| Session Title: Visualizing HIV Clinical Training in Context: Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Integrate Evaluation Into Everyday Operations |
| Demonstration Session 518 to be held in Suwannee 16 on Friday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM |
| Sponsored by the Integrating Technology Into Evaluation |
| Presenter(s): |
| Rebecca Culyba, Emory University, rculyba@emory.edu |
| Blake Tyler McGee, Emory University, btmcgee@emory.edu |
| Abstract: The Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) is the U.S. Public Health Service-designated AIDS Education and Training Center for six southeastern states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. SEATEC implemented a method for integrating program-level evaluation and publicly available epidemiological data using a straightforward spatial representation to convey the needs and impact of HIV clinical training at 7 training sites. Regional and state maps were developed collaboratively and updated routinely and then presented to training managers and coordinators. Training managers used the maps to monitor performance and for strategic planning while training coordinators used the maps to target their outreach and training efforts. Presented is an overview of GIS mapping technology, the maps developed by SEATEC, and the process by which evaluators and management integrated GIS technology into planning and evaluation resulting in increased capacity to use data to support program planning and performance monitoring. |