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Moderated 2-hour sessions in which three presenters have approximately 15 minutes each to present, followed by a question-and-answer period. There are eight sessions taking place concurrently in each 2-hour session period. These sessions will take place on June 2, 3 and 4.
Please note that sessions and times are subject to change.
Many presenter's PowerPoint presentations are available. To request a copy, look for the link beside the presenter's name.
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
10:30 am-12:30 pm
A1: Testing Relationships: Support Systems for Youth VCT
Governor's Room (map)
Presenters discuss: challenges and efficacy of using volunteer youth counselors for voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) (Honduras); youth involvement and other support for services among displaced youth (Burundian refugees in Tanzania); and the role of family and friends in youth testing decisions (Zambia).
Moderator: Ann McCauley
Speakers: Julie Denison
Optatus Likwelile - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Jim Ricca
A2: Promoting Self-Support: The Life Skills and Economic Needs of Youth
Congressional Room A (map)
Presenters discuss: integrating life skills training with reproductive health education (India); reaching street-based children with economic programming (global study); and an examination of the challenges facing youth-headed households and their survival mechanisms (Kenya).
Moderator: Joan Parker
Speakers: Yoko Kobayashi - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Tom Omondi Onyango - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Mary Sebastian Monica Grant
A3: Mobilizing Young Women: Overcoming Gender Barriers to Activism
Executive Room (map)
Presenters discuss: gender-related factors in participation of youth as peer educators and activists (Mozambique); overcoming gender-specific obstacles to participation in community programs and activism (Peru); and strengthening the advocacy and strategy skills of young women (Latin America region).
Moderator: Cynthia Steele
Speakers: Cecilia Correa - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Luisa Fumo
Rocio Zumaeta
A4: Lights, Cameras, Action: Youth-Created Messages Using Media and the Arts
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: using the performing arts to reach and mobilize large numbers of youth with ASRH information and skills (Tanzania/Botswana); producing short fiction films from the ideas of young people about pressing health concerns (African region); young people creating animated films on sex and sexuality for use in schools and the community (India); and youth-led children’s councils mobilizing adolescents with media messages to restrict tobacco sales near schools (India).
Moderator: Joan Haffey
Speakers: Jyoti Prakash Gautam
Christavina Kusaga - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Hemlata Rawat
Kate Winskell
A5: Program and Policy Responses to Cross-Generational Sex
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: the various drivers and circumstances leading to cross-generational sex among adolescent girls and older men; and recent program and policy efforts to address the resulting issues of HIV risk and gender power imbalances (Malawi/Ethiopia/Kenya).
Moderator: Kathleen M. Kurz
Speakers: John Berman
Virginia Kamowa - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Amy Weissman
A6: Tapping the Public Sector: Models for Youth-Friendly Services
Congressional Room B (map)
Presenters discuss: integrating youth-friendly services in a government network of clinics (Vietnam); modeling a traditional system of local governance to build networks for youth leadership and advocacy (India); and implementing youth-friendly services in a public sector facility (Tanzania).
Moderator: Ngashi Ngongo
Speakers: Naomy Achimpota - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Bhagyashri Dengle - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Hoang Bich Thuy - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
A7: Donor Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Regency Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: factors influencing donor support, including regulations and trustees; and trends observed by private foundations, bilateral organizations and multilateral institutions in ASRH programs in their decision-making and priorities (global).
Moderator: Victoria Dunning
Speakers: Shanti Conly
Laura Laski
Laurie Mazur - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
A8: Partners in the Fight: Youth Involvement in Infectious Disease Prevention Efforts
Cabinet Room
(map)
Presenters discuss: an initiative to involve youth in the design and implementation of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis prevention efforts (Uganda); mobilizing youth to participate in an anti-TB campaign (Kazakhstan); and the potential for youth involvement to enhance malaria prevention efforts (global).
Moderator: Richard Skolnik
Speakers: Grace Barungi
Irina Yuzkayeva - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Thursday, June 3, 2004
10:30 am-12:30 pm
B1: Global Youth Culture and MTV’s Global HIV/AIDS Campaign
Regency Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: results from an evaluation study supporting the existence of a global youth culture; a global HIV/AIDS prevention campaign using mass media to reach the widest possible audience; and linking global media campaigns to local level activities to build a supportive environment for HIV/AIDS prevention (Kenya).
Moderator: Hally Mahler
Speakers: Cindy Waszak Geary - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Georgia Franklin
Maggwa Baker Ndugga Hally Mahler
B2: Strategies for All Ages: Female Empowerment for Reproductive Health
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: using the Scouts and Guides programs to deliver reproductive health education (India); a life skills curriculum to increase marriage age in adolescent girls (India); and a study of the effect of mother and mother-in-law empowerment on desired outcomes for offspring (Bangladesh).
Moderator: Yolonda Richardson
Speakers: Farzana Islam - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Manisha Khale - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Rose Wilcher - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
B3: Childhood’s End: Emerging Findings on Married Adolescents
Executive Room (map)
Presenters discuss: methods to address sociocultural factors that promote early childbirth in married adolescents (India); improving reproductive health services for rural married adolescents (India); and family decision-making processes associated with early marriage (Bangladesh).
Moderator: Elaine Murphy
Speakers: Surinder Jaswal - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Sidney Ruth Schuler - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Sita Shankar - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
B4: Mitigating Risk: Addressing Service Needs of Especially Vulnerable Youth
Congressional Rooms A/B (map)
Presenters discuss: a global evaluation of reproductive health services for refugees and internally displaced persons (global); using drop-in centers and mobile services to reach street children and youth in urban slum areas (Uganda); and expanding local capacities and access to SRH services for vulnerable youth (Guatemala/Bolivia).
Moderator: Kate Tulenko
Speakers: Susan Purdin
Denise Kohn Rupal Sanghvi
Rhobbinah Ssempebwar - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
B5: Tools for Participation: Research Methods Involving Youth
Governor's Room (map)
Presenters discuss: involving youth as researchers in a needs assessment (Philippines); including youth in reproductive health program design (Malawi); and an assessment tool for improving youth participation in program activities and management structures (Botswana/Ghana/Tanzania/Uganda).
Moderator: Jin In
Speakers: Doris Aglobitse
Rainera Lucero
Mary Mukaka
B6: Evaluating the Impact of Health System Strengthening Initiatives
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: new approaches and tools for monitoring and evaluating the impact of three selected health reform initiatives – decentralization, contracting and hospital strengthening – on the availability, quality and utilization of reproductive and child health services (global).
Moderator: David Hotchkiss
Speakers: Ricardo Bitran
Paul Hutchinson
Xingzhu Liu
B7: Market Forces: Examining Private Sector Influences on Health and Services
Palladian Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: developing the patient-care focus of pharmacists through continuing education (Romania); making pharmacy services youth-friendly (Cambodia/Nicaragua/Kenya); and the determinants influencing adolescent procurement of condoms in the private sector (Jamaica/Cameroon).
Moderator: Tom Merrick
Speakers: Jolene Beitz - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Sara Zellner - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Rosalyn King
B8: Throwing Light on Shadow: Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Youth
Cabinet Room
(map)
Presenters discuss: a survey of psychosocial needs for long-term internally displaced youth (Kurdish Iraq); and a partnership to assess mental health needs and service availability and to develop interventions (U.S.-Ukraine).
Moderator: Eliot Sorel
Speakers: Kimberly Adams-Tufts
Lynne Jones - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Florence Baingana
2-4 pm
C1: Acting on Impulse: Social Norms and Their Impact on Risk Behaviors
Executive Room (map)
Presenters discuss: a study examining the prevalence of premarital sexual relationships among adolescent girls (India); findings on the impact of social isolation and economic vulnerability on risk behaviors (South Africa); and an assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practices of adolescents concerning risk behaviors (Burkina Faso).
Moderator: Penelope Riseborough
Speakers: Judith Diers Kelly Hallman - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
R.S. Goyal - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Muadi Mukenge Innocentia Riker
C2: From School to Workplace: Creating Opportunities for Girls
Cabinet Room
(map)
Presenters discuss: a mentoring and scholarship program to improve girls’ self-esteem and completion of education (Madagascar); making professional development available to girls in a Muslim society (Pakistan); and helping factory management teams meet reproductive health needs among young garment workers (Cambodia).
Moderator: Barbara Wright
Speakers: Nancy Bryant
Dymphna Kenny - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Ravakiniaina Ranivoarianja
C3: Finding Leaders Where They Live: Strategies for Peer Educators
Palladian Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: developing life and leadership skills among youth educators in HIV prevention (Brazil); creating HIV prevention leaders and educators among university and technical school students (South Africa); and developing peer educators in a migrant population (Thailand).
Moderator: Connie Lee
Speakers: Nielson da Silva Bezerra Karina Felix da Silva
Brenda Dhlamini
Suwon Vickie Nopachai
C4: Bridging Generations: Innovative Approaches for Effective Youth Development
Congressional Room A (map)
Presenters discuss: the potential for intergenerational approaches to increase the effectiveness of youth development initiatives; and examples of youth-adult partnerships in the fields of reproductive health, girls’ education and child protection (global/Egypt/India).
Moderator: Akenji Ndumu
Speakers: Alka Barua - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Mona Moneer Francis
Akanksha A. Marphatia
C5: Addressing Gender and Rights Issues in Adolescent Reproductive Health
Governor's Room (map)
Presenters discuss: results from a 20-country study of ASRH rights and gender issues (Arab states and Iran); findings from a survey measuring self-efficacy among adolescent girls (India); and a community-based intervention to decrease the practice of female genital cutting (Ghana).
Moderator: Susan Igras
Speakers: Elizabeth Jackson
Shveta Kalyanwala Vu Song Ha - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Bonnie L. Shepard - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
C6: Taking Stock: Evaluating Youth Interventions in Africa
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: a youth-led study of the youth friendliness of VCT services (Nigeria); measuring the reach and impact of a reproductive health program in a post-conflict setting (Rwanda); and methodological strategies for evaluating a national HIV/AIDS prevention program for youth (South Africa).
Moderator: Rabia Mathai
Speakers: Babatunde Amusa Mayowa Joel - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Audrey Pettifor - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Andrea Plautz
C7: Riches Amid Scarcity: Maximizing the Power of Community Resources
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: the use of an “appreciative community mobilization” strategy to engage stakeholders in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (Philippines); a multi-disciplinary community approach for the health needs of street children (Russia); and efforts to harness human resource potential at the community level to improve health (Cambodia).
Moderator: Victoria Ward
Speakers: Thomas Dougherty - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Nary Lim - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Charissa Macabangun-Fajardo
C8: Surveillance, Frameworks and Hip-Hop: Strategies for Tobacco Control
Congressional Room B (map)
Presenters discuss: highlights of the WHO/CDC Global Tobacco Surveillance System (global); providing educators and youth with tools for advocacy in tobacco control efforts (global); and tapping into the hip-hop culture in tobacco prevention efforts (Brazil).
Moderator: Heather Selin Chris Bostic
Speakers: Thais Corral - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Wendy Santis - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Charles Warren Laurent Huber
Friday, June 4, 2004
10:30 am-12:30 pm
D1: Getting the Message Out: Adapting HIV Education to Local Needs
Regency Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: reaching rural youth with HIV risk reduction messages (Cambodia); partnering with initiation counselors to improve the safety of cultural practices (Malawi); and working with community health outreach workers to promote healthier behaviors among high-risk adolescents (Philippines).
Moderator: Nancy E. Williamson
Speakers: Adam Alide
Linda Bruce - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Am Vichet - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
D2: Putting Parents in the Picture: Increasing the Impact of Educational Programs
Congressional Room A (map)
Presenters discuss: the need for new tools to support parent-child communication around HIV prevention (Malawi); the impact of training parents in a school sexual and reproductive health program (China); and an abstinence-based skill-building program for 8- to 12-year-olds, incorporating parents and teachers in the curriculum (Ghana).
Moderator: Milton Amayun
Speakers: Wang Hui - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Martin Obeng Susan Roylance
Lisa Sherburne Maggie Kambalame - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
D3: Culture and Faith: Communication Initiatives in Conservative Societies
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: partnering with parents and community leaders to create supportive environments for discussion of STI/HIV (Guinea); creating strategies and materials sensitive to the needs of a conservative society (Bangladesh); and a faith-based initiative to promote discussion of male-to-male relationships (Pakistan).
Moderator: Edson Whitney
Speakers: Guillaume Bakadi
Tahir Khilji - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Mohammad Shahjahan
D4: Strategies to Address the Consequences of Unsafe Abortion and Prevent Unintended Pregnancies
Palladian Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: referral systems to make post-abortion and family planning services more available (Senegal); improving the overall quality of post-abortion care (Bolivia); and strategies to prevent unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions (Kenya).
Moderator: Merrill Wolf
Speakers: Richard F. Mason, Jr.
Orlando Hernandez
Kitche Magak
D5: Health and Conservation: A Sustainable Future for the Next Generation
Executive Room (map)
Presenters discuss: community-based initiatives that develop the potential of young people to face the challenges of a growing population and a declining natural resource base using programs that combine reproductive health with sustainable livelihoods (Mexico/Philippines/Brazil).
Moderator: Roger-Mark DeSouza
Speakers: Carol Boender
Joan Castro - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Naida Pasion - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
D6: Removing Barriers: Private Sector Strategies to Improve Service Access
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: strategies for increasing attractiveness and use of health services for young men (Brazil); a voucher program to improve accessibility of services (Nicaragua); and results from a willingness to pay study (Brazil/Chile/Colombia/Peru).
Moderator: Jim Rosen
Speakers: Rebecca Koladycz
Liesbeth Meuwissen - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Marcos Nascimento
D7: Connecting the Dots: Policies and Linkages for Improving Health
Congressional Room B (map)
Presenters discuss: a multi-country youth study examining policy development and its translation into programs and activities benefiting young people; an examination of national abortion policies in sub-Saharan Africa (Uganda/Zambia); and working with a faith-based organization to improve adolescents’ access to sexual and reproductive health services (Ghana).
Moderator: Mary Taylor
Speakers: Charles Acquah - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Margaret Greene
Kuhu Maitra - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
D8: From Survivors to Health Promoters: Adolescents Counteract the Effects of War
Cabinet Room
(map)
Presenters discuss: the development of youth leaders in war-affected communities to conduct youth-to-youth health advocacy and program work, including life, communication and leadership skills development (Kosovo/Sierra Leone/Uganda).
Moderator: Matthew Emry
Speakers: Ngolo Katta
Josephine Akello
Eldita Tarani - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
1:30-3:30 pm
E1: Generations Bonding: HIV/AIDS Care and Support Strategies for the Community
Executive Room (map)
Presenters discuss: sustainable agriculture strategies to build community and improve care (Kenya/Tanzania); incorporating care and support services into a youth educator program (Nigeria); and the benefits of a home-based care program for families affected by AIDS (Kenya).
Moderator: Carmen Urdaneta
Speakers: Doris Emmanuel Uko
Richard Lathrop
Gilbert Magiri - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
E2: In Their Own Hands: Health Initiatives for Youth, Led by the Young
Congressional Room B (map)
Presenters discuss: a youth-led campaign to promote healthy behaviors among rural and peri-urban youth (Romania); a youth-designed and -implemented program to improve health behaviors, livelihood skills and the reputation of youth in the community (Uganda); and the tools and accomplishments of a youth-led organization in advocating for young people’s sexual and reproductive rights (global).
Moderator: Rick Olson
Speakers: Belinda Amatekpor Hodasi
Joyce Nantumbwe Kavuma Nakawooya Justine Mukasa
Nicolae Adrian Tarba
E3: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender: Holistic Approaches
Regency Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: gender and human rights in the implementation of holistic SRH programs for pre-adolescent girls, stressing the role of support networks; creating a mass media project using a multi-participatory approach; and the use of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the design of holistic SRH programs (Nicaragua).
Moderator: Colleen Conroy
Speakers: Rodolfo Peña Margarita Quintanilla
Margarita Quintanilla
Charlie Weinberg
E4: Social Norms and Pressures: Male Youth and Reproductive Health
Congressional Room A (map)
Presenters discuss: the effects of socialization processes on adolescent males (Bangladesh); the conflict between cultural influences and parental expectations in a new environment (U.S. immigrants from East Africa); and the differing approaches of male and female peer educators (Peru).
Moderator: Karin Ringheim
Speakers: Milka Dinev
Paula Hollerbach
Ahlam Mohammed - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
E5: Enrolling the Experts: Youth Participation in Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation
Ambassador Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: lessons learned from incorporating a participatory approach in the design of a successful reproductive health program, its implementation and its scientific evaluation (China/Nepal).
Moderator: Anju Malhotra
Speakers: Jianzhong Chen
Sanyukta Mathur
Manisha Mehta
E6: Building Trust: Making Health Services Youth-Friendly
Palladian Ballroom (map)
Presenters discuss: the development and delivery of a curriculum on youth-friendly services (Peru/Ecuador/Bolivia); a collaboration between youth and health providers to define youth-friendly services (Nigeria/Vietnam); and a survey evaluating the youth- friendliness of adolescent clinical services (South Africa).
Moderator: Indu Capoor
Speakers: Nicole Cheetham - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Maria de Bruyn
Zeljko Blagojevic - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
E7: An Imbalance of Power: Preventing Sexual Coercion and Violence
Empire Ballroom
(map)
Presenters discuss: a study examining the scale and experience of sexual violence in adolescent boys and girls (Kenya); an analysis of self-reported partner violence experiences, and their relationship to gender, race and socioeconomic status (Brazil/Kenya); and efforts to protect women and children and to provide psychosocial support in a war-affected area (Eastern DR of Congo).
Moderator: Mary Ellsberg
Speakers: Leila Adesse Pearl Friedberg
Annabel Erulkar
Tamar Renaud
E8: Better Choices, Better Health: Addressing Substance Abuse in Youth
Presenters discuss: community-based efforts for prevention and treatment of substance abuse (Uganda); strategies for harm reduction (Central/Eastern Europe); and a teen-centered model designed to harness the power of peer influences for drug prevention
Moderator: Diane Abatemarco
Speaker: Emmanuel Ngabirano - Click here to request PowerPoint presentation
Saul Levin
Many presenter's PowerPoint presentations are available. Look for the link beside the presenter's name.
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