A guide to participatory monitoring of behaviour change communication for HIV/AIDS

This guide, authored by Kirrin Gill, Imogen Fua and Ekong Emah for Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), provides a step by step process that supports program managers implement a participatory approach to evaluation.

Excerpt

"A wide array of participatory appraisal tools and materials about qualitative research options is already available. This guide does not attempt to duplicate these. Instead, it aims to complement them by providing PM tools that use both traditional monitoring and participatory appraisal options. It focuses on tools that are particularly useful for frontline workers in community-based programs.

Participatory Monitoring (PM) allows frontline workers and community partners to continually assess their efforts. It encourages program staff and community members involved in BCC programs to learn from the program implementation process, enabling them to keep their fingers on the pulse of change in their communities. PM ensures that both staff and community partners remain involved participants and genuine stakeholders in the program process." (Gill, Fua & Emah, 2005)

Contents

Evaluation options mentioned

  • Qualitative Tools – P. 22
  • Community Mapping – p. 22
  • Venn Diagrams – p. 22
  • Measuring Success Card Sorting Exercise – p. 39
  • Visualized Analysis – p. 41
  • Interviews – p. 41
  • Audio-visual Tools – p. 41
  • Quantitative Tools – p. 41
  • Anthropological Tools – p. 41
  • Feedback Planning Chart – p. 48-49
  • BCC Intervention Monitoring Checklist – p. 43, 55-61
  • The Spider Web: Assessment of Collaboration – p. 43, 63-66
  • Peer Educator/Outreach Worker Training Needs Self-Assessment – p. 43, 67-70
  • Health Care Provider Needs Self-Assessment – p. 43, 71-73
  • Summary Checklist for Questions Asked – p. 43, 75-82
  • Supervisor’s Checklist for Observation of Counselor – p. 43, 83-85
  • Supervisor’s Checklist for Observation of Peer Educator – p. 43, 87-89
  • Local Level Tracking Tool – p. 43, 90

Sources

Gill K, Emah E, Fua I. A Guide to Participatory Monitoring of Behavior Change
Communication for HIV/AIDS: Getting the Community and Program Staff  Involved in Assessing and Improving Programs. Washington, DC: PATH; 2005. Retrieved from http://www.stoptb.org/assets/documents/countries/acsm/HIV-AIDS_BCC_partic%20monit_guide%20%28PATH%29.pdf