Marseille 2007
| Abstract #690 - Strengthening the evidence about children a roundtable discussion | ||||
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Session: 33.1: CCABA (Satellite 7) on Tuesday @ 13.00-14.00 in HC Chaired by Peter Laugharn, Jen Astone Authors: Presenting Author: Mr John Miller - Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS, Canada |
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| Aim: The world is beginning to focus children as a key under-serviced group within the epidemic, but we still have a problem. Good evidence is in short supply. In order to find the best models, we must have sufficient evidence, and proper critical analyses of the many funded projects. The challenge is that even some of the best projects lack the capacity to do proper evaluation, or lack the energy and resources to be properly reflective. This satellite round-table discussion will bring together funders, academics, and project managers to discuss new approaches to support front-line service providers to beef up the evidence base. | ||||
| Method / Issue: Proposed Discussants Include: i) A speaker from the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa to discuss the existing evidence base ii) A funder: how funders can help their grantees/partners to develop the capacity to be self-evaluative. iii) An academic who will discuss: how do we survey the field/ the literature to see what is the evidence base. iv) A project manager from the South: Commenting on the different approaches, and what might be needed to support grantees. | ||||
| Results / Comments: CCABA is a coalition focussed on children and HIV issues, with members of the current steering committee comprising: - Jennifer Astone, PhD Executive Director, Firelight Foundation(US) - Arjan de Wagt, Team Leader, Children Affected by AIDS, HIV/AIDS Section, UNICEF NY Headquarters (US/Netherlands) - Jennifer Delaney, US Director, Global Action for Children (US) - Usa Duongsaa, Co-ordinator, AIDS Education Programme (Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University, Thailand), (Thailand) - Elan Garonzik, MA, MBA, Vice President, ELMA Philanthropies (US) - Mulugeta Gebru, Managing Director, Jerusalem Children and Community Development Organization (Ethiopia) - Kate Harrison, MA, Senior Technical Adviser: Children, International HIV/ AIDS Alliance (UK) - Peter Laugharn, PhD, Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands) - Nancy Muirhead, JD, Assistant Secretary and Program Officer, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (US) . - Fikile Ngcobo, BA, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Specialist; Goelama, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (South Africa) -Linda Richter, PhD, Executive Director, Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa) - Lorraine Sherr, Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, Head of Health Psychology Unit, Royal Free and University College Medical School(UK). -Karen Vance-Wallace, Executive Director, Teresa Group (Canada) - Anglica Valenzuela, Vice President, Programs, Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (US) . - Dr. Paul Zeitz, M.D., M.P.H, Executive Director, Global AIDS Alliance (US) - Louise Zimanyi, MEd, Co-Director, Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care & Development (Canada) | ||||
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