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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Jeffrey T Kullgren, BS, MPH, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 190 Arbor Glen Drive, Apt. 203, East Lansing, MI 48823, 734-678-9096, kullgren@msu.edu and Maria de Guzman, MA, Chicago Health Outreach, 1015 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.
Unit cost analyses of HIV prevention and treatment programs provide significant opportunities for program planning and evaluation, as well as advocacy efforts. Community-based organizations and safety net providers, however, frequently lack the resources, staff, and data systems to conduct in-depth cost analyses using traditional methods. Instead, community-based providers of HIV services can tailor these conventional methods to an individual organization's capabilities and needs, including the characteristics of the population served and the capacities of the organization's information systems. By modifying the traditional unit cost analysis approach, administrators and service providers can benefit from the important information generated by such analyses while maintaining the levels of data validity and reliability needed for prudent program management. Participants in this session will be introduced to the background and information needed to conduct unit cost analyses in community-based settings. Additionally, participants will be presented with the methods and results from a unit cost analysis of the Early Intervention Services Program of a Ryan White CARE Act Title III-funded community health center that serves a population composed largely of refugees and homeless individuals. Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to: 1) articulate the rationale for, and benefits of, unit cost analyses for community-based providers of HIV prevention and treatment services; 2) design and implement unit cost analyses of HIV services in a variety of community-based settings; and 3) evaluate and employ the results of unit cost analyses in organizational evaluations, program planning, and advocacy efforts.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to
Keywords: Evaluation, HIV Interventions
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
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.