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Table 4.

Readiness to Adopt Digital Health Interventions (RADHI) and relative priority of KIU!

RADHI Group	Descriptive Summaries of KIU! by CBO Staff	Illustrative Quotes
High	All but one felt KIU! was in line with or equal to other existing top priorities. The one staff member who did not view KIU! as equal to other top priorities felt that the CBO’s priorities were their ongoing programs that already exist. They explained that, if KIU! aids in achieving these other priorities, it too will become a top priority.	“The priority is just as high of all of the rest of them. It is just as valuable to our program as our general testing.” (PrEP Navigator at a small CBO) “It’s on the same priority level. I don’t see it as any higher or lower.” (Department Manager at a medium-size CBO)
Middle	Half viewed KIU! as equal to all other priorities in the organization. These staff expressed that they either felt everything was an equal priority and KIU! would not be any different or that all programs and services in the CBO were a top priority, including KIU!. Others viewed KIU! as a top priority relative to other priorities. Two felt KIU! was the biggest priority a the CBO, and one felt that KIU! was a high priority due to COVID and the need for eHealth innovations during a pandemic.	“I don’t know if it’s a priority. We prioritize everything…so it’s not that this is going to have more priority or less priority than other things that we’re doing.” (CMO at a large CBO). “Every single program that we do is important, so keep it up will hold the same level of importance.” (Community Health Specialist at a large CBO)
Low	These staff did not respond uniformly across CBOs about KIU!’s relative priority. For example, a staff member at one CBO felt KIU! was one of their higher priorities while their coworker felt it was not a top priority. Others felt KIU! was a low priority or were uncertain as implementation had not yet started. Two staff felt KIU! aligned with their only priority, which is HIV testing and ending the epidemic.	“I wouldn’t call it a top priority.” (Deputy Director of Prevention at a large CBO) “In comparison to other funders, honestly this program, because it’s a research project, is fairly low stakes. I mean if it works out, super. If it doesn’t, we wouldn’t lose one of our large government contracts just so that we could be sure that we met our deliverables for KIU!.” (HIV/STI Prevention Manager at a medium-sized CBO)

RADHI Group

Descriptive Summaries of KIU! by CBO Staff

Illustrative Quotes

High

All but one felt KIU! was in line with or equal to other existing top priorities.

The one staff member who did not view KIU! as equal to other top priorities felt that the CBO’s priorities were their ongoing programs that already exist. They explained that, if KIU! aids in achieving these other priorities, it too will become a top priority.

“The priority is just as high of all of the rest of them. It is just as valuable to our program as our general testing.” (PrEP Navigator at a small CBO)

“It’s on the same priority level. I don’t see it as any higher or lower.” (Department Manager at a medium-size CBO)

Middle

Half viewed KIU! as equal to all other priorities in the organization. These staff expressed that they either felt everything was an equal priority and KIU! would not be any different or that all programs and services in the CBO were a top priority, including KIU!.

Others viewed KIU! as a top priority relative to other priorities. Two felt KIU! was the biggest priority a the CBO, and one felt that KIU! was a high priority due to COVID and the need for eHealth innovations during a pandemic.

“I don’t know if it’s a priority. We prioritize everything…so it’s not that this is going to have more priority or less priority than other things that we’re doing.” (CMO at a large CBO).

“Every single program that we do is important, so keep it up will hold the same level of importance.” (Community Health Specialist at a large CBO)

Low

These staff did not respond uniformly across CBOs about KIU!’s relative priority. For example, a staff member at one CBO felt KIU! was one of their higher priorities while their coworker felt it was not a top priority.

Others felt KIU! was a low priority or were uncertain as implementation had not yet started.

Two staff felt KIU! aligned with their only priority, which is HIV testing and ending the epidemic.

“I wouldn’t call it a top priority.” (Deputy Director of Prevention at a large CBO)

“In comparison to other funders, honestly this program, because it’s a research project, is fairly low stakes. I mean if it works out, super. If it doesn’t, we wouldn’t lose one of our large government contracts just so that we could be sure that we met our deliverables for KIU!.” (HIV/STI Prevention Manager at a medium-sized CBO)