Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs: Expanded Edition

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences,Panel on the Evaluation of AIDS I

ISBN 10: 030904281X / ISBN 13: 9780309042819

Published by National Academies Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs: Expanded Edition
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030904281X
• ISBN 13: 9780309042819
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

With insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to the fight against AIDS will be used most effectively.

This expanded edition of Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs covers evaluation strategies and outcome measurements, including a realistic review of the factors that make evaluation of AIDS programs particularly difficult. Randomized field experiments are examined, focusing on the use of alternative treatments rather than placebo controls. The book also reviews nonexperimental techniques, including a critical examination of evaluation methods that are observational rather than experimental—a necessity when randomized experiments are infeasible.

About the Author

Susan L. Coyle, Robert F. Boruch, and Charles F. Turner, Editors; Panel on the Evaluation of AIDS Interventions, Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, and Statistical Sciences, National Research Council