STANFORD UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
  

Implementation

Intervention Strategy Description:

Summarize needs assessment findings in an article (with graph or table) for publication in Alliance newsletter. Include follow-up contact information.

Intervention Strategy Justification (why this the most useful and effective method):

Reaches wide audience of relevant providers, provides data evidence of County stats, requires minimal time, inexpensive.


Monitoring

Overview of Monitoring Plan:

Will keep copy of printed article and monitor requests for information.

Data variables collected:

  • # of newsletters distributed (with breakdown of demographics if possible: clinician degree, zip code of practice, etc.)

  • # of requests for each type of information, and demographic info on where requests coming from

  • Anecdotal feedback


Frequency of data collection:

Ongoing once article printed

Person(s) responsible for data reporting:

Data management plan:

County Coordinator will tabulate info requests and demographics in an Excel spreadsheet (or similar) and send to Stanford on a regular basis (monthly, quarterly)

Data reporting plan:

County Coordinator and Stanford will summarize results on a quarterly basis.

Intervention Plan B - Date: 7/9/01 County: AL

Overall Description

Target Audience (race, age, risk group, etc.): Clients at busy PNC clinics (all races, predominantly)

Intervention Strategy Description:

Improve quality and quantity of counseling (and therefore testing) by showing a video to PNC clients and providing a self-administered KAP questionnaire that can be used as a discussion guide for targeted counseling. Train para-medical personnel to go over instrument with client and refer her to relevant literature, brochures, etc.

Intervention Strategy Justification (why this the most useful and effective method):

Counseling rates reported to be <50% of women--need to improve quality and cut down counseling time for clinicians.

Implementation

Community Partners: Highland Hospital PNC clinic

Contact at Community Agency:

Community Agency Resources Used (personnel, printed materials, space): Space, PNC staff

County Resources given to Community Agency: Training, KAP instrument, printed materials (brochures, referral cards, etc.)


Monitoring

Overview of Monitoring Plan:

Will monitor acceptability of video and self-administered KAP survey amongst clients and staff; Will monitor improvement in HIV-related knowledge and rates of counseling and testing by comparing pilot group with a similar group at another clinic or at the same clinic but amongst those not receiving intervention. Will monitor quantity of brochures, etc. dispensed.

Data variables collected:

Demographics (race, age, educ, marital status, insur, zip) risk behavior knowledge about HIV/ perinatal transmission and SB 889, attitudes about mandatory vs. voluntary testing.

Frequency of data collection:

Data collected for every client within pilot period. Forms forwarded to County and then Stanford for data entry every 2 weeks. Bi-weekly monitoring by county coordinator/ hospital liaison of # of clients seen, #referrals, #brochures, etc.

Person(s) responsible for data reporting:

Hospital liaison, County Coordinator

Intervention Plan C* - Date: 7/9/01 County: AL

Overall Description

Target Audience (race, age, risk group, etc.): Clients

Intervention Strategy Description:

Develop CASI module to counsel and inform women about HIV and risks and benefits of testing. Have program generate and print a simple KAP survey AND/ OR a consent to be tested at the end.

Intervention Strategy Justification (why this the most useful and effective method):

Could reach a large number of clients in a culturally-sensitive and private manner. Will require minimal provider.

Implementation

Community Partners: Computer programmer….and will need to be piloted at a clinic such as Highland hospital or a site where population more computer savvy.

Contact at Community Agency:

Community Agency Resources Used (personnel, printed materials, space): Space, liaison with county coordinator

County Resources given to Community Agency: Technical information, consultation, laptop/terminal and software

County liaison with Agency:

Monitoring

Overview of Monitoring Plan:

Will investigate feasibility, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of program. Will measure knowledge and rates of counseling and testing of CASI clients compared to non-CASI clients at same facility, or similar clients at another facility.

Data variables collected:

#Women using program, Technical success of program, increase in VCT, KAP and demographic information from clients. Acceptability amongst providers.

Frequency of data collection: Every client completes computer-generated survey within pilot period, surveys forwarded from hospital liaison on weekly basis and sent to Stanford every 2 weeks. Bi-weekly monitoring by county coordinator/ hospital liaison of # of clients seen, #referrals, #brochures, etc.

Person(s) responsible for data reporting:

Hospital liaison and County coordinator

Data management plan:

Forms copied at the County and forwarded to Stanford every 2 weeks, entered in Statistical database.

Data reporting plan:

Stanford will summarize stats every 2 months and send to County