Evaluation Guidance Handbook: Strategies for Implementing the Evaluation Guidance for CDC-Funded HIV Prevention Programs.

摘要

This manual describes various strategies that can be used by health departments to collect, analyze, report, and use Guidance data. These strategies reflect the collective experience and wisdom of health department staff gleaned during the first year of Guidance implementation. CDC acknowledges that there is no one way to implement the Guidance and developed this manual to help health department staff consider a variety of approaches to conducting Guidance activities. This manual is intended to stimulate health departments to enhance their current systems for implementing the Guidance. This manual focuses on those aspects of Guidance implementation that have been most challenging to health departments. Some chapters address challenges unique to specific Guidance reporting requirements while others focus on issues related to the Guidance as a whole. Evaluation of community planning and linkages with the comprehensive HIV prevention plan are not addressed as the Guidance has not established significantly new reporting requirements in these areas and few health departments have experienced substantive challenges with these requirements. Health departments should contact their CDC project officer if they need technical assistance in these areas.