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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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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

The World Health Organization’s regional office for the Americas, PAHO publishes two newsletters focusing on youth and HIV prevention and occasional publications and reports on youth issues.
 
Youth HIV Action, a quarterly online newsletter published since 2002, focuses on such issues as gender, the impact of STIs on youth despite virginity pledges, edutainment projects, media interventions, and youth participation.
 
Breaking the Silence, a quarterly online advocacy sheet also begun in 2002, focuses on prevention of HIV/AIDS among Latin American and Caribbean youth.
 
Sexual Health and Development of Adolescents and Youth in the Americas: Program and Policy Implications. (PDF, 928 KB). This document argues for a paradigm shift for policy-makers and program managers to take on a new, positive outlook on youth, with a holistic approach to their development that includes their sexuality. (2003)
 
Research Protocols to Study Sexual and Reproductive Health of Male Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America. (PDF, 400 KB). This report focuses on reproductive health issues of male adolescents and young adults in Latin America, offering ideas on approaches to studies and programs. (2000)
 
Youth: Choices and Change. This 392-page book reports on the application of behavioral change theories and models specifically to adolescents. It breaks new ground in explaining why some health promotion interventions aimed at positive adolescent behavior change produce the desired results, while others fail. Available for purchase from the PAHO Web site. (2005)
 
 

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