Stein, Renee
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Xu, Songli
Williams, Weston
Marano, Mariette
Eke, Adanze
Finlayson, Teresa
Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
Wejnert, Cyprian
Article History
First Online: 11 September 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: NHBS activities were approved by local institutional review boards for each of the 20 MSAs. The project underwent a CDC review and approval process and was determined to be research in which CDC was not directly engaged and, therefore, did not require review by CDC IRB. All participants were explicitly assured during the recruitment process of the anonymous nature of the survey and the HIV testing. All participants provided oral informed consent to participate in the interview and be tested for HIV. Oral consent was documented electronically on the survey instrument by interviewers for all participants and on hard copy as required by local IRBs. Data collection was anonymous, so written consent was not possible and participant’s names or other personal identifiers were not linked to any NHBS instruments. All consent procedures, including oral consent, were approved by local IRBs.