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Evaluation activities
focus on results by:
- managing and measuring program
performance
- improving the quality of HIV
prevention programs
- promoting accountability
Program Performance
Indicators
PEMS (Program Evaluation
Monitoring System)
CDC Program Evaluation
Projects and Resources
Program Performance Indicators
As specified in the President’s
Management Agenda, CDC has incorporated
program performance indicators into its
cooperative agreements with HIV prevention
providers. The purpose is to improve
performance and accountability of programs.
Beginning in 2005 all directly funded health
departments and CBOs will report on measures
of HIV prevention planning, service
delivery, and evaluation activities. The
performance indicators will be used to
monitor progress in critical areas of HIV
prevention. The specific components of HIV
prevention programs addressed by the
indicators include:
- HIV infections
- community planning
- prevention activities
- Counseling, testing, and referral
services
- Partner counseling and referral
services
- Prevention for HIV-infected persons
- Health education and risk-reduction
activities
- Prevention of mother-to-child HIV
transmission
evaluation of reporting compliance
capacity building activities
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PEMS (Program Evaluation and Monitoring
System)
CDC has developed PEMS to strengthen
monitoring and evaluation of HIV prevention
programs. PEMS is to be used by health
departments and CBOsfunded through CDC HIV
prevention cooperative agreements. PEMS is a
secure Internet browser-based software
program for data entry and reporting. PEMS
software was first released in the fall of
2004 to 42 health departments and 27 CBOs.
It allows grantees to collect agency,
community planning, and program plan data.
The next release, scheduled for fall 2005,
will enable grantees to enter client-level
data and report to CDC. By the end of
2005, PEMS will be available to over 200
agenciesnationwide. PEMS will ensure that CDC
receives standardized, accurate, and
thorough program data from health department
and CBO grantees. The data include
- agency information
- program plan details
- client demographics
- referral outcomes
- HIV test results
- partner elicitation and notification
- client use of services
- behavioral outcomes
- community planning priority
populations and interventions
These data will allow more comprehensive
reporting of HIV prevention activities,
fiscal information, and community planning
information. These data will help HIV
prevention stakeholders examine program
fidelity, monitor use of key program
services and behavioral outcomes, and
calculate and report the program performance
indicators.
PEMS will help CDC monitor, evaluate,
and coordinate HIV prevention programs and
support the rapid set-up of special studies
and evaluation projects.
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CDC Program Evaluation Projects and
Resources
Health Departments
Community-Based Organizations
- Community Based Organizations,
Guidance
Evaluation Capacity
Evaluation Methodology & Data System
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