Document 1865
 DOCN  M94A1865
 TI    Structure and process evaluation of AIDS prevention and control program
       in Guadalajara, Mexico.
 DT    9412
 AU    Campos-Lopez P; Canales JL; Lopez FC; Sierra JJ; Vazquez-Valls E;
       Western Biomed. Research Center, IMSS., University of; Guadalajara,
       Mexico.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):433 (abstract no. PD0339). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370710
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the structure and process of the educative
       activities in the prevention and control program on AIDS. METHODS: In
       Guadalajara, city with the highest rate of AIDS cases in Mexico we
       conducted a research on the Governmental (GP) and Non Governmental (NGP)
       programs, throught documental revision of AIDS Prevention and Control
       programs of each studied organizations, a conducted interview with the
       program's personnel and direct observation of the process in education
       activities, in search of the next quali-quantitative variables:
       I-Structure: Contextual and Programming Controlling elements (economic,
       policy, social, demographic, epidemiologyc). Functional Strategies
       (policies, objectives, goals). Organizational aspects (Organization,
       Direction and Control program as major elements). Program's personnel
       knowledge on organizational aspects. II-Process: Trainers (Training and
       motivation, educational methods and technics, knowlwedge about code
       language, sesion work and self evaluation). Group in process (Place
       work, size group, motivation and participative attitude). The rates
       obtained in both groups were compared with the same rates found in the
       Health National Program and AIDS National Program of CONASIDA, Mexico.
       RESULTS: The NGP demonstrated were more efficients in resources
       application. Training of GP and NGP educational personnel were
       insufficient or limited. There were not agreement between priorities and
       objectives with the resources application, specially a predominance of
       care activities on prevention/education ones. CONCLUSION: We obtained
       several rates of effectiveness, efficacy and efficiency of the programs,
       their integration as evaluation instrument for its systemathic use, is a
       very important contribution for the Public Health Administration and
       Prevention's Policies-maker decision, for our development country.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  *Health
       Education  Human  Mexico  Program Evaluation  MEETING ABSTRACT

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