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. 2017 May 11;8:561. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00561

Table 4.

Structured interview instrument for collecting data from the treatment providers.

Items Questions
1 What do you think is your patients’ level of understanding about HIV transmission risk?
2 What types of HIV risk behaviors do you perceive in your patients?
3 What do you think patients practice risky behaviors? What kinds of situations seem the most common?
4 What level of neurocognitive functioning do you see among most clients in the program?
5 What proportion would you guess have cognitive impairments that might impact their participation in treatment?
6 (If common), what strategies have you used to accommodate those patients?
7 What do you think is the role of cognitive impairment may play in their HIV risk behavior? What about their treatment engagement and outcomes?
8 What strategies do you think could help your clients to better engage in individual or group HIV prevention sessions, remember content from session, and remember to apply content?
9 What specific strategies or tools do you think would be practical/useful for incorporating into our HIV prevention program (describe community-friendly health recovery program) to accommodate individuals with cognitive impairment?
10 What do you know about PrEP? (describe the basics if they are unfamiliar)
11 How would you feel about offering/prescribing PrEP to your clients in the context of HIV prevention and treatment?
12 How interested/willing do you think your clients would be about PrEP?
13 What are some of the challenges for delivering PrEP in this treatment setting?
14 What do you think are the greatest potential barriers to and facilitators of PrEP use among clients?
15 What concerns you the most about the use of PrEP among your clients (e.g., side effects, adherence, etc.)?
16 What other suggestions should we consider?