Annotated Guide to Technical Resources for Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Programs, An

This compilation of resources is intended for programme staff and others who are involved with youth reproductive health (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.

The Table of Contents includes:

1. Community Involvement Frameworks and Approaches

• Child-to-Child: A Practical Guide, Empowering Children as Active Citizens
• Children’s Participation in OVC Programming: A Resource Kit of Materials for Increasing Children’s Participation
• Community Mobilization to Mitigate the Effects of HIV/AIDS
• Community Participation, Partnering with Youth: A Rights, Respect, Responsibility Paradigm
• Involving Youth in Reproductive Health Projects
• Positioning Research to Support Community Effort to Reverse HIV/AIDS among Youth in Maragwa and Kirinyaga Districts - Kenya
• So You Want to Consult with Children?
• Youth Participation: A Technical Paper on the AYA Experience

2. Community Involvement Tools and Methods

• Children Changing Their World: Understanding and Evaluating Children’s Participation in Development
• Conducting a Participatory Situational Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Guidelines and Tools
• Engaging Communities in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Projects: A Guide to Participatory Assessments
• Listening to Young Voices: Facilitating Participatory Appraisals on Reproductive Health with Adolescents - Focus 1 Tool Series
• A Parrot on your Shoulder: A Guide for People Starting to Work with Orphans and Vulnerable People
• Participatory Community Planning for Child Health: Implementation Guidelines
• So You Want to Involve Children in Research?
• Youth Participation Guide: Assessment, Planning, and Implementation

3. Guidelines, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations

• Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings: Guidelines and Resources
• Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health: A Two-Part Review and Analysis of the Literature
• The Role of Community Involvement in Improving Reproductive Health and Preventing HIV Among Youth People: Report of a Technical Consultation

4. Instructive Case Studies/Promising Practices

• The African Youth Alliance: Case Studies
• Going to Scale in Ethiopia: Mobilizing Youth Participation in a National HIV/AIDS Program
• Les Jeunes Prennent en Charge Leur Santé Reproductive et Sexuelle: Volet Intervention
• Plain Talk: The Story of a Community-Based Strategy to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
• Scaling up HIV/AIDS Interventions through Expanded Partnerships (STEPS) in Malawi
• Youth Reproductive Health in Nepal: Is Participation the Answer?

5. Selected Additional Resources

• Action Research Electronic Reader
• Community-Based Health Planning and Services
• Embracing Participation in Development: Wisdom from the Field
• Evidence for the Importance of Community Involvement: Implications to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
• How to Mobilize Communities for Health and Social Change: A Field Guide
• The Participation Resource Centre, The Institute of Development Studies
• Participatory Program Evaluation Manual: Involving Program Stakeholders in the Evaluation Process
• Tools Together Now! Participatory Tools to Facilitate Mobilising Communities for HIV/AIDS

YouthNet is a global programme of Family Health International to improve reproductive health and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old. Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, YouthNet conducts research, disseminates information, improves services, and strengthens policies and programmes related to the RH and HIV/AIDS prevention needs and rights of young people around the world.