The APAC project is scientific in its approach when it comes to program planning. All programs of APAC are preceded by a through needs assessment to understand the context- physical, social, economic of area / community. Programs are designed based on the needs assessment. Every program/ activity and strategy is evaluated and finding used for providing direction for the program. T.I. programs have inbuilt base-line and end-term assessments to track the progress in programs.

The needs assessment and the evaluation studies are scientific in design and extensive. Apart from these studies, APAC has contributed immensely to the knowledge bank by undertaking large scale research on various components of STI/HIV/AIDS intervention programs like:

• Behavior Surveillance Surveys - 11 years in Tamil Nadu, 6 years in Puducherry

• Facility Assessment -STI Health Facility, VCT/ICTC, HIVcare

• Community Prevalence of STI
  (General Population, Female Sex Workers, Truckers)

• Ethnographic Mapping and size estimation of the various target groups Core & Vulnerable populations

• Evaluations of program components - Peer Educators, Communication Gap Assessment, Campaign assessments

• Formative Research - IDU, MSM

• Operations Research

• Situation Needs Assessments

• Studies related to Condoms - Usage, quality, market

These studies are widely disseminated to the government and private agencies across the country.