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A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Adolescent Reproductive Health Programs Part 1 | Part 2
Adamchak, S, 2000
Washington: Focus on Young adults
Information on indicator choice, sampling, program and evaluation design, including a range of instruments and questionnaires in the appendix, some of which are for KABP survey. The focus is reproductive health but there is a good deal here that can be usefully adapted or borrowed.

Sexual Behaviours relevant to HIV transmission in a rural African Population : how much can a KAP survey tell us
Schopper, D, 1993
Article in Social Science and Medicine Vol 37 No 3: 401-12
Raises important questions about the validity of KAPB surveys with particular regard to gender. Looks at striking gender differences in partner reports of the extent of casual sex and raises the more general issue of the need for validity analysis in all KAPB surveys.

Learning to live : monitoring and evaluating HIV/AIDS programmes for young people
Webb, D and Elliot, L, 2000
London: Save the Children Fund
Good on recent methodological debates with a few references and some simple examples of questionnaire questions. It also has a good deal on the choice of indicators.

Using evidence in health and social care
Gomm, R and Davies, C, 2000
London: Sage Publications
Has a chapter on basic issues in survey methodology.

Communication for Health and Behaviour Change
Graeff, J A (et al), 1993
Washington: Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Has some notes on the use of KAPB surveys as part of an overall look at behaviour change approaches.

Radio and HIV/AIDS : making a difference – a guide for radio practitioners, health workers and donors
Adam, G and Harford, N, 1999
Geneva: UNAIDS
A key material in the UNAIDS Best Practice collection, this handbook has a chapter on ‘Initial research’ that includes a section on KAP surveys - some of the questions to ask and issues to consider. Not much in the way of specific approaches to KAPB surveys, although gives a couple of short case study examples and a list of general references.

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