Family Health International (FHI)/YouthNet is pleased to announce the publication of three new youth community involvement resources:

1) Engaging Communities in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Projects: A Guide to Participatory Assessments
This manual discusses how to conduct participatory assessments with youth and community members for improved youth reproductive health (RH) and HIV prevention, drawing on YouthNet’s experience in Namibia, Tanzania, and Ethiopia with youth-led projects using these tools. The sections review YouthNet’s approach to participation, guidelines for training community participants, and suggestions for adapting the methods and tools.

2) An Annotated Guide to Technical Resources for Community Involvement in Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention Programs
This compilation of resources is intended for program staff and others who are involved with youth 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.

3) The Role of Community Involvement in Improving Youth Reproductive Health and Preventing HIV among Young People: Report of a Technical Consultation
This report of a two-day technical consultation summarizes challenges, lessons learned from promising projects, knowledge and practice gaps, and recommendations for future practice. It suggests guidelines for community involvement in youth reproductive health and HIV prevention at all stages of a project cycle.

A fourth publication in this group of resources, a review of the literature, will be available in September.

For printed copies of the three new documents, please send requests to youthnetpubs@fhi.org.