Faced with the challenges of accountability, community based agencies have found they lack the capacity to collect and manage data and to meet the requirements of multiple funding sources. In addition, the Centers for Disease and Prevention established standards for intervention planning and data reporting. In an effort to assist community-based agencies to satisfy the reporting mandates, the Pennsylvania Prevention Project collaborated with community-based agency sub-contractors to develop a model that: · Expanded agency capacity for internal data management; · Facilitated and streamlined data management and program monitoring; · Provided immediate access to tabulated data; · Assured that agencies met the standards for CDC data collection and reporting. As a result, agencies in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Prevention Project developed a cost and time efficient method, with internal general applicability, that expanded their capacity for managing data and permitted them to reformat data to meet reporting requirements of multiple funding sources.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: · Recognize the utility of technology in HIV prevention in a community setting; · Assess agency capacity and suitability for application of this model; · Recognize the importance of agency involvement in the development of a standardized data management system; · Develop and implement a plan based on the model presented. This presentation is designed for public health professionals who are involved in community-based prevention programs and who are engaged in program planning, monitoring and evaluation.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: · Recognize the utility of technology in HIV prevention in a community setting; · Assess agency capacity and suitability for application of this model; · Recognize the importance of agency involvement in the development of a standardized data management system; · Develop and implement a plan based on the model presented.
Keywords: Data Collection, HIV Interventions
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.