HIV/AIDS Prevention Practitioner Institute: How to Plan, Implement, and Evaluate your HIV Prevention Program
Book Details
PublisherSociometrics Press
ISBN / ASIN0982249209
ISBN-139780982249208
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Sales Rank6,795,412
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This book presents a set of educational modules aimed at increasing HIV professionals' capacity to plan, select, implement, replicate, adapt, and evaluate effective, culturally competent HIV prevention interventions. Frontline HIV prevention professionals face complex challenges in working to reduce health disparities and lower HIV infection rates in this country. This book aims to empower these professionals by increasing their knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills related to prevention. Each of the book's five chapters draws on what science knows of what works to offer prevention practitioners strategic, practical guidelines for achieving their programmatic goals and objectives. The five chapters include:
Chapter 1: Developing a Program Model. Topics include: identifying the elements and uses of a program model; guidelines for developing a program model; strategies for assessing and improving the strength of a program model;
Chapter 2: Program Replication and Adaptation. Topics include: strategies for selecting and adapting effective programs; choosing between program replication or adaptation; strategies for adapting a program to better meet the needs of your target population and setting;
Chapter 3: Understanding Process Evaluation. Topics include: process evaluation uses and key evaluation questions; steps for conducting a process evaluation; using of process evaluation findings; how process evaluations can contribute to outcome evaluation efforts;
Chapter 4: Understanding Outcome Evaluation. Topics include: using outcome evaluations to assess program impact on participants knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors; necessary steps for conducting an outcome evaluation; outcome evaluation reporting;
Chapter 5: Creating Culturally Competent Programs. Topics include: defining culture, cultural identity, and cultural competence; strategies for culturally competent HIV prevention program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Chapter 1: Developing a Program Model. Topics include: identifying the elements and uses of a program model; guidelines for developing a program model; strategies for assessing and improving the strength of a program model;
Chapter 2: Program Replication and Adaptation. Topics include: strategies for selecting and adapting effective programs; choosing between program replication or adaptation; strategies for adapting a program to better meet the needs of your target population and setting;
Chapter 3: Understanding Process Evaluation. Topics include: process evaluation uses and key evaluation questions; steps for conducting a process evaluation; using of process evaluation findings; how process evaluations can contribute to outcome evaluation efforts;
Chapter 4: Understanding Outcome Evaluation. Topics include: using outcome evaluations to assess program impact on participants knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors; necessary steps for conducting an outcome evaluation; outcome evaluation reporting;
Chapter 5: Creating Culturally Competent Programs. Topics include: defining culture, cultural identity, and cultural competence; strategies for culturally competent HIV prevention program planning, implementation and evaluation.
