FHI - YouthNet End of Program Meeting

The goals of the YouthNet End of Program Meeting were:

To share YouthNet research/program results
To share lessons learned from the YouthNet program
To promote utilization of major YouthNet tools

The agenda (PDF, 34 KB) included a number of breakout sessions on YouthNet's country programs, research, tools and publications, and areas of technical expertise, as well as a plenary session featuring YouthNet's top ten results (PDF, 325 KB). The meeting binder included a summary of YouthNet research activities, country activities, and publications. The YouthNet End-of-Program Report (PDF, 583 KB), released in February 2007, includes additional information.

Welcome

JoAnn Lewis, Family Health International (PDF, 110 KB)
Scott Radloff, USAID
Ryan Smith, Former YouthNet/Tanzania Intern

Synthesis and Overview of Results

Tonya Nyagiro, YouthNet/FHI (PDF, 270 KB)

Tonya Nyagiro, YouthNet/FHI and Ed Scholl, YouthNet/FHI (PDF, 369 KB)
Matthew Tiedemann, YouthNet/Tanzania (PDF, 342 KB)

Lessons in Youth Programming: Technical Sessions

Education: An Essential Component for Youth Behavior Change

The Characteristics of Effective HIV Prevention and Sex Education Programs (PDF, 174 KB) - Cindy Geary, YouthNet/FHI
The Effectiveness of Youth Peer Education Programs (PDF, 181 KB) - Gary Svenson, YouthNet/FHI
Education at the Grassroots: Lessons from Tanzania (PDF, 153 KB) - Garrett Hubbard, YouthNet/FHI
Life After YouthNet: Expanding Y-PEER in Africa (PDF, 208 KB) - Jerry Aurah, National Organization of Peer Educators (NOPE)/Kenya

Integrating Services for Youth: Key Findings

Integrating Services for Youth (PDF, 212 KB) - Ed Scholl, YouthNet/FHI
YouthNet Research on FP/HIV Integration in VCT and PMTCT Services (PDF, 176 KB) - Sarah Thomsen, YouthNet/FHI
Post-Abortion Care (PAC) Counseling for Young Women in the Dominican Republic (PDF, 364 KB) - Donna McCarraher, YouthNet/FHI

Perspectives in Youth Participation and Leadership: A Paradigm Shift

Institutionalization of Youth Participation (PDF, 300 KB) - Hally Mahler, AED/T-Marc
Youth Participation Guide: Increasing Meaningful Youth Participation in RH/HIV/AIDS Programming (PDF, 285 KB) - Maxwell Marx, YouthNet/FHI, and Sara Marques, PAHO
Integration of Youth Participation and Leadership in a Country Program: The Tanzania Experience (PDF, 249 KB) - Juliana Bwire, Family Life Action Trust - Tanzania
From Barcelona to Toronto: Experiences and Lessons Learned (PDF, 382 KB) - Laura Skolnik, YouthNet/FHI

What People Need to Know: Managing Information about Youth

Synthesizing and Disseminating Resources about Youth (PDF, 444 KB) - Bill Finger, YouthNet/FHI
Utilization of Knowledge: Regional Forums in Africa and Latin America (PDF, 345 KB) - Tonya Nyagiro, YouthNet/FHI
Organizing an Online Forum on Youth and Reproductive Health (PDF, 202 KB) - Peggy D'Adamo, INFO Project/Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Tanzania: Coordinating Committee for Youth Programs (CCYP) (PDF, 194 KB) - Matthew Tiedemann, YouthNet/Tanzania

Plenary

The Glass Half-Full: A Decade of Progress and Challenges in Youth RH and HIV - Shanti Conly, USAID

Supportive Environments: Concurrent Sessions

Innovative Media Partnerships: MTV and Other Initiatives

YouthNet and the Media (PDF, 336 KB) - Hally Mahler, AED/T-Marc
One Billion Households a Year: The Partnership Between YouthNet and MTV and What it Changed (PDF, 334 KB) - Georgia Arnold, MTV Networks Europe
MTV Base Africa Uncensored: Making Youth Reproductive Health as "Cool" as HIV (PDF, 368 KB) - Sizwe Dhlomo, MTV Base Africa

Community Based Initiatives: Focus on Faith Organizations

What about Communities and YRH? Highlights of Global Activities to Promote Community Involvement as a Key Component of YRH Programs (PDF, 229 KB) - Susan Igras, CARE
It Takes a Community: A Faith-based Initiative in Namibia (PDF, 204 KB) - Taimi Amaambo, UNICEF/Namibia
From Participation to Action: Faith-based Initiatives in Tanzania (PDF, 222 KB) - Maryanne Pribila, YouthNet/FHI

Youth Policy and Advocacy in Action

Repositioning Family Planning for Youth: Advocacy to Action (PDF, 168 KB) - Tonya Nyagiro, YouthNet/FHI
Lessons from Zambia: Capacity Building in Policy Development (PDF, 190 KB) - Yussuf Ayami, Zambia Interfaith Networking Group on HIV/AIDS (ZINGO)
Experiences in Ethiopia: Stakeholder Involvement in Policy Development (PDF, 150 KB) - Marie-Eve Hammink, YouthNet consultant

Gender and Social Norms, Sexual Relationships and Reproductive Health

"Being faithful" in a sexual relationship: perceptions of young people in Tanzania (PDF, 188 KB) - Joy Noel Baumgartner, YouthNet/FHI
Early sexual debut, sexual violence, sexual risk-taking behavior and unintended pregnancy among adolescents in Uganda & Jamaica (PDF, 261 KB) - Cindy Geary and Joy Noel Baumgartner, YouthNet/FHI
Exploration of gender norms by young men: adaptation of Program H in Tanzania (PDF, 264 KB) - Jane Schueller, YouthNet/FHI

Summary Comments

Mahua Mandal, USAID
Ward Cates, FHI

Closing Remarks

Ann Lion Coleman on behalf of Dana Vogel, USAID

YouthNet End of
Program Meeting

September 19, 2006

YouthFacts

YouthNet End of Program Meeting September 19, 2006

YouthFacts

YouthNet End of
Program Meeting

September 19, 2006