Greetings,

YouthNet is pleased to announce the publication of three new youth
community involvement resources, available at:
http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/CIresources/index.htm.

1) Engaging Communities in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Projects: A
Guide to Participatory Assessments
This manual discusses how to conduct participatory assessments with
youth and community members for improved youth reproductive health (RH)
and HIV prevention, drawing on YouthNet's experience in Namibia,
Tanzania, and Ethiopia with youth-led projects using these tools. The
sections review YouthNet's approach to participation, guidelines for
training community participants, and suggestions for adapting the
methods and tools.

2) An Annotated Guide to Technical Resources for Community Involvement
in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Programs
This compilation of resources is intended for program staff and others
who are involved with youth RH/HIV prevention and community involvement
issues. It includes documents, manuals, and toolkits that provide
advice, approaches, and tools for involving community members, including
youth.

3) The Role of Community Involvement in Improving Youth Reproductive
Health and Preventing HIV among Young People: Report of a Technical
Consultation
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.

A fourth publication in this group of resources, a review of the
literature, will be available in September.

For printed copies of the three new documents, please send requests to
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YouthNet is a five-year program funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) to improve reproductive health and
prevent HIV among young people. The YouthNet team is led by Family
Health International (FHI) and includes CARE USA and RTI International.


David Hock
Family Health International

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