Community Involvement Resources

I. Engaging Communities in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Projects: A Guide to Participatory Assessments (PDF, 2.32 MB) 
This comprehensive guide outlines how to conduct participatory assessments with youth and community members for improved youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. Drawing on YouthNet's experience in Namibia, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, it reviews youth participation, guidelines for training community participants, and suggestions for adapting the methods and tools for use at other project stages.

 

II. An Annotated Guide to Technical Resources for Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Programs (PDF, 640 KB)
This compilation of resources includes documents, manuals, and toolkits that provide advice, approaches, and tools for involving community members, including youth. In the online version of the guide, the URLs (Web addresses) for the resources are actual links. Because URLs and materials offered on Web sites sometimes change, the online version of this document will be updated from time to time and will therefore be somewhat different than the printed version.

 

III. The Role of Community Involvement in Improving Youth Reproductive Health and Preventing HIV among Young People: Report of a Technical Consultation (PDF, 643 KB)
This report of a two-day technical consultation summarizes challenges, lessons learned from promising projects, knowledge and practice gaps, and recommendations for future practice. It suggests guidelines for community involvement in youth reproductive health and HIV prevention at all stages of a project cycle.

 

IV. Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention: A Review and Analysis of the Literature (PDF, 212 KB)
This literature review helped inform the technical consultation convened by YouthNet (see item III). It summarizes key terms and concepts from the literature, including issues on operations, evaluation, impact assessment results, challenges, and emerging themes.