Presentation Abstract

Issues in Implementing Evaluations of HIV Programs for Adolescent Women. M. Kipke, L. Melchior, G. Huba.

Introduction: Evaluations of programs for young women who are living with or at-high-risk-for-HIV must address a number of issues. Many standardized assessments may be unsuitable for use with young women because they are written for adult populations, oriented towards male-specific issues, or may be linguistically or culturally inappropriate.

Project Description: This presentation focuses on the implementation of several federally-funded evaluations of programs for young people with HIV, and the issues that specifically concern collecting data from adolescent women.

Results: Examples from program evaluations funded by sources such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment are presented to illustrate these points.

Implications: Evaluations of HIV programs for adolescent women must be sensitive to the context in which the young women live. Suggestions for promising techniques for program evaluations with young women are discussed.

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