Attachment C – Optional NHBS-WES: Up to 3 Years

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The following is a list of resources that are typically requested to complete the optional NHBS-WES for duration up to 3 years.

Start-up (Year 1 of NHBS-WES)

Personnel

  • Project Coordinator to complete start-up activities

Supplies

  • Office supplies

Other

  • Telephone

Extensive Formative Assessment (Year 2 of NHBS-WES)

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 3 of NHBS-WES)

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-WES data management duties
  • Epidemiologist (part-time) to perform NHBS-WES 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
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