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and treatment services and other health issues, such as tuberculosis, blood donation history,and medical injections.Figure A.2. Data collection tools, <strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.HOUSEHOLD QUE<strong>STI</strong>ONNAIRE• Household census• Parental survivorship• Household characteristics• Mosquito net use• Support to households for sick andrecently deceased adults, and OVCsINDIVIDUAL QUE<strong>STI</strong>ONNAIRE• Socio‐demographic characteristics• HIV/<strong>STI</strong> knowledge and attitudes• Marriage and sexual partnerships• Fertility and family planning• Use of HIV prevention, care andtreatment servicesBLOOD DRAW• Venous blood:HIV, HSV‐2, syphilis testing; CD4for those with HIV• Dried blood spot:HIV testing onlyRESULTS FORM• Specific test results retrieved• Individual or couple counselling• Minors with or without parents• Referrals providedBlood draw. All eligible women and men were asked individually for their voluntaryconsent to provide a venous blood sample in the home for HIV, syphilis, and HSV‐2 testing,as well as CD4 cell quantification if seropositive for HIV. They also were asked to consent toextended storage of their samples for future, unspecified testing.Experienced technicians were responsible for the collection of blood from the arm byvenipuncture. Blood was collected into two separate tubes, one with anticoagulant fromwhich serum was obtained for HIV, HSV‐2, and syphilis testing and the other designed tostabilise CD4 cells for up to seven days after collection. For participants who were willing toparticipate but refused the venous blood sample, dried blood spot (DBS) samples from afinger prick were collected. DBS samples were also collected in cases in which thevenipuncture process was not feasible.Training. In July <strong>2007</strong>, 204 skilled interviewers, laboratory technicians, laboratory scientistsand field supervisors were recruited and trained for two weeks in the procedures for thesurvey. Interviewers were trained to identify eligible households and individuals, conductinformed consent, educate participants about HIV, HSV‐2, and syphilis, use objectiveinterview techniques, and administer the household and individual questionnaires. Fieldlaboratory technicians and scientists were trained in preparing respondents for the blooddraw and in collection, processing, storage, and transportation of specimens to the centrallaboratory in Nairobi. Laboratory training emphasized ways to minimise risks in handlingbiological specimens. Laboratory technicians were trained to process and analyse specimens<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 284

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