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Navigating the swampy lowland: a framework for evaluating the effect of community mobilisation in female sex workers in Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative.
- Source :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health; Oct2012 Supplement, Vol. 66, pii9-ii15, 7p, 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background Few models of how community mobilisation works have been elaborated in the scientific literature, and evaluation of the impact of these programmes on HIV and other health outcomes is extremely limited. Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative, has been implementing community mobilisation as part of its prevention programming with groups of high-risk individuals across six states since 2005. Purpose To articulate a programme theory and evaluation framework for evaluation of Avahan's approach to community mobilisation among female sex workers in four southern states in India. Methods The authors use a goal-based evaluation approach to describe the programme goals and an underlying programme theory that specifies how the programme is expected to work. Using multilevel structural equation modelling with propensity score matching, the evaluation will compare what is observed in the data with the predicted relationships specified by the model. Results The Avahan model of community mobilisation posits that meaningful participation in high-risk group intervention, structural intervention and organisational development activities leads to identification, collectivisation and ownership, which in turn leads to improved programme outcomes. Strong community groups and an enabling environment reinforce social norm and behaviour change outcomes and lead to sustained impact. Discussion Specifying an explicit programme theory can aid in the evaluation of complex interventions, especially when the evaluation design is observational. In addition to articulating Avahan's community mobilisation approach in a model that can be tested, we recommend some specific measures and methods that could be used to improve evaluation efforts in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EVALUATION of human services programs
SEX work
ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology)
CONDOMS
EVALUATION of medical care
ORGANIZATIONAL change
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
PATIENT participation
COMMUNITY support
THEORY
AFFINITY groups
CRISIS intervention (Mental health services)
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
PREDICTIVE validity
HEALTH literacy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0143005X
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 79938121
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2011-200465