A meeting report is now available.
Co-Sponsored by Frontiers in Reproductive Health, Horizons, and YouthNet
The purpose of this meeting was to disseminate newly available research findings on how to change youth RH/HIV knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in developing countries. To view the Power Point slides presented, please click on the appropriate session title on the meeting agenda, shown below.
Moderator: Sarah Harbison, USAID
Setting the Stage: Learning from RH/HIV youth programs in developed and developing countries - Doug Kirby, ETR Associates
Introduction: Results from FRONTIERS global agenda youth studies - Susan Adamchak, FRONTIERS
Senegal - Nafissatou Diop, FRONTIERS/Senegal
Kenya - Carolyne Njue, FRONTIERS/Kenya
Mexico - Ricardo Vernon, FRONTIERS/Mexico
Bangladesh - Ismat Bhuiya, FRONTIERS/Bangladesh
Costs of scaling up - Barbara Janowitz, FRONTIERS/FHI
Moderator: Susan Adamchak, FRONTIERS
Discussion of implementation, results, and costs.
Moderator: Nancy Williamson, FHI
Results from a community randomized trial in rural Tanzania: The MEMA kwa Vijana Project - David Ross, AMREF/LSHTM/NIMR and Bernadette Cleophas-Mazige, AMREF
Introduction
Rationale
Intervention
Results (KAB)
Results (Biological)
Summary and Implications
Evaluation of a positive deviance youth media intervention in Cote d'Ivoire - Stella Babalola, JHUCCP
Moderator: Naomi Rutenberg
Teaching abstinence in schools: Findings from Horizons studies - Ann McCauley, Horizons
Transitions to adulthood in South Africa - Lisanne Brown, Horizons
Moderator: Shanti Conly
Discussion on Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire, and Horizons studies.
Panel: Reflections on key lessons learned
Iqbal Shah, WHO
Jane Bertrand, Johns Hopkins University
Doug Kirby, ETR Associates
Sarah Harbison, USAID
