Table 1.

Steps used to generate and/or confirm ideas for venues

Step/Activity	Description
Interviews with HIV+ youth	Anonymous interviews with 20–30 HIV+ males and females using a computer-assisted format. Interview questions asked about risky behaviors, social networking patterns and venues where youth congregate. Youth were recruited from local clinics and enrolled in the interview after providing verbal consent.
In-depth interviews with community organizations	Sixty-minute interviews with 20 community organizations about target population risk factors, congregation venues and access to venues (e.g., gatekeepers, best days/hours to find youth at certain locations).
Discussions with community partners	Regular meetings with partners were held and provided a forum for discussion of venues; several sites held a vote with partners to confirm the final selection of venues.
Discussions with youth	Meetings (i.e., informal focus groups, youth CABs, etc.) with youth from geographic area of focus to learn about new venues and/or confirm location of venues and times when youth are likely at a venue.
Discussions with key informants	Informal discussions with individuals who may or may not represent the target population but have access to a venue or knowledge of the types of activities or people who congregate at a venue.
Venue previews	Visits to a venue by site staff prior to starting BVIs that entailed observing the types of activities and patterns of people at a venue.
Input from outreach workers (not affiliated with site)	Discussions with outreach staff who provide services at a venue. Some site staff combined a meeting with outreach workers with a venue preview.
Input from outreach workers affiliated with site or institution	Similar to above, though discussions were internal with staff from the clinic or institution of site staff.