Attachment B – Optional NHBS-Trans: Up to 2 Years
The following is a list of resources that are typically requested to complete the optional NHBS-Trans for duration up to 2 years.
Extensive Formative Assessment (Year 1 of NHBS-Trans)
Personnel
- Project Coordinator
- Field Supervisor
- Field staff (part-time) with sufficient level of effort to conduct formative assessment including key informant interviews, community key informant interviews, focus groups, etc.
Travel
- In-State:
- Sufficient mileage/public transportation costs for field staff
- Out-of-State:
- 2 key field staff to attend annual Field Operations Training (including Field Supervisor)
Supplies
- Office supplies
Other
- Community key informant interviews and focus groups incentives (for example, $25 each)
- Telephone
- Printing
- Staff identification
Data Collection (Year 2 of NHBS-Trans)
Personnel
- Project Coordinator
- Field Supervisor
- Field staff (part-time) with sufficient level of effort for the following activities:
- Conduct a minimum number of interviews to obtain completed surveys from 300 eligible participants (i.e. interviewers)
- Phlebotomist or other HIV counseling and testing staff (part-time)
- Coupon manager (part-time)
- Data manager (part-time) to perform NHBS-Trans data management duties
- Epidemiologist (part-time) to perform NHBS-Trans data analysis and dissemination duties
Travel
- In-State: Sufficient mileage/public transportation costs for field staff
- Out-of-State:
- 2 key personnel to attend annual Principal Investigators Meeting (including directly funded health department PI)
Supplies
- Rapid HIV test kits
- Rapid HIV test controls
- Supplemental HIV tests for local laboratory testing, if applicable
- Supplies for venipuncture or dried blood specimen collection for supplemental local laboratory HIV testing, if applicable, and additional CDC laboratory testing as indicated
- Office supplies
- Laptops or tablets to administer the NHBS questionnaire in QDS 5.0
- Software to administer the questionnaire in QDS 5.0. Note that new portable computers will also require the installation of QDS 5.0 software.
- Laptop or tablet to operate Coupon Manager program
Other
- Mobile unit rental or field site location rental
- Mobile unit costs (if applicable): gas, parking, maintenance, insurance, etc.
- Survey incentives (for example, $25*350 or sufficient number to reach 300 eligible participants)
- HIV counseling and testing incentives (for example, $25*350 or sufficient number to reach 300 eligible participants)
- Recruiter incentives (for example, $10*350 participants)
- Shipping for blood specimens to local laboratory for supplemental HIV testing, if applicable
- Shipping for remnant sera/plasma or dried blood specimens to CDC or participating laboratory for additional testing
- Telephone
- Printing
- Staff identification