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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2015 May 19;26(5):556–569. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2015.05.001

Table 1.

Interview Guide

Section 1. Description of agency and interviewee’s role at agency.
Question 1 Describe the type of place where you work.

  1. What is the goal of this agency?

  2. What kind of services does your agency offer?
Question 2 Please describe the work that you do at your agency.
Section 2: Explanation of how organization/agency serves HIV-infected patients who are newly released
from prison.
Question 1 What barriers are you aware of that your newly released HIV-infected patients face in managing
their HIV? (prompts asked if interviewee does not address)

  1. Barriers that get in the way of linking to HIV care after prison?

  2. Barriers that get in the way of continuing in HIV care once they have gotten linked after prison?

  3. Barriers to adhering to ARV medications?

  4. Barriers to adhering to medical appointments?

  5. Barriers due to stigma associated with HIV status?
Question 2 What facilitators are you aware of that help your newly released HIV-infected patients manage
HIV after release from prison? (prompts asked if interviewee does not address)

  1. Facilitators that help them link to care after release from prison?

  2. Facilitators that help them continue in HIV care after prison?

  3. Facilitators that help them take HIV medications after release?

  4. Facilitators that help them adhere to their medical appointments after release?
Section 3: Transition of newly released HIV-infected prisoners into services at the agency.
Question 1 How are first appointments scheduled for HIV-infected patients post-release?
Question 2 What information do you get from the DOC about newly released HIV-infected patients before or
after release?

  1. What information, if any, do you wish you got from the DOC but haven’t?

  2. Describe the extent of your interaction with DOC medical staff about these patients.

  3. Do you get any type of a needs assessment report from the prison staff?

    1. If Yes:

      1. What information is most useful in the assessment?

      2. What information is least useful?

      3. What additional information would be useful?

    2. If No: What information would you find useful to obtain through such a needs assessment?
Question 3 How long after prison release do people attend their first appointment with you?
Question 4 What are the most common needs of patients at these first appointments with you post-release?

  1. Which needs are you NOT able to address?

  2. Which needs ARE you able to address?

  3. What referrals do you commonly make?

    1. What types of referrals are easiest to make? Why?

    2. What types of referrals are most difficult to make? Why?

  4. What services do you wish existed, but don’t?
Question 5 What has to be done regarding HIV or ART prescriptions on the first appointment post release?
(renew prescription, refer to pharmacy, completing ADAP, labs, etc.)

  1. Do you assist patients with Ryan White funding? If so, what is the process?
Question 6 How often do patients/consumers no-show for their first medical/agency appointment after
release?

  1. What do you do when someone no-shows for a first post-release appointment?

  2. What has happened to this person, generally, since prison release?
Question 7 How do patients/consumers get to their medical/agency appointments?
Question 8 What does your agency do well to provide services and care to recently released individuals?
Where does your agency need to improve?

Note: ARV = antiretroviral; DOC = Department of Corrections.