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Interagency Youth Working Group

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Resources on Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention:
New Research, Program Experiences, and Applications
May 7, 2007
Washington, DC


The objectives of the first Interagency Youth Working Group (IYWG) meeting were:

  1. To introduce the IYWG to the USAID collaborating-agency community and other organizations working on youth RH/HIV issues.
  2. To present new research results and program experiences on youth RH/HIV.
  3. To share ideas for applying latest knowledge and recommendations in program settings. 

The agenda (see below) included an introduction to the IYWG along with highlights of three new youth websites. The morning concurrent session focused on New Research Findings and Approaches, and the afternoon session emphasized Promising Programmatic Interventions Building on Research Findings. The next day, May 8, the IYWG and Family Health International sponsored a half-day meeting with mini-trainings on how to use tools for working with youth in faith-based settings, HIV counseling and testing situations, and peer education. These were developed under the FHI-led YouthNet program.


8:30 – 9:00: Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:30: Welcome and Introductions

9:30 – 10:45: Global and Multi-Country Experiences and Recommendations

Facilitator: Bill Finger, FHI
Discussant: Shanti Conly, USAID

10:45 – 11:00: Break

11:00 – 12:15: Concurrent Session 1: New Research Findings and Approaches 
                      15 min. presentations with 45 min. panel/audience discussion         

Option 1: Partner Reduction: New Research Findings and Implications
Discussant: Michael Cassell, USAID

Option 2: New Approaches in Youth Research
Discussant: Sarah Harbison, USAID

12:15 – 1:30: Lunch (provided)

1:30 – 2:45: Concurrent Session 2:  Promising Programmatic Interventions Build on Research Findings
                  15 min. presentations with 45 min. panel/audience discussion         

Option 1: Interventions for Married Youth
Discussant: Julie Hanson-Swanson, USAID

Option 2: Scaling Up Interventions
Discussant: Judy Senderowitz, Independent Consultant


2:45 – 3:45: Applications and Lessons: Next Steps
Facilitator: Shanti Conly, USAID
Final Panel:

3:45 – 4:00: Future IYWG meetings, Adjourn - Mahua Mandal, USAID

 

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