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How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment:
An Indicator-Based Approach
9. Who should be the survey coordinator?
They need the ability to oversee all stages of the survey including design, recruitment of
team leaders and data collectors, training, data collection, data processing, data analysis,
report writing, and dissemination.
10. Do we need other team leaders?
It depends on how many facilities you intend to survey. If it is 20, as recommended, then
that is a lot of work for one team. Therefore it is probably a good idea to have more than one
team and each will need a team leader.
11. Who should we choose as a team leader?
They need to have the capacity to assess the record-keeping system and efficiently decide
how to sample for the retrospective records. They also need to know how to communicate
with the facility managers and manage the work of the team so that all people are busy at all
times.
12. Who should we choose as data collectors?
Data collectors should be familiar with pharmaceutical terms to be able to reliably extract
information from records, and to record it accurately during observations. The most
effective data collectors are persons with clinical experience such as physicians, nurses,
pharmacists, paramedical staff, or senior medical or pharmacy students.
Data collection can be tedious, and requires an aptitude for concentration and attention to
detail. The best data collectors combine the discipline to collect data in a standardized way
with the flexibility to adapt procedures to the requirements of unusual situations. People
who have these traits but lack technical knowledge can be trained to perform effectively and
will improve with experience; people without them will never perform effectively,
regardless of their technical qualifications.
13. Can we adapt the data collection forms?
Yes you can change the medicines lists, the types of hospitals, the regions or areas, the types
of management and the types of drug suppliers: see Customization in Chapter5.
14. How do we print the forms and how many do we need?
See Printing Data Entry Forms in Chapter 5.
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