| 9:00–9:10 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Jorge Solórzano, Country Representative, Population Council/Guatemala
Dr. Gonzalo Ball, Director, FESIRGUA |
| 9:10–9:30 | The Health of Adolescents in Guatemala
Data from the National Maternal and Child Health Survey 2002
Dr. Edgar Hidalgo, Technical Director, ENSMI, MERTU/CDC/UVG (Presentation) (Download) |
| 9:30–9:50 | Breaking the Cycle in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Intervention in the Ixil Triangle, Save the Children
Dr. Francisco Pineda, Director of Reproductive Health Programs (Presentation) (Download) |
| 9:50–10:35 | Quantitative study results “Determinants of School Leaving, Marriage and Early Pregnancy in Guatemala”
Dr. Kelly Hallman, Population Council/New York (Presentation) (Download)
Full study summary (PDF) Qualitative study results “Understanding the Lives of Mayan Adolescents in Guatemala”
Alejandra Colom, Population Council Consultant/Guatemala (Presentation)
Full study summary (PDF) Multisectoral intervention model with Mayan youth “Creating Opportunities for Mayan Adolescents”
Dr. Marta Julia Ruiz, Population Council/Guatemala (Presentation) |
| 10:35–10:55 | Questions and Comments
Moderated by Dr. Jorge Solórzano, Population Council/Guatemala |
| 10:55–11:15 | Action Corps for Integrated Development in Guatemala
Axel Facundo Marroquín Sipac, Member of Asociaciones Juveniles
Astrid Almanai Pacheco Hernández, Member of Asociaciones Juveniles
CADI-Joven, USAID/Partners of the Americas (Presentation) (Download) |
| 11:15–11:35 | Creating Economic Opportunities with Guatemalan Adolescents Ing. José Herrera, Director of Empresarios Juveniles (Presentation) (Download) |
| 11:35–11:45 | Central Goals and Challenges in Working with Adolelscents
Lic. Ramiro Ovando, Representative of PROPEVI en La Comisión Intersectorial de Los y Las Adolescentes de Guatemala (Presentation) (Download) |
| 11:45–11:55 | The Importance of Multisectoral Interventions with Youth
Dr. Alejandro Silva, Director of Salud Reproductiva
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social |
| 11:55–12:15 | Questions, Comments and Closing Remarks Moderated by Dr. Jorge Solórzano, Population Council/Guatemala |
