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