In 2014 and 2015, counselors from WE-ACTx for Hope administered a Family Assessment Survey to individuals who
were parents of a child under the age of 18 who was being treated at the
clinic. The counselors orally
administered a paper survey in Kinyarwanda, the national language, and the data
was input into an Excel spreadsheet for analysis and utilization. The clinic wanted to survey HIV positive parents about their
children who were 18 years of age and under to determine what familial or
social factors they find amongst participants and possibly draw correlations
between these components and ART (antiretroviral therapy) adherence.
I spent a large portion of Tuesday reviewing the data with 2 counselors at the clinic. It is compiled from a massive Excel spreadsheet into organized graphs based on different components of the survey, including demographics, family and income level.
