This report is a synthesis of the materials and experts' opinions presented in the WHO/UNFPA/UNICEF Study Group on Programming for Adolescent Health.

This review examines research on gender as it relates to women's and men's different vulnerabilities to HIV infection and their different abilities to access resources for care and support in order to cope with the impact of the epidemic.

The sheet highlights the Women's Centre project in Jamaica. It focuses on prevent second adolescent pregnancies by supporting young mothers.

The original project was designed to examine the resonances between gender as it constructed in the occupational setting and the HIV response of young people.

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of health education initiatives to increase knowledge and improve attitudes and behaviors in response to rising HIV incidence.

Provides and overview of work with HIV/AIDS in Africa and Asia focussing on the challenge to find ways to asses its impact.

A health education program conducted in primary schools in Soroti district, Uganda promoted increased access to information, better peer interactions and better quality of the health education system.

This paper examines HIV/AIDS programmes that are based on behavioral interventions derived from different models and theories. It focuses on sex behavior change interventions, examines testing theoretical models of behavioral change and reviews the impact of interventions on behavioral change.