FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa on HIV and AIDS and Youth

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Birungi, Harriet, John Frank Mugisha, Juliana Nyombi, Francis Obare, Humphres Evelia, and Hannington Nyinkavu. "Sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents perinatally infected with HIV in Uganda," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 524 KB)

2007
Erulkar, Annabel and Francis Ayuka. "Addressing early marriage in areas of high HIV prevalence: A program to delay marriage and support married girls in rural Nyanza, Kenya," Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 19. New York: Population Council. (PDF)

"Kenya: Multisectoral engagement increases support for youth RH" FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 65. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Senegal: Mainstreaming adolescent health: Building on local support systems," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 64. (full text)

"South Africa: Youth centers: A costly way to provide reproductive health services," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 66. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2004
"Challenges faced by households in caring for orphans and vulnerable children (South Africa)," Horizons Research Update. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 156 KB)

New Findings from Intervention Research: Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Prevention, report of a meeting co-sponsored by Population Council/FRONTIERS, Horizons/Population Council, and YouthNet/Family Health International, Washington, DC, 9 September 2003. Arlington, VA: Family Health International. (PDF, 483 KB)

"Vulnerability and intervention opportunities: Research findings on youth and HIV/AIDS in South Africa," Horizons Research Update. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 161 KB)

Wood, Kate and Peter Aggleton. Promoting Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights, report of a meeting co-sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development–supported Safe Passages to Adulthood Programme, John Snow International, Family Health International/ YouthNet, and the Population Council/FRONTIERS, Brighton, England, 5–7 June 2003. Southampton, UK: Safe Passages to Adulthood, University of Southampton. (PDF, 392 KB)

2003
"Cameroon: Peer education and youth-friendly media reduce risky sexual behavior," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 37. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Institut de Recherche et des Etudes des Comportements (IRESCO). “Peer education as a strategy to increase contraceptive prevalence and reduce the rate of STIs/HIV among adolescents in Cameroon,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1 MB)

Janowitz, Barbara, Carmen Cuthbertson, Mags Beksinska, and Queen Nomsa Cebekhulu. "The costs of programmes at selected youth centres in South Africa," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF,  687 KB)

"Kenya: Communities support adolescent reproductive health education," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 33. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Senegal: Involve community networks in adolescent reproductive health," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 35. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2001
Chege, Jane, Ian D. Askew, and Jennifer Liku. "An assessment of the alternative rites approach for encouraging abandonment of FGC in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Erulkar, Annabel S., Mags Beksinska, and Queen Cebekhulu. "An assessment of youth centres in South Africa," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.0 MB)

"Kenya update: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project," FRONTIERS Project Update no. 1. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 113 KB)

"Senegal: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project update: Et si on en parlait [and if one speaks about it]," FRONTIERS Project Update no. 1. Dakar: Population Council. (full text )

"South Africa: Providers should encourage sexually active youth to use condoms," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 24. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 277 KB)

"South Africa: Who uses youth centers and why?" FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 23. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 268 KB)

"Zambia: Peer educators can promote safer sex behaviors," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 17. Washington, DC: Population Council.  (PDF, 262 KB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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