NEW YORK CITY COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUP ON HIV INFECTION IN WOMEN

妇女机构间艾滋病毒研究（WIHS）的组成部分3描述了 为妇女综合保健服务中心活动提出的组织计划。 申请人 建议WIHS调查人员和中央工作人员利用先前的 其他联邦资助的多地点研究的经验，以制定一个 组织计划，最大限度地提高科学和方法 通信，在所需的时间方面是最有效的， 调查人员和中央WIHS工作人员，并具有成本效益。 模型 建议包括WIHS执行的比例代表制 每个研究中心的委员会（EC），由入组或 预计样本量，以及在EC中至少包含两个 参加妇女综合保健服务的感染艾滋病毒的妇女。 这些女性可以 从每个WIHS站点的社区咨询委员会中选出。 也是 建议WIHS和HERS EC早期合并， 避免重复劳动，确保科学统一和研究 设计，并降低资助类似计划的成本。 在 此外，建议成立几个WIHS工作组（WG）， 其类似于HERS WG并且添加了一个。 申请人 建议成立一个项目执行工作组， 初级保健机构。 建议一名HIV感染妇女 包括在所有WG。 WIHS计划中的沟通可能最好是 完成了很少的中央会议和广泛使用的 电话会议作为时间效率和成本效益的机制， 完成工作组的工作。 最后，强烈建议， 所有受资助的WIHS站点都承诺在早期开展广泛的工作， 为确保早日获得访谈工具提供资金。 面谈工具的提供时间推迟到第10个月， 第7个月可能会对研究中心的招募能力产生重大影响 第18个月所需的受试者数量。

Component 3 of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) describes the suggested organizational plan for central WIHS activities. The applicant proposed that the WIHS investigators and central staff utilize the prior experience of other federally funded multisite studies to formulate an organizational plan which maximizes scientific and methodologic communication, is optimally efficient in terms of time required from investigators and central WIHS staff, and is cost effective. The model suggested includes proportional representation to the WIHS Executive Committee (EC) from each study site as determined by the enrolled or projected sample size, as well as inclusion on the EC of at least two HIV-infected women who are participants in WIHS. These women can be chosen from the Community Advisory Boards at each WIHS site. It is also suggested that there occur early merger of the WIHS and HERS ECs, to avoid duplication of effort, to ensure scientific uniformity and study design, and to decrease the costs of funding similar programs. In addition, the formation of several WIHS working groups(WG) is suggested, which are analogous to the HERS WG and with one addition. The applicant suggests the formation of a WG concerning project implementation in primary care settings. It is suggested that one HIV-infected women be included in all WG. Communication within the WIHS program may best be accomplished with very few central meetings and with extensive use of conference calls as time efficient and cost effective mechanisms for completing the work of the WGs. Finally, it is strongly suggested that all funded WIHS sites make a commitment to extensive work early in the funding period to guarantee early availability of interview instruments. Delay of availability of interview instruments to month 10 instead of month 7 may have substantial impact on the ability of sites to recruit the required number of subjects by month 18.