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Table 1 Exposure variables

From: Do community measures impact the effectiveness of a community led HIV testing intervention. Secondary analysis of an HIV self-testing intervention in rural communities in Zimbabwe

Community Cohesion

  1. People in this village are willing to help their neighbours

  2. This is a close-knit community

  3. People in this village can be trusted

  4. People in this village generally get along well with each other

  5. People in this village share the same values

  6. People in this village look out for each other

Community HIV Awareness

  1. People in your village are concerned about HIV

  2. People in your village consider HIV/AIDS an important issue

  3. People in your village talk openly about HIV

  4. People in your village believe that HIV impacts the community

  5. People in your village talk about HIV/AIDS at community meetings

  6. People in your village work together to prevent HIV from spreading

  7. People in your village work together to reduce the effects of HIV

  8. People in your village believe they can change the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

  9. People in your village exchange information about HIV/AIDS

  10. People in your village take HIV/AIDS seriously

Community problem solving

  1. People work together to solve problems in the village

  2. People in your village talk to each other about how to solve village problems

  3. People in your village enjoy discussing different ways to solve village problems

  4. People in your village are open to hearing different views about community problems and solutions

  5. People in your village volunteer to help solve village problems

  6. People in your village think about why there are problem

  7. People in your village think about why there are problems so they can address the course of problems

  8. There is a lot of cooperation between groups in the village

  9. People in this village not only talk about problems but they also try to solve them

  10. If your community fails to resolve a community problem they will learn from that experience and do a better job when they try to solve the problem in the future

  11. If leaders in the village fails to resolve a village problem the villagers will work together to find a solution

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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