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distribution of HIV and AIDS cases.
Districts where the concentration of
HIV and AIDS cases was higher were
selected to make the survey more costeffective
and less time consuming. A
related concern was that if the district
does not have enough number of cases,
the required number of HIV households
might not be captured.
2.1.4 Selection of HIV
households
Generally in sample surveys, villages/
urban blocks are first selected and
then the household selection is made.
However, in this study this procedure
could not be followed for a number of
reasons. First, the selection of sample
sites depended upon the presence
of PLWHA and not on the localities.
Secondly, it was not possible for NCAER
to get a list of PLWHA and their addresses
from which sample households could
have been drawn. The VCTCs situated
at some of the government hospitals
maintain a register with the addresses
of those who have tested positive, but
the VCTCs could not provide the list
to NCAER research team due to the
confidentiality clause in conducting
the HIV test. Given these constraints
and keeping in mind the ethical issues
and the directions of the Institutional
Review Board at NCAER, it was decided
that the NCAER research team would
not get access to the addresses of
PLWHA. Instead it was decided to make
use of the counsellors of the State AIDS
Control Societies and representatives
of the NGOs working in this field, so
that they could directly approach the
HIV households with whom they are in
touch.
These persons were provided training
by the NCAER team and were advised
to select the sample from a diverse
socio-economic profile of households
and to make an attempt to select
PLWHA from both the sexes. Further,
the sample was selected from General
Hospitals (GH), Tuberculosis ( TB)
hospitals, care and support homes and
drop in centres run by NGOs, VCTCs,
Networks of Positive People and the
residences of PLWHA. Table 2.2 presents
The HIV
household sample
was drawn mainly
from the various
government health
facilities and
care and support
homes run by
NGOs
Table 2.2
Distribution of sample HIV households by place of interview
(in Percentages)
Place of interview Rural Urban Total
VCTC 17.4 11.7 14.2
TB hospital 6.2 3.3 4.6
Care and support home, community care centre and drop 13.8 11.9 12.7
in centres
General hospital 11.2 9.8 10.4
Antenatal and maternity ward 3.2 3.3 3.3
ARV collection centre 1.3 2.5 2.0
Network of positive people’s office 5.8 6.3 6.1
NGO office 4.5 7.6 6.3
Residence 35.5 42.0 39.2
Others 0.90 1.53 1.26
Total 100 100 100
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