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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : A Process and Outcomes Evaluation of the International AIDS Conference: Who Attends? Who Benefits Most? | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research article A Process and Outcomes Evaluation of the International AIDS Conference Who Attends Who Benefits Most Bernadette Lalonde 1 Jacqueline E Wolvaardt2 Elize M Webb2 and Amy Tournas-Hardt3 Address University of Washington Department of Health Services School of Public Health and Community Medicine Seattle Washington 2School of Health Systems and Public Health University of Pretoria South Africa and 3Department of Public and Community Health University of Maryland College Park Corresponding author Open Access Published 9 January 2007 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2007 9 6 This article is available from http content 9 1 6 Abstract__ The objective of the study was to conduct a process and outcomes evaluation of the International AIDS Conference IAC . Reaction evaluation data are presented from a delegate survey distributed at the 2004 IAC held in Thailand. Input and output data from the Thailand IAC are compared to data from previous IACs to ascertain attendance and reaction trends which delegates benefit most and host country effects. Outcomes effectiveness data were collected via a survey and intercept interviews. Data suggest that the host country may significantly affect the number and quality of basic science IAC presentations who attends and who benefits most. Intended and executed HIV work-related behavior change was assessed under 9 classifications. Delegates who attended 1 previous IAC were more likely to report behavior changes than attendees who attended more than I previous IAC. The conference needs to be continually evaluated to elicit the required data to plan effective future IACs. Introduction The first International AIDS Conference IAC was held in 1985. Its purpose was to share research and medical findings about the human immunodeficiency virus HIV and the acquired .