European Guidelines for Youth AIDS Peer Education

European Guidelines for Youth AIDS Peer Education

Lund University, Department of Community Medicine, Malmo University Hospital, S-205 02 Malmo, Sweden. 54p. free.
Gary R. Svenson. 1998.

"The aim of these Guidelines is to provide guidance on setting up, running and evaluating AIDS peer education projects for young people. They were written with the practitioner and policy maker in mind, but should be useful to young people or anyone else wishing to gain an understanding of the approach." The Guidelines are a product of the Europeer project, formally titled The European Joint Action Plan on AIDS Peer Education to reach Young People in and outside the School System. The project was financially supported by the European Commission, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, and the Department of Community Medicine, Lund University.

The Guidelines were developed from interviews, field notes, and an exhaustive review of the AIDS peer education literature. In addition, projects were looked at in 11 European Union member states. "An attempt was made to capture the cultural diversity of Europe and include a range of target groups." These guidelines can be found at the URL: http://www.europeer.lu.se. The 5 chapters cover "About AIDS peer education," "Policy making and AIDS peer education," "Initiating and setting up peer education projects," "Training and implementation," and "Evaluating peer education projects." Also included are the field interview questions, projects interviewed for these guidelines, and a charter and resolution. This is a highly recommended document that should be considered in other parts of the world. Our youth are so vulnerable to AIDS and current educational approaches do not seem to be working all of the time. Recommended for all libraries.

Keywords: Youth; Peer Education; Europe
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