- Authors
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Title
- Young People - Partners in HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Imprint
- UNESCAP, Thailand, 2003, 91 pp
- Description
Reproduced with UNESCAP's kind permission.
- Abstract
"Young People - Partners in HIV/AIDS Prevention aims to address two questions: Why life skills? And why peer education? It presents an overview of young people’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS infection and illustrates how the life-skills approach could enhance young people’s competency in responsible decision-making to minimize high-risk behaviour. It also examines key elements that contribute to the success of peer education programmes. Young People - Partners in HIV/AIDS Prevention is intended as a contribution to building a common understanding of life-skills and peer education approaches among policy makers, programme managers, youth trainers and youth workers, who are in a position to support young people in their life skills development for HIV/AIDS prevention. Case studies from Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal and Thailand underscore young people’s effectiveness as peer educators, be they former drug users, trishaw drivers or students. This publication serves as supplementary reading material under a new series of UNESCAP training materials related to youth-focused life skills for health and development: The Life Skills Training Guide for Young People: HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Prevention; Adolescent Substance Use: Risk and Protection; Young People and Substance Use: Prevention,
Treatment and Rehabilitation; as well as Conflict Negotiation Skills for Youth."
Related Entries
Countries
- Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh
- China, People's Republic of China (PRC)
- India, Republic of India
- Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal
- Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand
Inter-Governmental Organisations
Regions
Topics
Related Published Resources
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- UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Life Skills Training Guide for Young People: HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Prevention, ST/ESCAP/2317, United Nations, New York, 2003, 391 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]