Bastos de Paula SH, Steen R, Proto De Souza PR, Costa V, Ferreira Alaves MI; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2000 Jul 9-14; 13: abstract no. ThPeC5403.

S. H. Bastos de Paula, Maximo Linhares, 651 Cidade dos Funcionarios, Fortaleza 60822-390, Brazil, Tel.: +852 711 543, Fax: +854 882 093, E-mail: silviabastos@correoweb.com

Issues: To strengthen its sustainability in the future, Brazil's National STD/AIDS Program has requested Family Health International (FHI)'s IMPACT Project to develop an objective and straightforward tool kit of instruments for situation analysis and needs assessment of local programs. One of the instruments developed by IMPACT is called FACT (self-evaluation of technical capacity tool), which uses a participatory methodology. FACT is highly flexible, focuses on technical areas, and emphasizes the development of teamwork. It presents a matrix that maps indicators graphically, provides group techniques for identifying areas that need to be strengthened, and empowers the development of a participatory step-by-step process for constructing benchmarks. Description: Since September 1999, FACT has been applied in 8 state and municipal HIV/AIDS programs in Brazil. The tool is implemented through workshops using two facilitators and representatives of the technical and managerial areas of each target program. Each section of the workshop is developed in a participatory way, using group techniques to enhance the importance of proactive attitudes and teamwork. Its final goal is to promote a program insight, contributing to the improvement of each area and culminating in the definition of benchmarks and a revised workplan to invigorate technical skills. Conclusions: The major accomplishment of FACT has been to contribute to simplifying the program evaluation process by applying a more flexible and user-friendly self-evaluation instrument to identify technical needs for invigorating HIV/AIDS programs. The workshops also provide a technical review, broadening and enhancing the group perspective among the team members brought together by FHl. FACT promotes self-ownership of program evaluation and can be replicated and used by other types of health programs.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Brazil
• Evaluation Studies
• Goals
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Program Evaluation
• Self Assessment (Psychology)
• education
• organization & administration

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0004447

UI: 102241944

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