Working With Vulnerable Populations

This page contains tools to help you plan, implement, monitor and evaluate prevention activities that are effective and that involve youth at each stage of the project. If you have any questions about these tools, please do not hesitate to write to us. You can find three different kinds of tools.

These are tools that have been developed by the Global Youth Network project on the basis of both the experience of our Network members and of international research. They are meant to be 'how to' guides, including broad principles for action illustrated by examples. If you are interested in the hard copy of the publication, please write to us. Please understand that printed copies of these documents will only be available while supplies last and that orders for more than one copy will be prioritized for youth and organisations with limited access to the Internet. Thank you for your interest in advance!

This section includes some articles about good practices in the field of drug abuse prevention that have been sent out on the youthnet listerv. We feel that their principles and examples are still valid and interesting.

UNODC works in prevention also through our Field Offices, who often produce prevention materials suited to different countries and regions. We have tried to pull them together here, in case there is something relevant for your country and region. Moreover, like you, we are constantly looking around for interesting materials from other organisations and we provide you with a link or a scanned copy. Please note that in this case, UNODC is not responsible for the content of the site.

Drug Abuse Prevention among Youth from Ethnic and Indigenous Minorities

Arabic (PDF-1,638KB), Chinese (PDF-534KB), English (PDF-1,103KB), French (PDF-1,024), Russian (PDF-570KB), Spanish (PDF-1,035KB)

HIV Prevention among Young Injecting Drug Users

Chinese (PDF-1,721KB), English (PDF-1,206KB), Spanish (PDF-1,859KB), Russian (PDF-840KB)

This section includes some articles about good practices in the field of drug abuse prevention that have been sent out on the youthnet listerv. Some of you may not be familiar with all of the terms used. Most of the time, you will be able to figure them out by looking at one of the tools in the next section. If you still do not understand, write to us at youthmail@unodc.org, and we will be happy to help you out!

Examples of Good Practices

The use of drugs during pregnancy

Prevent initiation of drug users into injecting

Indicated prevention

Programme emphasizing a comprehensive approach: Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP)

Programme emphasizing a comprehensive approach: Saskatoon Downtown Youth Centre (EGADZ)

Selective prevention programme: The Heroic Journey: Ancient and Modern Stories to Grow by

Selective prevention programme: Personal Growth Class

An indicated prevention programme involving street youth

Riskier drinking ways in young women

Youth living on the street and the high risk for HIV, hepatitis B and C and other blood borne diseases

	Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training ? Australia Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials These materials have been developed for Indigenous school communities of the Northern Territory of Australia. The content has been targeted for students in Transition Grade 3 (5-8 year olds), Middle Primary Grades 4-5 (9-10 year olds) and Upper Primary Grades 6-7 (11-12 year olds), because many children are exposed to drug issues from an early age. However, testing has indicated that the materials are also relevant with older students if adapted and modified to suit students' age and literacy skills. http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/lens/drugeducation/druged.html#indigclassroom
	Strategies for Confronting Domestic Violence A Resource Manual The Purpose of this manual is to give everyone with a responsibility for, or an interest in, ending the violence that women experience in their own homes ideas on actions that they can take and strategies that they can promote to solve the problem. English (PDF-11,898KB), French (PDF-14,730KB), Spanish (PDF-12,868KB), Russian (PDF-13,376KB)
	Let's Talk about AIDS This leaflet is in Farsi and it was developed by the UN HIV/AIDS Theme group in Iran as an HIV/AIDS information and destigmatization campaign targeting young people. It provides answers to most commonly asked questions i.e. how HIV is transmitted, and prevented. The leaflet also includes addresses for referral services such as voluntary counselling and testing centres and a hotline established by an NGO in order to provide more information if necessary. Part 1 * Part 2
SAY (PDF) SAY (Power Point)	THE UNF/ UNAIDS SOUTHERN AFRICAN YOUTH INITIATIVE ON AIDS The Southern African Youth (SAY) Initiative is a sub-regional HIV and AIDS initiative through which the United Nations Foundation (UNF), the United Nations Fund for International Partnership (UNFIP) and UNAIDS seek to support and scale up HIV and AIDS interventions among the youth of Southern Africa. SAY comprises nine independent projects located in eight of southern Africa's most severly affected countries, as well as a sub-regional technical support project (Telling the Story). Through the work of UN country teams, SAY aims to catalyze innovative and expanded national responses to the epidemic to meet the needs of the youth in southern Africa, especially girls, who are most vulnerable to HIV infection. www.unaidstts.org/home/index.cfm
	World Health Organisation (WHO) WORKING WITH STREET CHILDREN Training Package on Substance Use, Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS and STDs Introduction (PDF- 135KB) Trainer Tips (PDF- 550KB) Module 1 - A Profile of Street Children (PDF- 634KB) Module 2 - Responsibilities of Street Educators (PDF- 548KB) Module 3 - Understanding Substance Use Among Street Children (PDF- 858KB) Module 4 - Understanding Sexual and Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS and STDs Among Street Children (PDF- 481KB) Module 5 - Determining the Needs and Problems of Street Children (PDF- 546KB) Module 6 - Responding to the Needs and Problems of Street Children (PDF- 347KB) Module 7 - Teaching Street Children (PDF- 682KB) Module 8 - Selected Health Care Needs for Street Children (PDF- 536KB) Module 9 - Involving the Community (PDF- 369KB) Module 10 - Implementing a Street Children Project (PDF- 279KB) Monitoring and Evaluation of a Street Children Project (PDF-1,175KB)