- Involve perspective of target audience
- Work with youth,
rather than for youth
- Draw on youth’s energy, hope, eagerness to
learn and resilience
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Youth “should be involved
from the start as full partners ….”
— World
Health Organization, 2001
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Photo: M. Tiedemann/FHI
Slide 30
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Young people are capable of positive reproductive health behavior
when they have good problem-solving and decision-making skills.
When young people are full partners in reproductive health and
HIV/AIDS-prevention programs, those programs have the potential
to have more impact. Substantial youth involvement incorporates
the perspective of the target audience of program interventions
for youth. These programs tend to have more credibility when
working with youth rather than for youth — that is, when youth
are involved in the conceptualization, planning, implementation
and evaluation of a project. Such an approach draws on the energy,
hope, eagerness to learn and resilience of youth. The World
Health Organization recently said that youth, "should be
involved from the start as full and active partners in all stages"
of a project. Throughout this section, keep in mind the value
of involving youth.
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