title: An Ontario initiative to enhance the effectiveness of AIDS Service Organizations: Community-Linked Evaluation of AIDS Resources.
abstract: This report describes the rationale, process, and early outcomes of establishing a community-based research unit. The AIDS Bureau of the Ontario Provincial Government established the Community-Linked Evaluation of AIDS Resources Unit (CLEAR), which works in partnership with the AIDS Bureau and 31 of 74 AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) in Ontario.
authors.affiliation: CLEAR Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McGee
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration; D006288:Health Planning Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006295:Health Resources / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D017741:Survivors