HIV-RELATED TRAINING-PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS - FINDINGS FROM A COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT

Seeking to avoid duplication of effort, evaluators from twelve separat e HIV-related training programs worked together to share information, assessment tools, measurement instruments, and preliminary findings ac ross programs. Each training program focused on preparing health care professionals to meet the growing demands of the AIDS epidemic and spe cifically address psychosocial issues of care. The collaborative effor t of program evaluators included an examination of experiences across programs and yielded recommendations for needs assessments, process ev aluation procedures, and outcome measures. This paper focuses on the f indings from an analysis of needs assessments and process evaluations across twelve HIV-related training programs in eleven areas of the cou ntry.