Population weighted raster maps can illustrate temporal changes of programme coverage or impact, giving a visual impression that a table of numbers cannot match.
The exercise was a combination of academic research and the development/application of an advocacy tool involving policy makers and stakeholders to influence the decision-making in the development, implementation, or change of HRH programmes while building evidence through a structured approach based on qualitative and quantitative information and the exchange and dissemination of best practices.
The aim of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Agents of Change programme in terms of the sexual practices of participating youth and to make recommendations regarding its further implementation.
In addition, UNICEF will continue to utilize Communication for Development as a cross-cutting strategy to facilitate behaviour and social change for achievement of programme results in all sectors.
Since joining Newham, I have been involved in consultations on proposed service changes, evaluations of programmes and research around understanding community cohesion.
The potential range of effects of the Agents of Change programme, therefore, appears broadly similar in scope to these other programmes.
In addition, the one-way sensitivity analyses for the discount rate and effectiveness reveal that the model is sensitive to changes of the programme effectiveness, even though most parameters were distributed probabilistically.
Though there is no explicit theory of change underpinning the programme, the programme logic is evident.
After this announcement last month, there was a huge backlash from listeners outraged about the change of name and of programme format, including the sacking of popular DJs.
11 12 For this reason, the Agents of Change programme was developed by the Fikelela AIDS Project in the Cape Town Diocese of the Anglican Church as an HIV prevention programme.
