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Appendix II: Objectives, Scope, and
Methodology
were conducted over the telephone using a structured interview guide that
was provided to the interviewees in advance. Question topics included the
relationship between HRSA and the grantee and between the grantee and
service providers, the services grantees funded, evaluation of services
funded by grantees, barriers minorities with HIV/AIDS face in obtaining
services through HIV/AIDS programs, and program integration barriers.
We also interviewed staff of the National Minority AIDS Council, Kaiser
Family Foundation, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors, and the Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief
Coalition.
To identify the barriers to minorities obtaining services from HIV/AIDS
programs that were identified by grantees, we reviewed Part A MAI and
Part B MAI competitive grant applications for fiscal year 2007, which
included grantees' responses regarding barriers minorities face in
accessing HIV/AIDS services. We interviewed staff from selected Part A, B,
C, D, and F grantees about barriers minorities with HIV/AIDS face in
obtaining services through HIV/AIDS programs and budget allocations to
different HIV/AIDS services. We requested and received from HRSA fiscal
year 2007 MAI grant applications from all Part A and Part B applicants. We
conducted content analyses on selected sections of the MAI applications
in which grantees described barriers, co-morbidities, unmet needs,
coordination of services, implementation plans, and impact of MAI
services. During the content analyses, we collected information from the
fiscal year 2007 Part A MAI and Part B MAI applications regarding barriers
to HIV/AIDS services, co-morbidities for individuals with HIV/AIDS, and
factors that were complications for care. We also interviewed staff from
the organizations listed above.
We conducted our work from January 2008 to February 2009 in
accordance with all sections of GAO's Quality Assurance Framework that
are relevant to our objectives. The framework requires that we plan and
perform the engagement to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to
meet our stated objectives and to discuss any limitations in our work. We
believe that the information and data obtained, and the analysis
conducted, provide a reasonable basis for any findings and conclusions.GAO-09-315 Minority AIDS Initiative
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