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I. GLOBAL RESOURCES (2002-2004)

1. YouthNet Publications

2. Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis

3. Making 1 Billion Count: UNFPA State of the World Population 2003

4. Preventing HIV/AIDS among Adolescents through Integrated Communication Programming

5. Education and HIV/AIDS: Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes

6. Skills for Health: The WHO Information Series on School Health, Document 9

7. Peer Approach in Adolescent Reproductive Health Education: Some Lessons Learned

8. Peer Education Training of Trainers Manual

9. Youth-Friendly Services: An Annotated Web-Based Guide to Available Resources

10. www.youth-policy.com

11. Games for Adolescent Reproductive Health: An International Handbook

12. Adolescent Cue Cards

13. The Implications of Early Marriage for HIV/AIDS Policy; Too Young to Wed

14. Non-consensual Sexual Experiences of Young People: A Review of the Evidence from Developing Countries

15. Making Commitments Matter: A Toolkit for Young People to Evaluate National Youth Policy

16. Conducting a Situation Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS

17. Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Young People: A Summary Overview

18. What Religious Leaders Can Do About HIV/AIDS: Action for Children and Young People

II. ASIA/NEAR EAST RESOURCES

1. Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in the Asia and Near East Region

2. "New Generation" Models for Asia's Youth: Strengthening Networks and Building Capacity

3. Capacity-Building Resources in Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health

4. Towards Adulthood: Exploring the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in South Asia

5. Actions that Protect: Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Choice Among Young People in India

6. Youth Reproductive Health in Nepal: Is Participation the Answer?

7. Asian Young Adult Reproductive Risk Project

8. Anti-Trafficking Programs in South Asia

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I. GLOBAL RESOURCES (2002-2004)

1. YouthNet Publications (2002-2004, English, some French and Spanish)

Research briefs (YouthLens), issues papers, summaries of recent resources/studies (Youth InfoNet), and other publications. Of special interest:

• Sexuality Education (YouthLens No. 2) – in-school programs can result in positive behavior changes, but programs vary widely and questions remain about best models
• Voluntary Counseling and Testing (No. 3) – services for youth are limited but growing
• Abstinence (YouthLens No. 8) –  promoting abstinence can help delay sexual activity
• Nonconsensual Sex (YouthLens No. 10) – RH programs need to consider patterns and consequences of coerced sex
• Maternal Health Care among Adolescents (YouthLens No. 11) – adolescents face greater threats, need services
• Contraceptive Options and Access (YouthLens No. 12) – different youth groups should be targeted with appropriate information and services
• Intervention Strategies that Work for Youth: Summary, FOCUS End of Program Report (Youth Issues Paper 1)
• Reaching Out of School Youth (Youth Issues Paper 4)

2. Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis (2002) (PDF, 509K)

This excellent, 48-page, data-rich resource from the UN offers a rationale for focusing on youth and a ten-step strategy for moving forward.
Contact: pubdoc@unicef.org

3. Making 1 Billion Count: UNFPA State of the World Population 2003, Investing in Adolescents' Health and Rights (2003, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic)
 
The annual UNFPA report focuses on adolescents in an excellent 84-page summary of youth issues with analysis, short case studies, recommendations, data, footnotes, and resources.
Contact: publications@un.org

4. Preventing HIV/AIDS among Adolescents through Integrated Communication Programming (2003) (PDF, 770K)

This 113-page manual published by UNFPA focuses on HIV prevention through integrated communication programming that blends advocacy, behavior change communication, and education interventions with other policy and service components.
Contact: publications@unfpa.org

5. Education and HIV/AIDS: Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes (2003, English, French, Portuguese)

The book from the World Bank and Partnership for Child Development compiles experiences in designing and implementing programs targeted at school-age children, highlighting main program elements and comparing them to criteria that the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team for Education considers to be sound programming practice.
Contact: eservice@worldbank.org

6. Skills for Health: The WHO Information Series on School Health, Document 9 (2003) (PDF, 744K)
 
This 83-page UN report is designed to strengthen efforts to implement quality skills-based health education on a national scale worldwide. It emphasizes the role of schools but is relevant to out-of-school settings. Chapters cover theories and principles, evaluation evidence and lessons learned, priority actions for quality and scale, and planning and evaluation issues.
Contact: pubdoc@unicef.org

7. Peer Approach in Adolescent Reproductive Health Education: Some Lessons Learned (2003) (PDF, 771K) 

This 69-page guide to peer education from UNESCO/Asia and Pacific Region focuses on reproductive health and STIs/HIV/AIDS and is structured in these chapters: what is peer education; why use peer education; what research says; lessons learned; and guidelines.

Contact: bangkok@unescobkk.org

8. Peer Education Training of Trainers Manual (2003, English, other languages in region) (PDF, 2.44MB)
 
Youth Peer Education Electronic Resource (Y-PEER), which works in Eastern Europe and Central Asia with guidance from UNFPA and others, has developed this 188-page manual on sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, gender, and cultural sensitivity.
Contact: bodiroza@unfpa.org

9. Youth-Friendly Services: An Annotated Web-Based Guide to Available Resources (2004)

This guide links to 16 major resources, most produced since 2002, which are grouped into advocacy/planning, assessment/implementation, provider training curricula, job aids, and evaluation. CEDPA/Catalyst, EngenderHealth, YouthNet/FHI, PATH, Pathfinder, and WHO developed these resources. Contacts contained with each listing.

10. www.youth-policy.com (2004)
This unique Web site provides a searchable database of youth reproductive health policies globally, with key elements, guides, fact sheets, and other features. Co-sponsored by YouthNet and the Policy Project.

Contact: youthnetpubs@fhi.org

11. Games for Adolescent Reproductive Health: An International Handbook (2002) (PDF, 598K)
 
This manual from PATH covers games to teach youth about reproductive health and sexuality. Included are theory, tips, instructions for 45 games, guidance on creating and modifying the games, and ready-to-use card sets.
Contact: publications@path.org

12. Adolescent Cue Cards (2003) (scroll to Adolescent Cue Cards)

These colorful and user-friendly job aids for providers offer helpful information and tips specific to the reproductive health needs of youth. Each of the eight two-sided cards covers a contraceptive method.
Contact: information@pathfind.org
 
13. The Implications of Early Marriage for HIV/AIDS Policy (2004) (PDF, 164K)
Too Young to Wed: The Lives, Rights and Health of Young Married Girls (2003) (PDF, 803K)
 
These reports by the Population Council (2004) and the International Center for Research on Women (2003) examine issues related to early marriage and offer policy and programmatic recommendations to end the practice.
Contact: publications@popcouncil.org; info@icrw.org

14. Non-consensual Sexual Experiences of Young People: A Review of the Evidence from Developing Countries (2003) (PDF, 517K)

This report from the Population Council/India synthesizes the available information on non-consensual sex of youth in developing countries, the research on the nature and extent of coercion, adverse consequences, underlying risk factors, related issues, and includes recommendations.
Contact: publications@popcouncil.org

15. Making Commitments Matter: A Toolkit for Young People to Evaluate National Youth Policy (2004, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese) (scroll down to the toolkit)

This toolkit from the United Nations Secretariat can be used to assess progress in reaching the goals of the World Programme of Action for Youth and to prioritize and initiate activities on health, HIV, education, employment, drug abuse, youth participation, and more.
Contact: youth@un.org

16. Conducting a Situation Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (2004) (PDF, 824K)
 
This USAID report describes the rationale and uses of a situation analysis of orphans and vulnerable children, with steps for conducting a situational analysis — planning, gathering and analyzing information, reporting and communicating findings, and other details. It includes a useful list of references and resources.
Contact: docorder@dec.cdie.org

17. Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Young People: A Summary Overview (2002)

This 28-page booklet from FHI, part of a series of booklets in a VCT Toolkit, summarizes issues related to VCT and youth, including the relevance and rationale of VCT for youth, approaches and service models to consider, the diversity of young people, barriers to consider, advocacy messages, short case studies, and more.

Contact: aidspubs@fhi.org

18. What Religious Leaders Can Do About HIV/AIDS: Action for Children and Young People (2003, English, French)
 
This workbook is a cooperative effort between UNICEF, the World Conference of Religions for Peace, and UNAIDS. Intended for use by religious leaders from a variety of faiths who work with children and youth, it provides information about the HIV epidemic and how to address it.
Contact: pubdoc@unicef.org

II. ASIA/NEAR EAST RESOURCES

1. Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in the Asia and Near East Region (2003) 

This series includes an excellent summary report and separate country reports on Bangladesh, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Yemen, from the Futures Group/Policy Project.
Contact: http://www.policyproject.com/contact.cfm

2. "New Generation" Models for Asia's Youth: Strengthening Networks and Building Capacity (2003) (PDF, 1.05MB)
 
Case studies from Thailand and Cambodia discuss how to engage young people in programming, get support from adult stakeholders, and strengthen partnerships/networks.
Contact: publications@path.org 

3. Capacity-Building Resources in Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (2003) (Download in six PDF files)
This training package has a focus on Southeast Asia and is designed to help organizations integrate youth reproductive health or to introduce it as a new area. It evolved from a series of workshops in Bangkok and covers program design, strategic planning and networking, programming, youth-friendly health services, and monitoring and evaluation.
Contact: publications@path.org

4. Towards Adulthood: Exploring the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in South Asia (2003) (PDF, 710K)
 
This 244-page book from WHO contains 42 short papers based on presentations and sessions from an international conference on adolescent reproductive health in South Asia held in 2000.
Contact: publications@who.int

5. Actions that Protect: Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Choice Among Young People in India (2003) (PDF, 348K)
 
This 54-page working paper synthesizes information on sexual and reproductive health behaviors of young people in India, with policy recommendations.
Contact: publications@popcouncil.org

6. Youth Reproductive Health in Nepal: Is Participation the Answer? (2004) (PDF, 1.19MB)
 
This report from the International Center for Research on Women and EngenderHealth summarizes findings from a five-year study in Nepal on the impact of participatory approaches in working with adolescents to understand and address their reproductive health needs.
Contact: info@icrw.org

7. Asian Young Adult Reproductive Risk Project (2001)
 
This collection includes 19 working papers and 14 research briefs based on research on risk determinants and related issues among youth in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand.

8. Anti-Trafficking Programs in South Asia (2002) (PDF, 214K)
 
This 45-page summary of a technical meeting discusses appropriate activities, indicators, and evaluation methodologies based on 14 papers presented (listed on p. 39).
Contact: publications@popcouncil.org