Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

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Indicators
This guide identifies a set of indicators and methods for measuring
them to be used at the national level. These indicators define aspects of
behavior that are key to the spread of HIV, behaviors that HIV prevention
programs generally try to change. They provide a way to track changes in
those behaviors over time. They also provide a convenient way to compare
levels of risk behavior between different population groups, so that
decisions can be made about the efficient allocation of prevention resources.
Over the last few years, a great deal of
work has been put in to developing standardized
indicators for HIV-related risk behavior.
Standardization is important to ensure comparability
over time and between population
groups. FHI, publishers of these guidelines,
have been actively involved together with a
number of national and international partners
in a global initiative to improve the monitoring
and evaluation of national AIDS programs.
An important part of this initiative has been
to develop a minimum set of key indicators
which national AIDS programs can use to
monitor progress in achieving HIV prevention
and care goals. These indicators are published
in the MEASURE Evaluation / UNAIDS / WHO
Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation of National
AIDS Programs, which are available on the
internet at http://www.unaids.org.
The indicators in this chapter include all of
the newly-agreed indicators in this minimum
set which are relevant to prevention programs
and can be measured using BSS methodology.
The chapter also specifies a wider set of
indicators which may be of particular interest to
countries wanting more detailed information
about HIV-related risk behaviors.
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