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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2020 May 1;34(6):923–930. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002500

Table 1.

Definitions used to identify which participants would have been offered testing under each outreach strategy. All strategies were limited to participants who did not refuse the HIV test

Strategy Additional restrictions Source of information used to identify eligible participants
 1. Offer testing to people found at venues in cross border areas None
 2. Offer testing to people found at venues that do not currently offer HIV testing Limited to those recruited in a venue in which HIV outreach testing had not been performed in the past 6 months Venue informant
 3. Offer testing to workers at venues in cross border areas Limited to those who were workers at venues Survey, but workers could be identified by public health programs without the need for individual-level interviews
 4. Offer testing to people at venues where people have sex on site Limited to people working or socializing at venues where people have sex on site Venue informant
 5. Offer testing to young people ages 24 and under Limited to people found at venues who were between the ages of 15 and 24 Survey
 6. Offer testing to people who live at a venue where people drink, socialize, or meet new sexual partners Limited to people who live at a venue Survey
 7. Offer testing to people found in venues at or adjacent to truck stops Limited to participants recruited in venues within or adjacent to truck stops Study team observation
 8. Offer testing to people found in venues in landing sites (i.e. fishing villages) Limited to participants recruited in venues within landing sites Study team observation
 9. Offer testing to people found in Discos, Nightclubs, and Brothels Limited to participants recruited in venues within landing sites or fishing villages Study team observation
 10. Offer testing to people found in and around a border crossing Limited to participants recruited in venues within or around a border post, usually along a major highway Study team observation