Measuring Health Outcomes: Evaluation Methods for HIV Supportive Services Programs

Course Description

This three-day training on program evaluation is designed specifically for organizations providing supportive services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS. This training will help organizations develop systems and methods to evaluate the impact of their services on their clients’ health outcomes. Participants will be shown how to use a variety of data sources for program evaluation, including data that they input into the AIDS Institute Reporting System (AIRS).

Prerequisite

Your organization must receive funding from the NYS AIDS Institute. Up to two individuals from one organization may attend. It is helpful if one person has a working knowledge of AIRS as it is used in their program.

A laptop is required. Participants from the same organization may share a laptop.

Audience

Health and human service providers who are responsible for designing or managing evaluation of supportive service programs for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Daily Schedule 9 - 5 (varies by site)

Day One

Why evaluate?

Evaluation overview

Developing objectives

Linking objectives to indicators

Using AIRS for program evaluation

Day Two

Uses of qualitative measures in program evaluation
Uses of quantitative measures in program evaluation
Developing measures for indicators
Analyzing AIRS data for program evaluation process measures

Day Three

Evaluation design and implementation decisions
Analyzing AIRS data for program evaluation outcome measures
Overcoming barriers to conducting evaluation