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. 2010 Jul 7;10:197. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-197

Table 2.

Attributes and levels

Attributes Levels Level coding Definition
Target group Children (Child) Child 0 - 12 years old
Teenagers Teen 13 - 20 years old
High risk adults HiRisk ≥ 21 years old with high risk behavior e.g. sex workers,
men who have sex with men, injected drug users,
pregnant women, etc.
All adults Adults ≥ 21 years old without any specification
Gender of Male Male aiming to male population
target group Female Female aiming to female population
Both genders BothGen not specify gender of target group
Type of Treatment and care of patients HIV aiming to treat HIV infected people (CD4 ≥ 200) and
intervention with HIV (not AIDS) reduce HIV transmission
Treatment and care of patients AIDS aiming to treat AIDS patients (CD4 < 200)
with AIDS
Preventing HIV Prevent aiming to prevent general publics from HIV infection
Effectiveness Low effective LoEff less than 50% of participants benefit
High effective HiEff more than 50% of participants benefit
Quality of evidence Weak evidence Weak no evidence but observation and/or expert opinions
on effectiveness Strong evidence Strong evidence from domestic and/or international literatures