Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviations for 15 Research Challenges by HIV/AIDS Researcher Group and Gender

		Researcher Group
		Correctional (n=190)	Non-Correctional (n=151)
Obtaining and maintaining IRB approval	M	2.09	1.98
	SD	0.95	0.90
Obtaining permission from or access to the research setting	M	2.24	1.72***
	SD	0.78	0.74
Obtaining research review and approval by the research setting	M	2.07	1.67***
	SD	0.85	0.73
Obtaining certificates of confidentiality	M	1.63	1.46
	SD	0.85	0.71
Conducting preparatory work prior to starting the research	M	1.83	1.71
	SD	0.86	0.82
Navigating policies and procedures required by the research setting	M	2.32	1.89***
	SD	0.89	0.73
Recruiting participants	M	2.00	2.24
	SD	0.82	0.72
Securing and maintaining informed consent	M	1.62	1.38*
	SD	0.91	0.70
Making compensation or incentives accessible to participants	M	1.99	1.50***
	SD	1.00	0.75
Dealing with interruptions and delays in progress arising from the research setting	M	2.51	1.95***
	SD	0.87	0.80
Experiencing harm to participants because of their involvement in the research	M	1.12	1.10
	SD	0.42	0.36
Experiencing harm to staff or others because of the research protocol	M	1.10	1.09
	SD	0.33	0.34
Retaining participants during the active phase of research	M	1.83	1.86
	SD	0.77	0.80
Retaining participants during follow-up phases of research	M	2.48	2.26*
	SD	0.88	0.86
Gaining review and approval by research setting prior to disseminating results	M	1.53	1.31*
	SD	0.73	0.66

^*p<.05

**p<.01

^***p<.001