Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

Where the supervisor is present editing
will be done on the spot by the supervisor
in order to avoid re-contacting respondents
which is quite likely to be difficult and
impractical given the time frame for fieldwork
completion. Note that field editing is especially
important at the beginning of fieldwork
when interviewers are less familiar with the
questionnaire. Each edited questionnaire
should be reviewed with the interviewer who
completed it and signed by the supervisor.
All questionnaires should be reviewed from
beginning to end for the following:
• Verify that an interview result code has
been recorded in the interviewer visit box
on the cover page of the questionnaire.
• Verify that the interviewer has signed the
witnessed verbal consent.
• Verify that all skip and filter instructions
have been respected.
• Verify that the responses are legible.
• Verify that only one response code is
circled for each question unless instructions
allow for more than one response. For
questions which allow for more than one
response, verify that codes “2” (No) have
been circled for all responses not coded “1”.
• Verify that any corrections made by
the interviewer are done legibly and
according to the instructions in Part B of
the Interviewers’ Guidelines.
In reviewing the questionnaires, supervisors
are to ensure that all consistency checks as
outlined in Part D of the Interviewers’ Guidelines
were utilized and adhered to.
Part A: General interviewing
procedures
Introduction and Objectives
As an interviewer, you are part of a very
important research endeavor to collect
information on people’s knowledge, attitudes,
beliefs, and practices regarding HIV/AIDS
and other STDs. The main objectives of this
research are to learn:
• How much do people in this area understand
about transmission and prevention
of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and
other STDs ?
• What influences people’s information about
AIDS and HIV ?
• What are common sexual practices related
to the risk of AIDS or HIV transmission in
this population?
• What behavioral changes, if any, have
people adopted in order to avoid
contracting HIV?
Interviewer duties :
Your main duties as an interviewer include:
• To be prepared, and have all the necessary
supplies: questionnaires, guidelines, a pen
or pencil, and samples of male and female
condoms [if necessary], required administrative
forms (such as logs of assigned or
completed interviews) which vary from one
setting to another.
• To read each question aloud exactly as it
is written in the questionnaire.
• To listen carefully and without judgment to
your respondent’s answers and comments.
• To accurately record the respondent’s
answers on the questionnaire according to
instructions in this manual.
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