Retaining clients in an outcome monitoring evaluation study: HIV prevention efforts in community settings

Autor: Bryce D. Smith, Alpa Patel-Larson, Elizabeth J. Kalayil, Brenda Chen, Marla Vaughan
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Gerontology
Social Psychology
Strategy and Management
Geography
Planning and Development
Psychological intervention
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
HIV Infections
Context (language use)
medicine.disease_cause
Risk Assessment
law.invention
Outcome monitoring
Young Adult
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Condom
law
Outcome Assessment
Health Care
medicine
Humans
Community Health Services
Business and International Management
Health Education
Monitoring
Physiologic
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Evidence-Based Medicine
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Repeated measures design
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
medicine.disease
United States
Communicable Disease Control
Patient Compliance
Community setting
Female
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S
business
Clinical psychology
Zdroj: Evaluation and Program Planning. 35:16-24
ISSN: 0149-7189
Popis: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) conducted outcome monitoring studies on evidence-based interventions (EBIs) provided by CDC-funded community-based organizations (CBOs). Critical to the success of outcome monitoring was the ability of CBOs to recruit and retain clients in evaluation studies. Two EBIs, Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom Education and Safer Sex (VOICES/VOCES) and Healthy Relationships, were evaluated using repeated measure studies, which require robust follow-up retention rates to increase the validity and usefulness of the findings. The retention rates were high for both VOICES/VOCES CBOs (95.8% at 30 days and 91.1% at 120 days), and Healthy Relationships CBOs (89.5% at 90 days and 83.5% at 180 days). This paper presents an overview of the retention of clients, challenges to follow-up, and strategies developed by CBOs to achieve high retention rates. These strategies and rates are discussed within the context of the CBOs’ target populations and communities.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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