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Youth
and the Global HIV/AIDS Crisis: A Toolkit for Action
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Erin M. Brown, B.S.W.
Beth N. Collison, B.S.W.
Nancy L. Rogers-Currie, B.S.W., R.S.W.
United Nations Association in Canada
in collaboration with
Master's of Social Work Program
Carleton University School of Social Work |
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| Youth are one of the most vulnerable groups to HIV infection.
In their Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (July 2001), Member
States of the United Nations declared that young people’s “full
involvement and participation in the design, planning, implementation
and evaluation of programmes is crucial to the development of effective
responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.”(1)
The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is committed
to supporting young people’s full participation in realizing
the Declaration’s goals. This report, initiated shortly after
the conclusion of the United Nations General Assembly Special
Session on HIV/AIDS (June 25-27, 2001), is the first step in a
wider programme of work on youth and the global HIV/AIDS crisis.
This Tool-kit for Action has two components. In Part One, you
will hear from a sample of youth and youth workers (based in Ottawa)
on what prevention, education, and awareness strategies have reached
them, what they think about these strategies, and their own ideas
for effective youth-centred HIV/AIDS actions for their communities.(2)
Part Two looks at a range of for- and by-youth public education
initiatives from Kenya, the US, South Africa, Bangladesh, and
Canada. Hoping that the ideas from parts one and two will inspire
you to also take action on the global HIV/AIDS crisis, included
at the end of the report are pointers on what kinds of strategies
and programmes have worked best over the past 20 years of HIV/AIDS
practice.
With everyone’s involvement, a global crisis can be turned
into global action.
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Also available as : |
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1 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
(2001),
www.unaids.org/UNGASS/index.html
2 Erin M. Brown, Beth N. Collison,
and Nancy L. Rogers-Currie are authors of Part One of this Tool-kit
for Action. At the initiative of UNA-Canada, and in collaboration
with the Master's of Social Work Program of Carleton University
School of Social Work, Brown, Collison, and Rogers-Currie conducted
a study with youth (aged 19-24) and youth allies in Ottawa on
the HIV/AIDS crisis. Through discussion groups and individual
interviews with key informants (using a qualitative semi-structured
interview guide), youth and youth allies were asked for their
ideas about HIV/AIDS action strategies for their communities.
A detailed description of the study and literature review is found
in the appendix (in English only).
Web support: Daniel Biocchi [dan@dbdata.ca]
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for Action or to comment, please contact:
United Nations Association in Canada
# 300-309 Cooper St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0G5
Tel: (613) 232-5751
Fax: (613) 563-2455
Email: info@unac.org
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