Post Award Orientation Webinar
October 9, 2014
ACIOP
ACIOP EVALUATION
ACIOP Evaluation Capacity Building
• Columbia Study & Conference
• Development of Evaluation Technical
Assistance Plan
– Cohort 1 & lessons learned
– Cohort 2
Building Evaluation Capacity
Capacity Building Values
Interdependence
Cultural
diversity
Contextualized
interpretation
Empowerment
Information Access Categories
I. Information Retrieval
II. Skills Development
III. Resource Development
IV. Equipment Acquisition
I. Information Retrieval
• Provide or improve access to electronic AIDS- and other
health-related information resources by the organization
or by the clients they serve
• Implement access to state-of-the-art AIDS-related
information tools via the Internet and/or mobile phone
technologies
• May require the purchase of hardware (computer
equipment), software, or contractual relationships
necessary to obtain a connection to the Internet for the
purpose of accessing or sharing AIDS-related
information
Information Retrieval: Project Examples
• Online living library database
• Information retrieval skills development training for
health outreach workers and local community based
organizations
• Increase access to information for at-risk youth using a
multimedia hub-spoke model of online, social media and
mobile platforms
• Mobile-Internet-based HIV/AIDS Education: Linking the
Public to Science
• Purchase of computer equipment / software for cyber lab
Information Retrieval: Measures
• Awareness
– Marketing / awareness of information
– Community partnerships / community engagement
• Access
– Retrieval skills
– Access to computers, mobile, and Internet
– Proof of access
• Number of visits
• Types of resources
II. Skills Development
• Training to develop skills in accessing or
using HIV/AIDS-related information
– NLM online databases
– NLM mobile resources General AIDS information
resources in order to improve services and
benefit the community
• This may include:
– Training for the agency staff
– Development of training programs for clients
– Training programs for other agencies
Skills Development: Project Examples
• Capacity-building training for youth serving
professionals; and peer-to-peer education
• Information retrieval skills development
training for health outreach workers and local
community based organizations
• Trainings and workshops on NLMs online
resources and social media sites
• Train-the-trainer courses for new HIV-positive
peer educators and counselors
Skills Development: Measures
• Training
– Development of trainings
• Database, computer skills, types of trainings
– Training target populations
• Staff, clients, agencies, special populations
– Number of trainings and trained users
– Training satisfaction
– Training outcomes
• Knowledge
• Skills
III. Resource Development
• To support an organization to meet the needs
of their clients or communities by developing
specific educational or informational materials
• Examples:
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Culturally or language-specific fact sheets
Bibliographies
Guides
Other products
IV. Equipment Acquisition
• Improving access to electronic AIDS and
other health-related information resources
may require purchasing:
– Hardware (computer equipment)
– Software
– Contractual relationships necessary to obtain a
connection to the Internet for accessing / sharing
AIDS-related information
Project Examples
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Culturally and linguistically appropriate messages
Reference Guides for persons with HIV/AIDS or at risk
for HIV
Culturally competent and age-appropriate information
on prevention, risk reduction, and skills building in
English and Spanish
Factsheets on HIV/AIDS treatment and related
information written in non-technical language and
translated into several languages
Measures
• Resource needs
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Target population needs assessment
Resource development
Resource materials created (cultural specific)
Resource materials utilized / sustained / maintained /
updated
– Purchase of hardware/software to develop resources
– Utilization of consultants/contractual relationships to
develop resources
Measures (continued)
• Access
– Purchase of hardware / software to access and
share information
– Utilization of consultants / contractual relationships to
access and share information
ACIOP Evaluation Requirements
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Quarterly and final reports
Surveys
Interviews
Webinars
Peer-led sessions
Individual agency evaluation conference calls
Evaluation Technical Assistance
What’s next?
• Visit ACIOP Blog: aciopblog.wordpress.com
• Online survey to access group evaluation
technical assistance needs
• Individual agency calls to discuss:
– Agency evaluation capacity
– Project evaluation plans
– Technical assistance
• 1st Quarter Report due January 15, 2015
COMMENTS / QUESTIONS
Andrew Plumer
plumera@mail.nih.gov
Arletha Livingston
transformingcomm@gmail.com
U.S. National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
aids.nlm.nih.gov