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Table 2 Correlation between standardized country scores for information governance, country policies, data collection, storage, access and transfer categories and country HIV prevalence and gross national income per capita

From: Protecting HIV information in countries scaling up HIV services: a baseline study

  

HIV prevalence

GNI per capita

(Income)

Aggregate categories

Sub-categories included in each aggregate category

Correlation coefficient

P value

Correlation coefficient

P value

Information

governance

Privacy law

Consent for data collection

HIV policy framework

M&E framework categories*

R = 0.06

P = 0.600

0.09

P = 0.415

Country policies

Existence of C&S policy**

Development process

Policy dissemination

Sectoral coverage of policy

Existence of site manager for policy

Breach management

Aspect coverage of policy

Governance

R = 0.02

P = 0.864

-0.01

P = 0.954

Data collection

Collection: types

Collection: method

R = 0.06

P = 0.611

-0.03

P = 0.826

Data storage

Storage

System availability

R = 0.11

P = 0.346

-0.13

P = 0.280

Data access

Access: data preparation for dissemination

Access: staff preparation

Access: internal users

Access: external users

R = 0.06

P = 0.579

-0.03

P = 0.773

Data transfer

Data transfer

R = 0.15

P = 0.219

-0.09

P = 0.458

  1. *M&E = Monitoring and evaluation; **C&S = Confidentiality & security