Table 4 Comparison of standardized country scores for information governance, country policies, data collection, storage, access and transfer categories and between PEPFAR focus, PEPFAR non-focus and non-PEPFAR countries
From: Protecting HIV information in countries scaling up HIV services: a baseline study
| Â | Â | Median score (IQR) [range] N = 78 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aggregate categories | Sub-categories included in each aggregate category | PEPFAR | |||
| Â | Â | Non-PEPFAR countries N = 56 | PEPFAR non-focus countries N = 9 | PEPFAR focus countries N = 13 | P value (Kruskal-Wallis test) |
Information governance | Privacy law Consent for data collection HIV policy framework M&E framework categories* | 69.5 (44.6 to 93.3) [10.0 to 100.0] | 65.0 (56.7 to 82.5) [48.3 to 95.0] | 70.0 (62.5 to 86.7) [14.2 to 100.0] | 0.864 |
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 | 81.6 (75.1 to 98.5) [0.0 to 100.0] | 80.0 (65.7 to 96.0) [20.0 to 100.0] | 73.3 (61.3 to 100.0) [0.0 to 100.0] | 0.623 |
Data collection | Collection: types Collection: method | 61.1 (44.5 to 69.7) [0.0 to 93.8] | 54.3 (27.9 to 59.6) [0.0 to 87.5] | 54.3 (27.9 to 59.6) [0.0 to 87.5] | 0.358 |
Data storage | Storage System availability | 69.5 (52.9 to 79.5) [0.0 to 97.7] | 67.5 (0.0 to 80.5) [0.0 to 87.3] | 70.3 (37.2 to 76.5) [0.0 to 88.6] | 0.750 |
Data access | Access: data preparation for dissemination Access: staff preparation Access: internal users Access: external users | 66.6 (35.6 to 75.9) [2.5 to 89.1] | 49.7 (17.5 to 72.0) [2.5 to 83.9] | 65.6 (18.5 to 74.8) [2.5 to 83.5] | 0.763 |
Data transfer | Data transfer | 64.3 (28.6 to 78.6) [0.0 to 100.0] | 71.4 (0.0 to 71.4) [0.0 to 78.6) | 57.1 (10.7 to 67.9) [0.0 to 78.6] | 0.649 |