January 11 - 12, 2006
The purpose of this two-day meeting was to provide an update of the literature on youth peer education, to better understand where and how youth peer education has been used and to examine its successes and failures objectively, and to explore specific issues related to successful peer education.
Wednesday, January 11
Thursday, January 12
Day 1.
Session I. Setting the Stage: Youth Peer Education So Far
Overview of Youth Peer Leadership - Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, University of Windsor
Supporting Youth Peer Education in South Africa - Flora Cornish, Glasgow Caledonian University; Catherine Campbell, London School of Economics/HIVAN, University of Kwazulu-Natal
Differential exposure to peer education programs among adolescents in Addis Ababa - John Townsend, Population Council; Annabel Erulkar, Population Council, Ghana
The Core Components of Youth Peer Education - Gary Svenson, YouthNet/FHI; Holly Burke, YouthNet/FHI
Session II. Peer Educators Tell the Truth about Program Successes and Failures
Youth Participation in Zambian Youth Peer Education Programs - Chris Lubasi, Contact Trust Youth Association
Youth as Managers - Jelena Curcic, Y-PEER Focal Point for Serbia and Montenegro
Session III. Programs Responding – Challenges and How We Meet Them in the Real World
Keeping Motivators Motivated: Training and Retaining Peer Educators for RH/HIV Programs and Beyond - Harriet Yowela, Student Partnerships Worldwide Zambia
Supervision as Quality Control - Kendall RePass and Rachel Lucas, American Red Cross
Outreach and Peer Education for Drug Users In Cairo's Streets: The Freedom HIV/AIDS Program - Dr. Ehab El Kharrat, Freedom HIV/AIDS Program, Egypt
Tough Questions/Hard Answers – A Moderated Oprah-Style Moment
Oprah: Paul Nary, FHI
Susan Newcomer, Center for Population Research, NIH
Gary Svenson, Researcher, YouthNet, FHI
Charles Deutsch, Harvard School of Public Health
Ehab El-Kharrat, Freedom HIV/AIDS Program, Egypt
Jelena Curcic, Y-PEER, Serbia and Montenegro
Jerry Aurah, National Organization of Peer Educators (NOPE)
Chris Lubasi, Contact Trust Youth Association, Zambia Harriet Yowela, SPW, Zambia
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