculum seeks to educate and motivate male motivators with the appropriate skills. (2007)

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Update (PDF, 621 KB)
This document provides new information and updates on Save the Children’s adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) country programs, technical initiatives, and new research. (2007)

The Reproductive Health of Young People in Ethiopia’s New Millennium: The Initiative to Save Young Generation’s Health Today (INSYGHT) Final Evaluation (PDF, 316 KB)
This report summarizes key results from an impact evaluation of the multi-component INSYGHT program in Oromia Region and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Evaluation results showed that the intervention helped youth delay sexual debut, reduce high-risk sexual behaviors, access key health services, and discuss ARSH topics with parents. (2007)

Youth-Friendly Pharmacies: Using Partnership Defined Quality for Youth to Measure Increased Availability and Accessibility of Quality Reproductive Health Services for Youth in the Republic of Georgia (PDF, 374 KB)
This report presents the results of a qualitative study by the Healthy Women in Georgia Project (HWG) on the effectiveness of youth-friendly pharmacies (YFPs) in Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia. The study sought to identify the characteristics essential for youth-friendly services in pharmacies and to assess the quality of YFPs. (2007)

Assessing Change in the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Youth in Two Districts of Imereti, Georgia, Regarding Healthy Lifestyles and Reproductive Health: Mid-Point Report for the BCC Component of the Healthy Women in Georgia (HWG) Project (PDF, 985 KB)
Based on several population based surveys, this report discusses the knowledge, attitudes and practices of youth regarding healthy lifestyles and reproductive health at the beginning of the Healthy Women in Georgia (HWG) project and changes in knowledge by the project mid-point. (2006)

Cross-Generational Relationships: Using a ‘Continuum of Volition’ in HIV Prevention Work among Young People (PDF, 173KB)
This document describes the “Continuum of Volition” developed by Save the Children and the Mannoff Group as an explanatory model of young women’s motivations for engaging in cross-generational relationships. It includes a guide for the development of intervention strategies. (2006)

Working to Improve the Reproductive and Sexual Health of Young People: Save the Children’s Experiences in Bhutan, Malawi, Nepal and Vietnam (PDF, 711 KB)
This 36-page end-of-project report provides an overview of Save the Children’s ARSH programs funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Bhutan, Malawi, Nepal, and Vietnam from 1999-2004. It also includes a list of tools and educational materials developed for these programs. (2004)

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Resources On Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS