Designing HIV Aids Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook

Title page......Page 2
Acknowledgments......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 12
What is Operations Research?......Page 14
Categories of Operations Research Studies......Page 15
The Methods and Study Designs of Operations Research......Page 16
Illustrative Topics for HIV/AIDS Operations Research Studies......Page 17
Problem Identification......Page 20
Problem Definition......Page 24
What To Do: Problem Identification and Definition......Page 28
Problem Justification......Page 29
What To Do: Justifying the Selection of a Research Problem......Page 30
Involving Program Managers and Others in the Research Process......Page 31
Examples of Strategies to Test......Page 32
Guidelines for Selecting an Appropriate Strategy to Test......Page 33
What To Do: Selecting a Strategy to Test......Page 36
Ultimate Objectives......Page 38
Immediate Objectives......Page 39
Hypotheses......Page 40
What To Do: Writing Ultimate Objectives, Immediate Objectives, and Hypotheses......Page 45
Ch 5 Intervention Description......Page 46
Example of a Study Intervention Description......Page 47
What To Do: Intervention Description......Page 50
Operational Definitions of Variables......Page 52
Operational Definitions of Terms......Page 55
What To Do: Writing Operational Definitions......Page 57
Reliability and Validity......Page 58
Threats to Validity......Page 59
Types of Intervention Study Designs......Page 62
Selecting a Study Design......Page 71
External Validity in Intervention Research and the Principle of the Three Multiples......Page 73
What To Do: Designing a Study......Page 75
Ch 8 Sampling......Page 76
Probability Sampling......Page 77
Nonprobability Sampling......Page 80
Sample Sizes......Page 82
What To Do: Sampling......Page 85
Quantitative Data......Page 86
What To Do: Data Collection......Page 93
Data Quality Checks......Page 94
What To Do: Data Quality Checks......Page 95
Confidentiality of Information......Page 96
What To Do: Confidentiality of Information......Page 97
Preparing Tabulations......Page 98
What To Do: Coding and Editing......Page 102
Plan for Data Analysis......Page 104
Analytic Procedures I......Page 105
Analytic Procedures II......Page 109
What To Do: The Plan of Analysis......Page 120
Dissemination Strategy......Page 122
Writing Reports......Page 123
What To Do: Reporting Research Findings......Page 125
Utilization of Study Findings......Page 126
What To Do: Utilization of Study Results......Page 128
Design and Analysis Limitations......Page 130
Special Situational Factors......Page 131
What To Do: Limitations of the Study......Page 132
Available Resources and Facilities Available......Page 134
Study Budget......Page 135
What To Do: Resources and Facilities......Page 136
Ch 15 Appendices......Page 140
Ch 16 Title Page and Abstract......Page 142
What To Do: Title Page and Abstract......Page 143
Bibliography......Page 146
Selected HIV/AIDS-Related Websites......Page 152
Selected HIV/AIDS-Related Journals......Page 153