The essence of youth involvement is a partnership between adults and young people - one in which each party has the opportunity to make suggestions and decisions and in which the contribution of each is recognized and valued. A youth-adult partnership is one in which adults work in full partnership with young people on issues facing youth and/or on programs and policies affecting youth. Effective youth-adult partnerships work toward solving community problems and improving youth reproductive and sexual health.
- Community Participation: Partnering with Youth
- Youth Involvement in Prevention Programming
- Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships
- Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships
- Barriers to Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships
- Lesson Plan: The River
- Tips for Partnering with Youth
- Recruiting and Retaining Youth Activists
- Tips for Youth When Working with Adults
- A Youth Leader’s Guide to Building Cultural Competence
- Replicating Successful Programs: Focus on Plain Talk
- Plain Talk / Hablando Claro: A case study of teen pregnancy prevention in Albuquerque’s South Valley (with video)
- Community Participation to Promote Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in Burkina Faso: A Template for Program Development
- Community Voices from the Burkina Faso Project
- Mobilizing Communities for Change—The Youth to Youth for Healthy Life Project
- The Participatory Approach Improves Youth’s Reproductive Health in Nepal
- Youth Leadership: Recommendations for Sustainability (pdf)
- Tips for Creating Effective Youth Advisory Councils