Investing in Communities Achieves Results: Findings from an Evaluation of Community Responses to HIV and AIDS (Directions in Development)
Автор:Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, Rene Bonnel, David Wilson, N'Della N'Jie Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 144 ISBN: 0821397419 Reliable evidence on the results of investments at the community level is in short supply. While communities have played a large role in the HIV/AIDS response, their contributions and innovative approaches to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support have not always been the focus of systematic and rigorous evaluations. To address this gap, seventeen analytical pieces were undertaken including evaluations in Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe over a three -year period (early 2009 to early 2012) to build a robust pool of evidence on the effects of community based activities and programs. Due to the complexity and varied nature of community responses, the evaluation attempted to determine the results that investments have produced at the community level by applying a mixed method approach: Randomized Control Trials (RCT), quasi-experimental studies, qualitative studies, and analytical studies including financial data. Specifically, the...
