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. 2017 Sep 6;3(3):e58. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7902

Table 1.

PrEP Locator database system domains, variables, variable definitions, and variable examples.

Domain and variable name Variable definition Variable example
Contact information


Titlea Name of the clinic or provider Empowerment Resource Center

Telephonea Clinic telephone number object, containing a number that must be 10 digits or empty and an extension field without an enforced format 404-999-9999

Telephone2 Second clinic telephone number object 404-999-5555

ClinicEmail Email address of the clinic, which must be a valid email address info@preplocator.org

Link Website of the clinic, which must be a valid URL beginning with http:// or https:// https://www.preplocator.org
Address


StreetAddressa Street address 1518 Clifton Rd.

Localitya City and/or county Decatur

Regiona State GA

PostalCodea 5-digit zip code 30322
PrEP service information


Spanish Whether the clinic offers services in Spanish; false by default False

Uninsured Whether the clinic accepts uninsured patients; false by default True

Navigation Whether the clinic offers PrEP navigation services; false by default True

Coordinator PrEP coordinator for the clinic, an object containing the clinic coordinator’s information, with name, email address, and telephone number fields Jane Doe, janedoe@healthcare.com, 404-727-9999
Clinic hours


Schedule Schedule for the clinic, an object containing the hours of operation, with objects for each day of the week; each day’s object contains status (open, closed, or empty), openTime, and closeTime Monday, open 8:00AM to 5:00PM
Entry management


Statusa Active, pending, or excluded, as determined by Emory staff Active

Vetteda State licensure verification by Emory staff True

Eligible Rationale for eligibility determination Does not prescribe PrEP

Notes Contact notes for each clinic, including information such as the number of contact attempts and the results of contact Contacted by email and telephone 5 times.
System-generated variables


Id ID of the clinic, auto-incremented from 1  1428

Lat Latitude in decimal format, generated from a Google API using the clinic address 33.798258

Long Longitude in decimal format, generated from a Google API using the clinic address -84.323467

Created RFC 3339 timestamp for when the clinic was added to the database  2016-04-12T23:20:50.52Z

Updated RFC 3339 timestamp for when the clinic was added to the database 2016-04-12T23:20:50.52Z

aIndicates a required variable; an entry cannot be processed without this information.