Training Impact Knowledge Item 01: Results from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Innovative Models of Care

Knowledge Item: CA-Training Impact-01
Innovative Training Methods and Practice Changes One-Year After Training

A follow-up study of 218 service providers who participated in trainings conducted by nine Cooperative Agreement Projects illustrates the knowledge, attitude, and behavior changes are introduced by a diverse set of innovative training programs. Trainees were interviewed after they had an opportunity to implement their training experience into their normal professional and clinical activities. Quantitative data show that the trainees viewed their training experience to be a valuable source of materials impacting their professional activities. An extensive qualitative analysis illustrates the multitude of ways that the training experiences are incorporated in the ongoing professional activities of the trainees. The report describing the full findings is given in the Extended Results section of this Knowledge Item, and a detailed qualitative analysis from the report appendices are given in the Additional Statistics Section.

As part of the follow-up interview, trainees provided basic background information, rated their training experience, and provided specific, concrete examples about how the training affected them across a number of domains concerning clinical care and system change. Trainees were asked to provide examples and rate the effectiveness of the training experience in the different domains. Specifically, trainees were asked about how the training experience affected how they think about HIV. Next, they were asked three questions focusing on how (if at all) the training experience affected how they deal with patients/clients – specifically, in terms of how they provide services, how they communicate with their patients/clients or their families, and how they make referrals. Finally, they were asked four questions about how (if at all) the training affected how the service system in their respective area functions in terms of procedural changes, collaboration with other agencies, and large-scale system change.

Interviews conducted about one year after training showed that most individuals trained by the Cooperative Agreement Projects changed their clinical practice, or those of their agency, as a function of skills or knowledge they gained during their training experience.

Knowledge Item Citation: Huba, G. J., Panter, A. T., Melchior, L. A., and the HRSA/HAB SPNS Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee (1998-2001). Knowledge Item: CA-Training Impact-01 from HRSA/HAB's SPNS Cooperative Agreements on Innovative Models of Care, The Measurement Group Knowledge Base on HIV/AIDS Care, Online at www.TheMeasurementGroup.com.

Last Updated: November 13, 2009; data through June 15, 1999; analyses conducted June 1999.

Knowledge Base Citation: The Knowledge Base and this Knowledge Item were designed and authored by G. J. Huba, Ph.D.; in collaboration with Lisa A. Melchior, Ph.D.; A. T. Panter, Ph.D.; and the staff of The Measurement Group. Cite this work as "Huba, G. J., Melchior, L. A., and Panter, A. T. (1998 - 2001). The Measurement Group Knowledge Base on HIV/AIDS Care. On the World Wide Web: http://www.TheMeasurementGroup.com."

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Collaborators from Participating Projects: Cooperative Agreement Steering Committee 1999.

Participating Projects: This Knowledge Base is based on the service delivery experiences of 27 Cooperative Agreement Projects on Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care. These projects and the Evaluation and Dissemination Center which produced this Knowledge Base were funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) as Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) between 1994 and 1999. Click the Model Programs button above for descriptions of the projects that contributed to this specific Knowledge Item, a list of key staff, and project grant numbers.

Why This Evaluation was Conducted: Editorial.

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Work on the Knowledge Base and the cross-cutting evaluation was supported in part by Grant Number 5 U90 HA 00030-05 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau's (HAB) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS). The contents of this Knowledge Base are solely the responsibility of The Measurement Group and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA or HRSA/HAB's Special Projects of National Significance nor may they represent the positions of the individual grantees whose projects are included in the cross-cutting evaluation.