2007 — Nearly one-third of clients who seek HIV testing are young people with needs that are often different from adults. With this easy-to-use booklet, service providers and counselors can improve their skills and assist youth with the difficult issue of HIV counseling and testing. A training guide complements this manual.
2019 — This curriculum contains technical updates to the original 2006 publication. Tailored for a Uganda audience (but easily adapted for use in other countries), the trainer’s guide describes six workshops for a Christian audience. Participants practice communication skills and learn factual information linked to religious teachings and appropriate Bible verses. The manual encourages open…
2010 — This tool offers recommendations on evidence-based, youth peer education practices and a framework for quality assurance of youth peer education programs. Developed with global experts, these guidelines offer specific tips for each phase of program implementation, explanations of the available evidence on what works and real-world examples of how the guidelines are used in…
2012 — Developed by the Communication for Change (C-Change) project in Nigeria, this publication is designed to allow in-school youths, who are learning about the health risks involved in premarital sex from youth peer facilitators (YPF), to identify with the characters in the booklet and improve life skills. The topics and concepts of this booklet are drawn from…
March 2009 — The Niger Delta AIDS Response (NiDAR) project delivered comprehensive, community-based HIV care and treatment services in selected hospitals in five of the nine states of the Niger Delta. The project had two main goals: supporting the activation and implementation of antiretroviral therapy in cottage hospitals and supporting the establishment of HIV counseling and…
September 2009 — The Strengthening Nigeria’s Response to HIV and AIDS Program (SNR) aimed to address the technical, human and financial capacity and resources needed for states and communities to take charge of and implement a coordinated, effective and sustainable multisectoral local response to HIV and AIDS. Supported by the U.K. Department for International Development in…
2006 — This comprehensive guide outlines how to conduct participatory assessments with youth and community members for improved youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. Drawing on FHI 360’s YouthNet project’s experience in Ethiopia, Namibia and Tanzania, the guide reviews youth participation, guidelines for training community participants and suggestions for adapting the methods and tools for use…
2006 — A recurrent theme in this review is the need to define concepts and terms related to community involvement and the need for better process documentation. The literature highlights the necessity of understanding, and responding to, the local context and of acknowledging the heterogeneous needs, perspectives and priorities of young people.
2006 — This compilation of resources includes documents, manuals and toolkits that provide advice, approaches and tools for involving community members, including youth, in reproductive health and HIV prevention programs. In the online version of the guide, the URLs for the resources are active links. Because URLs and materials on websites sometimes change, the online version…
April 2012 — For projects in the Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA & D) Network, dissemination is about transferring information and resources, building knowledge and skills and enhancing capacities within the special education and disability communities they serve. This toolkit provides the network — funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S.…