FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa on Youth

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

2008
Diop, Nafissatou J. and Alioune Diagne. "Improving communication between parents and adolescents on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 776 KB) (executive summary in English; report in French)

Liambila, Wilson, Charlotte Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Rick Homan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Robert Ayisi, Margaret Gitau, Josephine Kibaru, Mary Gathitu, Judith Maua, Helton Jilo, Juma Mwangi, John Njoroge, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Peter Mohammed Njuguna, and Andrew Mboche. "Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

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, NY: Population Council. (PDF, 1.06 MB)

"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. Washington, DC: Population Council. (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)

2006
RamaRao, Saumya, John Townsend, and Ian Askew. "Correlates of inter-birth intervals: Implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 134 KB)

2004
Askew, Ian, Jane Chege, Carolyne Njue, and Samson Radeny. “A multi-sectoral approach to providing reproductive health information and services to young people in Western Kenya: the Kenya adolescent reproductive health project,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Diop, Nafissatou J., Heli Bathidja, Isseu Diop Touré, Thierno Dieng, Babacar Mané Saumya RamaRao, Susan Adamchak, Emelita Wong, Colonel Adama Ndoyce, Aboubacry Sy, and Babacar Fall. "Improving the reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

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)

2002
"Kenya: Community sensitization must precede alternative coming-of-age rite," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 27. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 284 KB)

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, Kenya: 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, Senegal: 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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