Mobilizing New York State communities for positive youth development.

New Research and Resources for Youth Development and Adolescent Sexual Health

New! Being Y-AP Savvy: A Primer on Youth-Adult Partnerships is designed to guide groups in building organizational consensus about the practice of Y-AP. Together with short summaries of current research and current thinking about Y-AP, the manual offers guided opportunities for applying research to practice.

New! Using Media and Technology to Improve Sexual Health Outcomes for Youth: This narrated powerpoint by Alwyn Cohall, MD, demonstrates that in clinical practice, using youth-friendly technology can lead to far better outcomes for adolescent sexual health. Browse other sexual health and youth development topics among our online trainings.
Adolescent STI/HIV Prevention Programs: What Works for Teens? In this edition of Research fACTs and Findings, Jessica M. Sales and Ralph J. DiClemente of Emory University offer strategies based on their systematic review of STI/HIV prevention programs.
Adolescent Sexual Health: Looking for ACT for Youth resources on gender and sexual health? This page should be your first stop.
Evidence-Based Programming and Adaptation: ACT for Youth offers resources to help you plan for evidence-based programming, including an overview of comprehensive community assessments.

NYSyouth.net: Our statewide youth web site now has sections on sexual health, leadership, workers' rights, and reducing stress! This new resource for young people is featured in a sexual health media campaign launched by the New York State Department of Health.

Positive Youth Development Resource Manual: ACT for Youth offers this user-friendly online (and fully downloadable) youth development training manual for use in educating community groups about positive youth development. The manual includes training activities with lesson plans/facilitation tips, handouts, brief power point presentations and references to other resources.