Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Adolescents: Through Integrated Communication Programming

This manual focuses on HIV prevention through integrated communication programming that blends advocacy, behaviour change communication and education interventions. The manual provides a series of checklists to guide the programme or project officer in addressing key questions related to evidenced-based communication programming for HIV prevention among adolescents. The checklists follow a stepwise decision-making process and serve as menus of options to conduct needs assessments, analyse programmatic responses, and handle strategic programming decisions.

This publication includes the following chapters:

• The first chapter describes main communication approaches, HIV prevention, adolescent reproductive health, and explains how they relate to the UNFPA programming cycle.
• The second and third chapters review the situation of HIV among adolescents from the viewpoint of their priority needs and government policies and intended response.
• The fourth chapter assesses the ability of organisations involved in HIV preventionamong youths to identify needs for capacity development and to help UNFPA determine its role vis-à-vis implementing partners.
• The fifth chapter compiles a set of desirable programme results in advocacy, behaviour change communication and education that focus on HIV prevention among young people. It also provides tips for selecting among them.
• The sixth chapter provides information and suggestions for selecting the communication strategy that will be most effective, based on assessed adolescent communication and health needs.
• The seventh chapter reviews issues to strengthen partnerships, management and coordination in programme implementation.
• Chapter eight provides tips and tools for monitoring and evaluating processes and outcomes.