Evaluating Programs for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Developing Countries
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The focus of this Handbook is on evaluating programs related to the sexual transmission of HIV. It was developed for a target audience of program managers and decision makers of service delivery programs as opposed to researchers who are evaluating the efficacy of interventions through experimental or quasi-experimental research methods.
Section I lays the foundation for HIV/AIDS program evaluation by describing the current consensus on generic concepts, approaches, and frameworks (Chapter 1) and by outlining the practical development of an integrated evaluation and monitoring plan for projects (Chapter 2).
Section II describes the operational approaches for evaluating the core program strategies necessary to effectively reduce the sexual transmission of HIV (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6), illustrating the unique and often very disparate methodologies needed to evaluate different program components. The section concludes with long overdue guiding principles on how to evaluate HIV/AIDS care programs (Chapter 7). This may help to increase the commitment to funding care-related activities by providing donors and decision makers with the necessary feedback to determine whether the invested resources have yielded the expected results.
Section III focuses on measuring behavior change as the key outcome of standard prevention efforts. State-of-the-art methodologies and survey instruments for collecting behavioral data (Chapters 8, 9, 10) and assessing their validity and reliability (Chapter 11) are covered here, complemented by a chapter on tools for collecting qualitative information (Chapter 12). The section concludes with effective strategies for disseminating survey data to key audiences (Chapter 13).
Finally, Section IV tackles evaluation issues related to assessing program impact, emphasizing the need to analyze behavioral and sero-epidemiological data in tandem (Chapter 14). It also describes a newly developed tool for estimating the impact of different prevention strategies on HIV transmission (Chapter 15), and provides practical guidelines for cost and cost-effectiveness analysis (Chapter 16, 17).
The individual chapters in this Handbook attempt to follow the logic of a program evaluation cycle, and though they are written as "stand alone pieces," they are clearly interconnected. Cross-references to other chapters are found throughout the book to assist readers in understanding how the individual components of evaluation fit into the larger whole.
The focus of this Handbook is on evaluating programs related to the sexual transmission of HIV. It was developed for a target audience of program managers and decision makers of service delivery programs as opposed to researchers who are evaluating the efficacy of interventions through experimental or quasi-experimental research methods.
Section I lays the foundation for HIV/AIDS program evaluation by describing the current consensus on generic concepts, approaches, and frameworks (Chapter 1) and by outlining the practical development of an integrated evaluation and monitoring plan for projects (Chapter 2).
Section II describes the operational approaches for evaluating the core program strategies necessary to effectively reduce the sexual transmission of HIV (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6), illustrating the unique and often very disparate methodologies needed to evaluate different program components. The section concludes with long overdue guiding principles on how to evaluate HIV/AIDS care programs (Chapter 7). This may help to increase the commitment to funding care-related activities by providing donors and decision makers with the necessary feedback to determine whether the invested resources have yielded the expected results.
Section III focuses on measuring behavior change as the key outcome of standard prevention efforts. State-of-the-art methodologies and survey instruments for collecting behavioral data (Chapters 8, 9, 10) and assessing their validity and reliability (Chapter 11) are covered here, complemented by a chapter on tools for collecting qualitative information (Chapter 12). The section concludes with effective strategies for disseminating survey data to key audiences (Chapter 13).
Finally, Section IV tackles evaluation issues related to assessing program impact, emphasizing the need to analyze behavioral and sero-epidemiological data in tandem (Chapter 14). It also describes a newly developed tool for estimating the impact of different prevention strategies on HIV transmission (Chapter 15), and provides practical guidelines for cost and cost-effectiveness analysis (Chapter 16, 17).
The individual chapters in this Handbook attempt to follow the logic of a program evaluation cycle, and though they are written as "stand alone pieces," they are clearly interconnected. Cross-references to other chapters are found throughout the book to assist readers in understanding how the individual components of evaluation fit into the larger whole.
Languages
English, French
Number of Pages
274
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