Reaching Youth Worldwide: Part III - JHU/CCP Programmes - Europe and Eurasia

Part III - JHU/CCP Programmes
EUROPE AND EURASIA

Moldova Family Life Education
(1995-1999)

What it is: JHU/PCS, the Family Planning Association of Moldova, the Youth-for-Youth Organisation of Romania, and the Ministries of Health and Education worked together to incorporate Family Life Education into secondary schools from 1995 to 1999. The objectives of Family Life Education were to increase knowledge of safe sex practices and promote contraceptive use and informed decision-making among youth.

How it works: The team adapted and piloted a Romanian sex education curriculum for Moldovan high schools and trained over 60 psychologists to use the curriculum and conduct training in 10 secondary schools.

Results/Status: A new course on teaching the curriculum is now required of all psychologists graduating from Moldova State University. The Ministry of Education made the curriculum part of its National Program on Education, allowing Family Life Education to be taught in all Moldovan secondary schools.

Pakistan Hotlines
(1999 - ongoing)

What it is: In Pakistan, JHU/CCP began working in 1999 with local NGOs in Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore to develop a national youth hotline with electronic mail facilities to provide counseling on adolescent reproductive health concerns and links to services through a referral network of medical professionals.

How it works: The hotlines, which have been in operation since May 2001, are promoted through TV and radio spots and behavior change communication materials such as posters, stickers, and pamphlets. The project includes an advocacy component to gain and maintain parental, religious, and political support for programmes serving youth. Materials are based on formative research, interviews, and other surveys.

Results/Status: Local NGOs are training telephone counselors and arranging for phone-line infrastructure.

Russia - About Love
1996 - 1997

What it is: In 1996, in collaboration with the MOH, the Russia Family Planning Association, Video Cosmos Production Company, and JHU/CCP developed About Love, an Entertainment-Education video, with an extensive user's guide for schools, clinics, and youth centers. The objectives of the video were to enhance sexual responsibility among youth and to build the capacity of providers to use the video in teaching situations.

How it works: The video was broadcast on regional TV and shown to hundreds of youth groups and other organisations. JHU/CCP and its partners produced and distributed a family planning methods brochure and poster for young people and a brochure on condoms.

Results/Status: The video was seen by over 34,000 adolescents throughout Russia and was aired on 23 local TV stations 51 times.

Ukraine - Night Saxophone
(1995 - 1996)

What it is: In 1996, in collaboration with Cranehill Associates, JHU/PCS developed Night Saxophone and Life Story, 20-minute Entertainment-Education videos about contraception and sexual responsibility for youth. A user's guide was developed to accompany the videos.

How it works: Community partners conducted group showings of the videos in schools, clinics, discos, maternity homes, museums, and local cinemas. In addition, 20,000 family planning cue cards and 60,000 brochures were produced and distributed to complement the videos. Approximately 450 teachers and doctors were trained to use the materials.

Results/Status: Over 12,500 people saw the videos during 538 showings, which were broadcast 30 times on four different TV channels for a total of 10 hours.