The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #70677

Cynthia Gordon, PhD¹, Naomi Fatt², Christopher Godfrey, PhD(c)³, Robert Sember⁴, Mytri Singh, MPH¹, Ami Bhalodkar, MPH¹, Ilona Gale, MPH¹, Carmelina E. Price², Stuart Cohen², Terri D. Jackson, MA, MPhil², Maria Favuzzi⁵, and Vincent Guilin⁶. (1) Program Evaluation and Training Unit, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 346 Broadway, room 701, box 44, New York, NY 10013, New York, NY 10013, 212-442-3470, cgordon1@health.nyc.gov, (2) Fiscal Infrastructure Technical Assistance (FITA)/MHRA, 99 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013, (3) Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health, 425 East 25th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, (4) Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 600 West 168th Street, Rm. 9-18, New York, NY 10032, (5) New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, HIV Prevention Program, 40 Worth Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10013, (6) Technology Exchange and Capacity-Building for Community Health (TEACH), Gay Men's Health Crisis, 119 W. 24th Street, New York, NY 10011

Title: Preparing for Outcomes Evaluation: NYC’s Multi-Pronged Approach

1.Topic Description

Government-funded community-based organizations (CBOs) need new skills to meet CDC requirements that they begin to measure the effects of their interventions on program participants. Increased emphasis on outcomes can improve the ability of community planning groups (CPGs) to identify effective HIV interventions and develop technical assistance plans that build CBO capacity to evaluate interventions. This workshop will share lessons learned from four different NYC CBO capacity-building approaches.

2.Issues to be Discussed

·The trend toward outcomes measurement and monitoring; ·Issues and challenges in developing effective strategies to increase CBO capacity to evaluate theory-based behavioral interventions; ·Different approaches to capacity building ·How outcomes evaluation can help community planners identify effective interventions and develop technical assistance plans.

3.Learning Objectives

Participants will ·Gain information on four approaches to building CBO capacity to evaluate interventions; ·Explore ways to respond to real-world challenges facing jurisdictions seeking to improve their ability to evaluate funded interventions.

4.Solutions, Methods, Approaches, or Examples

Participants will be provided with informational materials on four capacity-building approaches.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will:
• Gain information on four approaches to building CBO capacity to evaluate interventions;
• Explore ways to respond to real-world challenges facing jurisdictions seeking to improve their ability to evaluate funded interventions.

Keywords: Evaluation, Community Capacity

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.