Project Achievements: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's Special Projects of National Significance [1994 - 1999]:

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Completed by: Donna Anderson, Ph.D.; Sara Martin, M.P.H.
Last Updated: July 1999

Achievement 1: Developed standardized curriculum in three formats (self-study, telecommunications, face-to-face).

Key Elements for
Success:

Region-wide input; strong pilot test; content expertise.

Factors that Limited
Success:

Length of printing process.

Factors that Ensured
Success:

Strong regional infrastructure; content expertise; regional stability of project personnel.

Achievement 2: Trained over 5,000 providers with basic HIV prevention, early intervention and health promotion information.
Key Elements for Success: Local implementation; excellent trainers; case history format.	Factors that Limited Success: System and weather constraints for telecommunications.	Factors that Ensured Success: Strong regional network.

Achievement 3: Demonstration of training impact through multi-site evaluation.
Key Elements for Success: Strong regional infrastructure; TMG support.	Factors that Limited Success: Low follow-up response from control group.	Factors that Ensured Success: Excellent evaluation expertise.

*Achievement 4:* Widespread dissemination of project outcomes.
Key Elements for Success: Curriculum met current needs; investment of project personnel to disseminate results.	Factors that Limited Success: None listed.	Factors that Ensured Success: Willingness of project personnel to present results locally and regionally.

*Achievement 5:* Application of curriculum to Internet to explore usefulness for rural health care providers.
Key Elements for Success: (Not very successful).	Factors that Limited Success: Low internet usage by rural health providers.	Factors that Ensured Success: Conducted random sample survey to help determine reasons for non-use.