Quality control
Rigor, consistency and reliability are important concerns for the implementation of the people living with HIV stigma index as they are for any research process.
Each interview and in-country research process contains a referrals and follow-up section and a quality control procedures panel. These should be filled in by the interviewer after finishing the interview and, later, by other members of the survey team back in the office.
As soon as questionnaires come back to the office, they should be checked by the team leader. Each questionnaire includes a quality check section on the last page so that the country team leader can check that the interviewer is doing a good job, and to query any work that does not seem to be satisfactory.