Blantyre Prevention Strategy Prevention Adaptive Learning Management System (PALMS) Validation

The Blantyre Prevention Strategy is a five-year project that seeks to address HIV prevention in Blantyre, Malawi. As part of the project, a Prevention Adaptive Learning Management System has been produced. The purpose of the PALMS is to act as a benchmarking tool to monitor and evaluate BPS on an ongoing basis, showing the progress of activities, informing stakeholders of when to adjust programs or interventions, and ensuring the overall goal of reduced HIV infections is being achieved. The PALMS dashboard will use data indicators to show project progress. Stakeholders have decided on targets for these data indicators. Using historical data, these thresholds will be validated using statistical methods.
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Faculty Supervisor:

Christine Stich

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Partner:

Cooper Smith

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

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