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eJIAS: eJournal of the International AIDS Society

A Process and Outcomes Evaluation of the International AIDS Conference: Who Attends? Who Benefits Most?

Posted 01/09/2007

Bernadette Lalonde, PhD; Jacqueline E. Wolvaardt, MPH; Elize M Webb, MPH; Amy Tournas-Hardt, MAA, MPH
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Abstract

The objective of the study was to conduct a process and outcomes evaluation of the International AIDS Conference (IAC). Reaction evaluation data are presented from a delegate survey distributed at the 2004 IAC held in Thailand. Input and output data from the Thailand IAC are compared to data from previous IACs to ascertain attendance and reaction trends, which delegates benefit most, and host country effects. Outcomes effectiveness data were collected via a survey and intercept interviews. Data suggest that the host country may significantly affect the number and quality of basic science IAC presentations, who attends, and who benefits most. Intended and executed HIV work-related behavior change was assessed under 9 classifications. Delegates who attended 1 previous IAC were more likely to report behavior changes than attendees who attended more than 1 previous IAC. The conference needs to be continually evaluated to elicit the required data to plan effective future IACs.

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Author Information

Bernadette Lalonde, PhD, University of Washington, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Jacqueline E. Wolvaardt, MPH, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Elize M Webb, MPH, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Amy Tournas-Hardt, MAA, MPH, Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park

Correspondence: Bernadette Lalonde, PhD, University of Washington, Department of Health Services, Mail Stop 359932, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195

Views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are in no way attributable to the institutions in which they work, nor to the persons acknowledged.

Disclosures

Bernadette Lalonde, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Jacqueline E. Wolvaardt, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Elize M Webb, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Amy Tournas-Hardt MAA, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Medscape General Medicine.  2007;9(1):6.  ©2007 Medscape

 
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