Population Council Research that makes a difference

Projects

Special Initiative on Sexual and Gender-based Violence (more)
The Population Council led a pre-intervention assessment to evaluate health provider readiness to provide clinical sexual violence services, and discovered that providers are ill-equipped to provide care despite their willingness and knowledge of the issues.
(10/2009 - 11/2009)
Sexual and gender-based violence

Africa Regional Sexual and Gender-based Violence Network (more)
The Population Council is providing technical assistance to a PEPFAR initiative to strengthen the delivery of comprehensive services, including postexposure prophylaxis, to victims of sexual violence.
(8/2006 - 12/2008)
Integrating health services; Sexual and gender-based violence

Assessing the Psychosocial Benefits of a Community-based Home Visitation Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rwanda (more)
The Population Council and its partners developed and evaluated a community mentorship program to improve the psychosocial well-being of youth-headed households in Rwanda.
(9/2003 - 7/2007)
Orphans and vulnerable children

Resources

Looking back, moving forward: Improving the lives of orphans and other children affected by AIDS, Horizons studies 1998 to 2007 (PDF) 
Schenk,Katie D.; Michaelis,Annie P.; Nelson,Tobey C.; Brown,Lisanne; Weiss,Ellen
Horizons Synthesis Background Papers
Publication date: 2010


Impact of a mentoring program on psychosocial wellbeing of youth in Rwanda: Results of a quasi-experimental study (abstract) 
Brown,Lisanne; Thurman,Tonya R.; Rice,Janet C.; Boris,Neil W.; Ntaganira,Joseph; Nyirazinyoye,Laetitia N.; De Dieu,Jean; Snider,Leslie M.
Vulnerable Child and Youth Studies 4(4): 288-299
Publication date: 2009


The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people (HTML) 
series of 51 data guides by country
Publication date: 2009


The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people--Rwanda 2005 (PDF) (HTML) 
Publication date: 2009


Barriers to the community support of orphans and vulnerable youth in Rwanda (abstract) 
Thurman,Tonya R.; Snider,Leslie M.; Boris,Neil W.; Kalisa,Edward; Nyirazinyoye,Laetitia N.; Brown,Lisanne
Social Science and Medicine 66(7): 1557-1567
Publication date: 2008


Depressive symptoms in youth heads of household in Rwanda (abstract) (PDF) 
Boris,Neil W.; Brown,Lisanne; Thurman,Tonya R.; Rice,Janet C.; Snider,Leslie M.; Ntaganira,Joseph; Nyirazinyoye,Laetitia N.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 162(9): 836-843
Publication date: 2008


Assessing the psychosocial benefits of a community-based mentoring program for youth-headed households in Rwanda (PDF) 
presented to The Orphans and Vulnerable Children Task Force, December 12, Washington, DC
Thurman,Tonya R.
Publication date: 2007


Infants and young children living in youth-headed households in Rwanda: Implications of emerging data (abstract) 
Boris,Neil W.; Thurman,Tonya R.; Snider,Leslie M.; Spencer,Erin; Brown,Lisanne
Infant Mental Health Journal 27(6): 584-602
Publication date: 2007


Psychosocial benefits of a mentoring program for youth-headed households in Rwanda (PDF) 
Brown,Lisanne; Rice,Janet C.; Boris,Neil W.; Thurman,Tonya R.; Snider,Leslie M.; Ntaganira,Joseph; Nyirazinyoye,Laetitia N.; Kalisa,Edward; Nshizirungu,Emmanuel
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2007


Supporting volunteer mentors: Insights from a mentorship program for youth-headed households in Rwanda (PDF) 
Brown,Lisanne; Thurman,Tonya R.; Kalisa,Edward; Rice,Janet C.; de Dieu Bizimana,Jean; Boris,Neil W.; Snider,Leslie M.; Ntaganira,Joseph
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2007


Psychosocial support and marginalization of youth-headed households in Rwanda (abstract) 
Thurman,Tonya R.; Snider,Leslie M.; Boris,Neil W.; Kalisa,Edward; Mugarira,Eleazer Nkunda; Ntaganira,Joseph; Brown,Lisanne
AIDS Care 18(3): 220-229
Publication date: 2006


Evaluation of United Nations-supported pilot projects for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: Overview of findings (PDF) 
Rutenberg,Naomi; Baek,Carolyn; Kalibala,Sam; Rosen,James
HIV/AIDS Working Paper
Publication date: 2003


Programme recommendations for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: A practical guide for managers (PDF) 
Rutenberg,Naomi; Kalibala,Sam; Baek,Carolyn; Rosen,James
HIV/AIDS Working Paper
Publication date: 2003


Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds (HTML) 
annexes by country to Facts about Adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical Tables for Program Planning
Publication date: 2003


Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds: Rwanda (PDF) (HTML) 
annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning"
Publication date: 2003


Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey--Statistical tables for program planning: Rwanda 1992 (PDF) (HTML) 
Publication date: 2002


Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning (HTML) 
series of DHS data tables by country
Publication date: 2001


Ethnicity and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF) 
Brockerhoff,Martin; Hewett,Paul C.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 107)
Publication date: 1998