YouthNet/FHI is pleased to announce new publications and resources 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 Productivity 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/YouthResearchWorkingPa
pers.htm. To request a hard copy of either paper, please send an email
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3. Meeting Information. The authors of these papers were featured at two
consultations sponsored by YouthNet and USAID this month in Washington,
DC. PowerPoint presentations from the meetings are available on the
YouthNet Web site at the URLs below:

January 9, 2006: New Evidence on Reproductive Health/HIV
Curriculum-Based Education for Youth: Global Research and Local Action
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
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