The process of evaluating a capacity-building support initiative for HIV positive South Africans
| Autor: | Wenche Dageid, Fanny Duckert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male Program evaluation Adolescent Social Psychology Health Status Strategy and Management medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Rural Health Severity of Illness Index Community Health Planning Support group South Africa Participatory evaluation Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires HIV Seropositivity medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Business and International Management Action research Empowerment SWOT analysis Aged media_common Medical education business.industry Social change Community Participation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Capacity building Middle Aged Female Power Psychological business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation and Program Planning. 30:381-391 |
| ISSN: | 0149-7189 |
| Popis: | This paper describes the process of evaluating a capacity-building initiative involving HIV positive South Africans. The evaluation was conducted within a participatory evaluation framework, which aims at empowering participants through social action. The rationale is that an understanding and acceptance of evaluation results promotes commitment to act. Forty four members of the Kudu Support Group and 23 non-members participated in the evaluation. Methods included in-depth interviews, a survey, repeated measures of the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), a SWOT analysis, interviews with health workers, field notes, and participatory observation. The capacity-building initiative resulted in empowerment through paid employment for support group members, the establishment of a vegetable garden, increased skills and efficacy, access to resources and networks, a perceived reduction of stigma, perceived improvement of social relations, and improved scores on the GHQ-28. Lessons that emerge out of this study are the importance of integrating evaluation as a part of ongoing activities throughout the research project; to ensure that methods and results are understandable and useful to for the participants; that the evaluator has an in-depth understanding of the project and context; and to introduce frequent and simple internal evaluation tools to guide efforts to improve community-based groups’ functioning and activities. |
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