YouthLens 10-12 now online

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Greetings,

YouthNet is pleased to announce that three new YouthLens are now available

on the FHI Web site at:

http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/YouthLens+English.htm

<http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/YouthLens+English.htm> .

* No. 10. Nonconsensual Sex among Youth (in collaboration with the

Population Council/India and WHO)

* No. 11. Maternal Health Care among Adolescents (in collaboration

with WHO)

* No. 12. Expanding Contraceptive Options and Access for Youth

These four-page YouthLens research briefs summarize the latest information

on key issues regarding reproductive health and HIV prevention among youth

ages 10 to 24. If you would like us to mail hard copies to you, please send

an e-mail to youthnetpubs@... <mailto:youthnetpubs@...> . The issues

will be available in Spanish and French in about six weeks.

Through our electronic announcements, two new YouthNet-supported

publications have attracted wide attention: a new fertility awareness manual

geared towards youth ages 10 to 14 and a summary of a technical meeting on

HIV and youth. In February alone, more than 5,000 people downloaded one of

these from our Web site (go to

http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/otherpubs.htm

<http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/otherpubs.htm> and look

under " Training Materials " and " Meeting Reports " ).

Current YouthNet activities include our continuing collaboration with MTV to

bring HIV messages to youth around the world, the pre-testing of a guide on

how to increase youth participation, the development of a Web-based

compendium on youth reproductive health/HIV policies, the development of a

manual for VCT youth counselors, field programs in Tanzania and Namibia, and

a broad research program. You will be hearing more about these in the

future.

Hock

Senior Information Projects Coordinator

Family Health International

e-mail: dhock@... <mailto:dhock@...>