title: Effects of HIV/AIDS education and training on patient care and provider practices: a cross-cutting evaluation.
abstract: Initial and continuing training in HIV/AIDS service provision is a critical way to enable the nation's health providers to use state-of-the-art developments and perspectives. Typically, the efficacy of HIV/AIDS training programs is evaluated using assessments administered to trainees immediately following the training. This study reports cross-cutting findings from telephone interviews conducted with 218 trainees an average of 8 months after training. Long-term training effects are examined in three domains: (a) general perspectives on HIV/AIDS; (b) health care provider service provision; and (c) changes in procedures and operations at the health care system level. The findings show the different ways that the training experience had long-term positive and observable effects in these three domains. In some cases, background characteristics and job positions predicted the specific type of reported training effects. The pattern of results suggests ways in which training methods can be targeted to specific audiences.
authors.affiliation: The Measurement Group, Culver City, CA 90230, USA. ghuba@TheMeasurementGroup.com
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Huba
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Panter
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Melchior
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colgrove
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: German
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lalonde
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahimian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rohweder
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Uldall
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zalumas
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004501:Education, Medical; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation