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How to Investigate Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment:
An Indicator-Based Approach
Table 11. Coordinator checklist
Coordinator checklist
Permissions
and approval
Select and
prepare
sample sites
Recruit team
leaders
Recruit data
collectors
Organize
transport
Organize
computers
Give airtime
Create
medicines list
Pilot test
Finalize
forms
Training
room
Official
letters
Copies
Training
room
Copies
Training
slides
Task
Organize the survey process
If needed, seek approval for the survey from National AIDS
Control Programme
Select likely sites
Find days clinic are open and work out travelling logistics
Notify the head of the facilities and the heads of the HIV clinic of
the purposes and methods of the study. If possible do this in
person, otherwise by letter and phone.
Recruit 4 suitable team leaders and agree on terms and conditions
Recruit 12-16 suitable data collectors and agree terms and
conditions
Book vehicles large enough to transport each team for the
duration of the survey
If possible, locate at least one laptop computer for each team
Make sure that each team leader has enough airtime to
communicate with the survey coordinator
With the team leaders decide on the needed list of adult and child
ARVs and the other key medicines lists
Test the data collecting methods in a facility
Finalize the data collection forms. Have enough for the trainings
mentioned below—this means at least one of each form per
participant with some extra ones.
Prepare for training team leaders
Organize room with an LCD projector and the training slides
Prepare official letter of introduction for team leaders
Print and photo copy all materials for training session and field
test and assemble equipment
o One copy per data collection team of the official letter of
introduction
o Two copies per person of a complete set of survey forms
o One copy of this manual per data collector
o Additional materials such as pens and calculators
o A computer per team leader with preloaded data entry
forms
o One clipboard per person for taking notes
Prepare for training data collectors
Organize room with an LCD projector and the training slides (This
will need to be larger than the room for team leader training)
Task
Print and photo copy all materials for training session and field
test
o One copy per data collection team of the official letter of
introduction
o Two copies per person of a complete set of survey forms
o One copy of this manual per data collector
o Additional materials such as pens and calculators
o A computer per team leader with preloaded data entry forms
o One clipboard per person for taking notes
Prepare information on transport, distance and security for each
data collector
Obtain sample pharmacy records and sample stock cards to copy
onto a transparency or photocopy for distribution to data
collection teams (these will be used during the discussion)
Completed
Completed
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