Resources

MEASURE Evaluation suggests consulting the list of resources below to learn more about monitoring and evaluating community-based HIV programs.

Action for the Rights of Children. UNHCR. Critical Issues Abuse and Exploitation. Retrieved from http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/protection/children/3bb81aea4/action-rights-children-arc-critical-issues-abuse-exploitation.html

Ahmed, S., Kim, M. H., Sugandhi, N., Phelps, B. R., Sabelli, R., Diallo, M. O., . . . The Child Survival Working Group of the Interagency Task Team on the Prevention and Treatment of HIV infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and Children. (2013). Beyond early infant diagnosis: Case finding strategies for identification of HIV-infected infants and children. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4122794/

Bachman, G. (2017). Core, near core and non‐core activities: How PEPFAR countries prioritize activities, implement priorities, and determine future plans for transition. Retrieved from http://www.urc-chs.com/resources/core-near-core-and-non%E2%80%90core-activities-how-pepfar-countries-prioritize-activities

Biadgilign, S., Deribew, A., Amberbir, A., Escudero, H. R., & Deribe, K. (2011). Factors associated with HIV/AIDS diagnostic disclosure to HIV infected children receiving HAART: A multi-center study in addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Retrieved from http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0017572

Biemba, G., Walker, M. E., & Simon, J. (2009). Nigeria research situation analysis on orphans and other vulnerable children. Boston University, Center for Global Health & Development Initiative for Integrated Community Welfare in Nigeria. Retrieved from https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/26992

Bloom, S. (2017, December 13). Violence Against Women and Girls: A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators. Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/ms-08-30

Cantwell, N., Davidson, J., Elsley, S., Milligan, I., & Quinn, N. (2012). Moving Forward: Implementing the “Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.” Glasgow, Scotland: UK Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Moving_Forward_Implementing_the_Guidelines_English.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1998). STD treatment to prevent HIV Infection: Implications of recent community-level studies. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/std/hiv/facts_treatment_prevent_hiv_infection.htm

Chapman, J. (2014). Core OVC program impact indicators. Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/ms-13-61

Chapman, J., & Parker, L. (2015). MER Essential Survey Indicators - MEASURE Evaluation. Presentation. Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/our-work/ovc/pepfar-ovc-forum-presentations/mer-essential-survey-indicators

Children, HIV and AIDS. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/key-affected-populations/children

Condom use at last high-risk sex. (2018, January 16). Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/prh/rh_indicators/womens-health/stis-hiv-aids/condom-use-at-last-high-risk-sex

Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). (2017). Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/prh/rh_indicators/family-planning/fp/cpr

de la Torre, C. (2013). Monitoring referrals to strengthen service integration. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/measureevaluation/monitoring-referrals-presentation-webinar-final

Delivery Care. (2016). Retrieved from https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/

The DHS Program. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://dhsprogram.com/What-We-Do/Survey-Types/AIS.cfm

Economic strengthening. (2016). Retrieved from http://ovcsupport.org/resource/economic-strengthening/

Facts and figures: HIV and AIDS. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/hiv-and-aids/facts-and-figures

Family planning/Contraception. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs351/en/

Garner, P., Smith, H., Munro, S., & Volmink, J. (2011). Promoting adherence to tuberculosis treatment. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/5/06-035568/en/

The Global Fund. (2017). HIV indicators. Retrieved from https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/monitoring-evaluation/framework/

Guidance on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for serodiscordant couples, men and transgender women who have sex with men at high risk of HIV. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidance_prep/en/

Gunn, J. K., Asaolu, I. O., Center, K. E., Gibson, S. J., Wightman, P., Ezeanolue, E. E., & Ehiri, J. E. (2016). Antenatal care and uptake of HIV testing among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional study. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718968/

Gutierrez, J. P., McPherson, S., Fakoya, A., Matheou, A., & Bertozzi, S. M. (2010). Community-based prevention leads to an increase in condom use and a reduction in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW): The Frontiers Prevention Project (FPP) evaluation results. BMC Public Health, 10(497). Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-497

Han, H., Kim, K., Murphy, J., Cudjoe, J., Wilson, P., Sharps, P., & Farley, J. (2018). Community health worker interventions to promote psychosocial outcomes among people living with HIV—A systematic review. PLoS ONE 13(4):e0194928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194928

Hargreaves, J. R., Morison, L. A., Kim, J. C., Bonell, C. P., Porter, J. D., Watts, C., . . . Pronyk, P. M. (2008). The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62, 113–119. http://jech.bmj.com/content/62/2/113

Hermann, K., Damme, W. V., Pariyo, G. W., Schouten, E., Assefa, Y., Cirera, A., & Massavon, W. (2009). Community health workers for ART in sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from experience—capitalizing on new opportunities. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672918/

HIV prevention based on ARV drugs. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidelines/arv2013/clinical/prevention/en/

Ibrahim, S., & Sidani, S. (2014). Community-based HIV prevention intervention in developing countries: A Systematic review. Retrieved from https://www.hindawi.com/journals/anurs/2014/174960/

Interpretation of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference MUAC indicators. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://motherchildnutrition.org/early-malnutrition-detection/detection-referral-children-with-acute-malnutrition/interpretation-of-muac-indicators.html

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). (2014). Guidance note: Human rights and the law. Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS. Retrieved from http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2014/2014unaidsguidancenote_humanrightsandthelaw_en

Kennedy, C., Medley, A., Sweat, M., & O’Reilly, K. (2011). Behavioural interventions for HIV-positive prevention in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/8/09-068213/en/

Kerrigan, D. L., Fonner, V. A., Stromdahl, S., & Kennedy, C. E. (2013). Community Empowerment Among Female Sex Workers is an Effective HIV Prevention Intervention: A Systematic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. AIDS and Behavior, 17(6), 1926–1940. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539185

Lema, I. A., Sando, D., Magesa, L., Machumi, L., Mungure, E., Sando, M. M., . . . Bärnighausen, T. (2014). Community health workers to improve antenatal care and PMTCT uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A quantitative performance evaluation. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4252140/

Maternal Mortality. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/maternal-mortality/

MEASURE Evaluation (2016). Community-Based Information Systems in the Global Context: A review of the literature. Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/wp-16-161

MUAC Tape - Mid-Upper Arm Circumference [MUAC] - Mother, Infant and Young Child Nutrition & Malnutrition - Feeding practices including micronutrient deficiencies prevention, control of wasting, stunting and underweight. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://motherchildnutrition.org/early-malnutrition-detection/detection-referral-children-with-acute-malnutrition/muac.htm

Mukherjee, J. S., Barry, D., Weatherford, R. D., Desai, I. K., & Farmer, P. E. (2016). Community-based ART programs: Sustaining adherence and follow-up. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106499/

National AIDS programmes. (2004). A guide to monitoring and evaluating HIV/AIDS care and support (Rep.). (2004). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/42895/9241591439.pdf;jsessionid=10A5A38CBC9163B77825FA9D6022970D?sequence=1

Onyango, M. A., Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Agyarko-Poku, T., Asafo, M. K., Sylvester, J., Wondergem, P., . . . Beard, J. (2015, March 01). “It's all about making a life”: Poverty, HIV, violence, and other vulnerabilities faced by young female sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25723977

OVC Survey Toolkit. (2017, June 13). Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/our-work/ovc/ovc-program-evaluation-tool-kit

Perez, F., Aung, K. D., Ndoro, T., Engelsmann, B., & Dabis, F. (2008). Participation of traditional birth attendants in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in two rural districts in Zimbabwe: A feasibility study. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19061506

Pettifor, A. (2015). Cash transfers conditional on schooling do not prevent HIV infection among young women in South Africa. Retrieved from https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/cash-transfers-conditional-on-schooling-do-not-prevent-hiv-infection-among-young-women-in-south-africa-study-finds/

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-programming/prevention/prevention-mother-child#footnoteref14_8xwktnq

Rolon, M. L., Syvertsen, J., Robertson, A. M., Rangel, M., Martinez, G., Ulibarri, M., . . . Strathdee, S. (2013, June 1). The influence of having children on HIV-related risk behaviors of female sex workers and their intimate male partners in two Mexico-US border cities. Retrieved from http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667590

Sabate, E. (2015, December 21). Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/adherence_report/en/

Sarfo, B., Vanderpuye, N. A., Addison, A., & Nyasulu, P. (2017). HIV case management support service is associated with improved CD4 counts of patients receiving care at the antiretroviral clinic of Pantang Hospital, Ghana. AIDS Research and Treatment, 4697473. http://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4697473

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. (2018, January 12). Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/prh/rh_indicators/womens-health/sgbv

Shanaube, K., Schaap, A., Chaila, M., Floyd, S., Mackworth-Young, C., Hoddinott, G., . . . Ayles, H. (2017). Community intervention improves knowledge of HIV status of adolescents in Zambia: Findings from HPTN 071-PopART for youth study. AIDS, 31(Suppl 3), S221–S232. Retrieved from https://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Fulltext/2017/07013/Community_intervention_improves_knowledge_of_HIV.5.aspx

Silverman, J. G. (2011). Adolescent female sex workers: Invisibility, violence and HIV. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(5), 478-481. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21357241

Stark, L., Rubenstein, B., Muldoon, K., & Roberts, L. (2014). Guidelines for implementing a national strategy to determine the magnitude and distribution of children outside of family care. Washington, DC: USAID Center of Excellence on Children in Adversity. Retrieved from http://www.cpcnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/surveyguidelines_childrenoutsidefamilycare_final.pdf

Steen, R., Wi, T. E., Kamali, A., & Ndowa, F. (2009). Control of sexually transmitted infections and prevention of HIV transmission: Mending a fractured paradigm. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770276/

Stringer, E., Chi, B., Chintu, N., Creek, T., Ekouevi, D., Coetzee, D., . . . Stringer, J. (2011). Monitoring effectiveness of programmes to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in lower-income countries. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/1/07-043117/en/

Tang, A., Quick, T., Chung, M., & Wanke, C. (2015). Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) interventions to improve health-related outcomes in people living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of the literature. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397900/

Taraphdar, P., Guha, R. T., Haldar, D., Chatterjee, A., Dasgupta, A., Saha, B., & Mallik, S. (2011). Socioeconomic consequences of HIV/AIDS in the family system. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329095/

Tumilowicz, A. (2010). Guide to screening for food and nutrition services among adolescents and adults living with HIV. Washington, DC: Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II Project (FANTA-2), Academy for Educational Development. Retrieved from https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/wp-16-161

UNAIDS. (2015. UNAIDS: AIDSinfo - Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting (GARPR). Retrieved from https://undatacatalog.org/dataset/aidsinfo-global-aids-response-progress-reporting-garpr

The United Nations Children’s Fund. (n.d.). Lesson list assessment mini-lesson 3.1.3. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/training/3.1.3/1.html

The United Nations Children’s Fund. (2005). HIV and Infant Feeding. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_24827.html

The United Nations Children’s Fund. (2016, August 22).  HIV and nutrition. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_HIV.html

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2013). Core Indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of education sector responses to HIV and AIDS in countries with a generalized epidemic. In Measuring the education sector response to HIV and AIDS Guideline for the construction and use of core indicators. Paris, France: UNESCO. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002230/223028e.pdf

The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (2018). Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER 2.0) Indicator Reference Guide Updated Release (Version 2.2). Washington, DC: PEPFAR. Retrieved from https://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/274919.pdf

Vinod, M., & Bignami-Van Assche, S. (2008). Orphans and vulnerable children in high HIV-prevalence countries in sub-Saharan Africa (English). Calverton, Maryland, USA: Macro International Retrieved from https://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-AS15-Analytical-Studies.cfm

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Woldesenbet, S. A., Jackson, D., Goga, A. E., Crowley, S., Doherty, T., Mogashoa, M. M., . . . Sherman, G. G. (2015). Missed opportunities for early infant HIV diagnosis: Results of a national study in South Africa. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337585/

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World Health Organization (WHO) & United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). (‎2015)‎. Strengthening the medico-legal response to sexual violence. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/medico-legal-response/en/

Wudineh, F., & Damtew, B. (2016). Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection and its determinants among exposed infants on care and follow-up in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771871/