[afro-nets] New YouthNet HIV/Sex Ed and Peer Ed Resources

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New YouthNet HIV/Sex Ed and Peer Ed Resources
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YouthNet/FHI is pleased to announce new publications and re-
sources on HIV/sex education and peer education for youth.

1. Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs on Sexual Behaviors
of Youth in Developing and Developed Countries: Youth Research
Working Paper No. 2 by Douglas Kirby et al. The authors analyzed
83 evaluations of such education programs and found that two-
thirds of them had positive impacts on measurements of sexual
behavior and virtually none had negative impacts. The paper
identifies 17 characteristics of effective curricula used in the
evaluated programs; four tables summarize research findings.

2. Formative Research on Youth Peer Education Program Productiv-
ity and Sustainability: Youth Research Working Paper No. 3 by
Gary Svenson and Holly Burke. This paper presents the results
from Phase 1 of a two-part study, including the core components
of youth peer education programs and tools developed to assess
such programs across cultural settings. Phase 2 will use these
results to help measure impact on behavior.

Both papers can be viewed electronically at
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/YouthResearchWorkingPapers.htm
To request a hard copy of either paper, please send an e-mail to
mailto:youthnetpubs@fhi.org

3. Meeting Information. The authors of these papers were fea-
tured at two consultations sponsored by YouthNet and USAID this
month in Washington, DC. PowerPoint presentations from the meet-
ings are available on the YouthNet Web site at the URLs below.

January 9, 2006: New Evidence on Reproductive Health/HIV Cur-
riculum-Based Education for Youth: Global Research and Local Ac-
tion
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/NewsEvents/youthcurriculumedmtg.htm

January 11-12, 2006: Taking Stock of Youth Reproductive
Health/HIV Peer Education: Progress, Process, and Programming
for the Future
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/NewsEvents/youthpeeredmtgday1.htm

YouthNet is a global program to improve reproductive health and
prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old,
funded by USAID.

David Hock
Family Health International
mailto:dhock@fhi.org

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Second Nigerian Youth Leadership Summit
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Dear all,

From July 4-5, 2006, young leaders, activists and professionals
from across Nigeria, the Diaspora and the international commu-
nity, will gather in Port Harcourt for the second Nigerian Youth
Leadership Summit.

Theme: "Youth Leadership towards better health and sustainable
development".

The Summit is an annual inter-generational gathering of youth
and experts to address specific national development issues,
with a view to finding the best solutions that meets our needs
and yet fit into the international development agenda, as en-
shrined in the various international development goals and
frameworks. During the first edition in 2005, the focus was on
the NEEDS, this year the focus will be on health.

Registration: N 3,000 for Nigerian Participants, US$ 30 for In-
ternational Participants and Diaspora.

(This fee covers Lunch for two days, snacks and conference mate-
rials, participants will be expected to cover their own trans-
portation and accommodation costs). We are currently in discus-
sions with state governments and will explore other avenues to
support youth to attend the meeting, however, we will encourage
potential participants to seek their own funding to attend the
summit.

Call for abstracts and workshops: We are calling for presenta-
tions and workshop sessions in any of the following areas: e-
health, HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment, ado-
lescent sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child
health, malaria prevention, health policy, international health
agreements and frameworks and national health development re-
search. We will greatly welcome workshops and presentations on
innovative practices in Africa, Asia, Europe and the America's,
on these issues.

More information will be available at our website
http://www.developmentpartnership.org from February 1, 2006. For
queries and enquiries, please contact

DPI offices
4 Eleme Road, off Eleme Junction
Port Harcourt 500001
Fax/Phone: +234-84-751-002
mailto:dabesaki@developmentpartnership.org

See you in Port Harcourt.

Ps: We will greatly appreciate workshops and presentations on
Malaria from members of this list from any part of the world.

Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima
Director, Development Partnership International
9-11 Emenike Street Mile II Diobu
Port Harcourt 500001, Nigeria
Tel: +234-84 751-002
Fax: +234-84-751-002
Mobile: +234-805-518-2526
mailto:dabesaki@developmentpartnership.org
http://www.developmentpartnership.org

Co-Founder, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
mailto:dabesaki@youthaidscoalition.org
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org