Table 3 Summary of cost estimates of complete WINGS intervention, per cohort of six women

Facility rent

$381

1.5 months at $169 per month (25% usage of $677 per-month room, including utilities), multiplied by 1.5 to include miscellaneous costs

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Facilitator salary and benefits

$660

$16 per hour (including fringe benefits), 20.5 hours per facilitator per cohort (6 sessions of 3.4 hours including 0.9 hours prep time per session), two facilitators per cohort

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Facilitator training

$61

1.25 hours per facilitator ($16 per hour) per cohort (20 hours overall training, divided by 16 cohorts), multiplied by 1.5 to include indirect costs, two facilitators per cohort

survey, budget

Recruitment

$208

$176 staff time (hours and wages varied across sites) and $32 supplies (flyers, ads, letters)

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Incentive payments

$649

$18 per participant per session, 6 sessions

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Client transportation/meals

$260

$7.23 per participant per session, 6 sessions

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Senior staff time for quality assurance

$110

$18 per participant

Holtgrave and Kelly [13]

Course materials

$159

includes male and female condom models, condoms, printed materials

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Child care

$252

Half of the women (or, 3 women per session) required 2.5 hours of childcare per session, at $5.60 per hour, six sessions

Holtgrave and Kelly [13]

Total

$2,739