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Table 2 Responses to qualitative FSW survey regarding facilitators and barriers to providing an electronic fingerprint during study recruitment

From: Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system: a feasibility and acceptability study among Zambian female sex workers

 

Number

Percent

Before receiving an explanation of the system, the client was initially ____to use the device in the field upon visual inspection only.

  comfortable

25

56 %

  uncomfortable

20

44 %

Womens’ preferred location for being electronically fingerprinted during recruitment (chose top two)

  The clinic

42

47 %

  Their own residence

27

30 %

  Bar/club

8

9 %

  Mobile units in the field

8

9 %

  Street

4

4 %

Womens’ least preferred location for being electronically fingerprinted during recruitment

  Bar/club

16

36 %

  Street

13

30 %

  Mobile units in the field

8

18 %

  Residence

5

11 %

  Clinic

2

5 %

Womens’ preferred time to provide an electronic fingerprint

  Morning

28

62 %

  Afternoon

10

22 %

  Evening

7

16 %

Do you think the electronic fingerprint system would expose who you are and what you do to other people?

  Yes

9

20 %

  No

36

80 %

Would you prefer that multiple women are recruited and asked to provide an electronic fingerprint at the same time?

  Yes

19

42 %

  No, because of confidentiality/privacy

26

58 %

Would you prefer to be fingerprinted in the presence of your Queen Mother?

  Yes

33

73 %

  No, because of confidentiality/privacy

12

27 %

Would you prefer to be fingerprinted in the presence of other FSWs that have been fingerprinted previously?

  Yes

36

80 %

  No, because of confidentiality/privacy

9

20 %

Would you prefer that ZEHRP staff wear a badge when recruiting and asking for an electronic fingerprint?

  Yes

30

67 %

  No, others may become suspicious/association of ZEHRP and HIV

15

33 %

What incentives would encourage you to speak to a ZEHRP recruiter and provide an electronic fingerprint?

  Chitenge

21

47 %

  Lubricant

10

22 %

  Condom

31

69 %

  Chlorine

5

11 %

  Soap

13

29 %

  ZEHRP’s service info brochure

7

16 %