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How to Write a PLACE Report: Priorities for AIDS Control Efforts

Learn how to write a PLACE report to identify priority prevention areas for local AIDS control efforts. This presentation provides an overview of creating the report, including data preparation, tables, figures, key indicators, and preliminary recommendations. Next steps for sharing the results are also discussed.

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How to Write a PLACE Report: Priorities for AIDS Control Efforts

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  1. Data Use: How to Write a PLACE ReportPriorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts

  2. Presentation Summary Overview: What is a PLACE report? Creating the report: • preparing the data • tables • figures (pie and bar charts and maps) • key indicators • preliminary recommendations for priority prevention areas Next steps: Sharing results.

  3. Overview: What is a PLACE Report?

  4. PLACE Report:Part of Step 5 in the PLACE Method 1 <PPA> identified as area for PLACE study 2-4 Conduct PLACE assessment in <PPA> 2 Identify venues where people meet new partners 3 Visit, characterize, map all venues 4 Describe the characteristics of people socializing at venues 5 Use results to improve programs

  5. Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts in <PPA>: Findings from PLACE and Recommended Plan for Action <Date> What Is a PLACE Report? • Provides a summary of all information collected during a PLACE assessment • Presented at the feedback meeting • Contains preliminary recommendations for where to target future prevention programs

  6. Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts in <PPA>: Findings from PLACE and Recommended Plan for Action <Date> A PLACE Report Includes… • Executive Summary • Summary of Important Indicators • Background and Objectives of PLACEin <PPA> • Description of How <PPA> Was Selected • Description of PLACE Assessment Findings

  7. The Report:Part of Step 5 in the PLACE Method 1 <PPA> identified as area for PLACE study 2-4 Conduct PLACE assessment in <PPA> 2 Identify venues where people meet new partners 3 Visit, characterize, map all venues 4 Describe the characteristics of people socializing at venues 5 Use results to improve programs

  8. How to Create a PLACE Report

  9. Preparing the PLACE Report Data Step 2: Identify venues where people meet new partners Community Informant Questionnaire (Form A) Venue and Event Report (Form B) Step 3: Visit, characterize, map all venues Venue Verification Form (Form C) Step 4: Find out if there are many new sexual partnerships formed at venues Questionnaire for Individuals Socializing at Venues (Form D)

  10. Preparing the PLACE Report Data “Read” data into EpiInfo Clean data • During data entry, a “check program” should be used to prevent invalid data. • If a “check program” was not used, invalid responses should be changed to “missing data.”

  11. After data are cleaned and ready …

  12. Preparing the PLACE Report Data Perform simple frequency tabulations for each variable: • Community Informant Questionnaire (Form A) • Venue Verification Form (Form C)

  13. Preparing the PLACE Report Data Perform tabulations by gender: Questionnaire for Individuals Socializing at Venues (Form D)

  14. Preparing the PLACE Report Data • Create partnership level variable • Perform tabulations by partnership level LOW MODERATE HIGH Past 4 Weeks Any New/Multiple Partners Past 12Months Any New/Multiple Partners No Sex or 1 Non-new Partner in Past Year

  15. Questionnaire for Individuals Socializing at Venues

  16. Questionnaire for Individuals Socializing at Venues 1 1 2 1

  17. Partnership Level: HIGH

  18. Questionnaire for Individuals Socializing at Venues 1 0 4 2

  19. Partnership Level: MODERATE

  20. Now you’re ready to enter your data into the PLACE report!

  21. Creating a PLACE Report • Guidelines are available to use when creating the report for <PPA>. • Simply insert information about PLACE in <PPA> and the results from data collected in <PPA> into the provided template: • text, • table shells, and • clickable figures. • Include preliminary recommendations for priority intervention sites based on findings.

  22. Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts in <PPA>: Findings from PLACE and Recommended Plan for Action <Date> Report Template In Microsoft Word Format

  23. Creating a PLACE Report Guidelines in the report template include: • Brackets < >. Suggestions are written inside the brackets. • Blanks ___________________. Fill in the blanks with the information for your district. • Text. Draft text is provided and can be adapted. • Graphs and figures. Click on these graphs or figures and edit the data. • After each table, briefly summarize the presented findings and comment on the significance of results.

  24. Creating PLACE Report Tables Tables include: • basic frequencies of every questionnaire variable, sometimes broken down by gender or HIV risk group; and • summary indicator tables of selected important indicators.

  25. Creating PLACE Report Tables 386 754 % % 74 84 22 16 4 0 100 100 % % 9 16 66 67 22 16 3 1 100 100

  26. Creating PLACE Report Graphics • The template includes clickable pie charts: Figure 3: Type of Venue Reported (n=% of venues) “Click” to insert data from your <PPA>

  27. Creating PLACE Report Graphics The template also includes clickable bar charts: Figure 3: Type of Venue Reported (n=% of venues) Click to insert data from your <PPA>

  28. PLACE Report Graphics: Maps

  29. PLACE Report Graphics: Maps

  30. Describing Key Indicators for the PLACE Report • Local PLACE teams identify which key indicators should be used and how priority venues for interventions will be identified. • Key indicators can include: % of patrons aged 15-24 % of patrons who are unemployed % of patrons who are students % of patrons who visit venue daily % of patrons who have injected drugs in past month % of patrons ever tested for HIV. • Condom availability at venues should always be included.

  31. PLACE Report Preliminary Recommendations: Priority Venues • Criteria for selecting priority venues to receive an intervention will depend on the local epidemic and the amount of resources available to field an intervention response. • Priority sites should be those where populations key to the transmission of HIV/AIDS in <PPA> interact.

  32. PLACE Report Preliminary Recommendations: Priority Venues Criteria that have been used to identify priority venues include: • popular venues • large venues • specific key population venues e.g. sex workers, injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, youth • overlap venues e.g. frequented by two or more key populations • high partnership venues

  33. Next Steps: Sharing Results

  34. Sharing Results: • Present the PLACE report at local and regional feedback workshops. • At feedback workshops, the list of recommendations and action plans are finalized.

  35. Sharing Results: • Additional analysis may be important: behavior among certain age groups; behavior among key populations; or behavior at venues with certain characteristics. • Conduct a data use workshop with intervention groups.

  36. End of PLACE Report Presentation

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