Major Factors Influencing HIV/AIDS Project Evaluation

Mercy Bi Niba and J. Maryann Green
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Mercy Bi Niba: University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
J. Maryann Green: University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Evaluation Review, 2005, vol. 29, issue 4, 313-330

Abstract: This article aimed at finding out if participatory processes (group discussions, enactments, and others) do make a valuable contribution in communication-based project implementation/evaluation and the fight against HIV/AIDS. A case study backed by documentary analysis of evaluation reports and occasional insights from interviews stood as the main methods. To identify values, the state of beneficiaries prior to and after project implementation/evaluation was compared. Participatory processes were noted to have created an enabling environment for project beneficiaries to become activists for social change, leading to the limiting of the spread of HIV/AIDS through sexual behavior and a change of attitude—the essence required for successful intervention. Group participatory processes were also noted to have contributed in overriding, to a great extent, limitations arising from sociodemographic differences in the attainment of project objectives and limitations arising from differences in forms of evaluation (internal versus external evaluators).

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; evaluations; participation; empowerment; interventions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05276654

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