TY - RPRT AU - Yoder, P. Stanley AU - Konaté, Mamadou Kani CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Obtaining informed consent for HIV testing: The DHS experience in Mali T2 - DHS Qualitative Research Studies No. 4 PB - ORC Macro PY - 2002 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/QRS4/QRS4.pdf AB - This study examined the process of administering an informed consent statement for giving blood for an anemia and an HIV test in a survey context, and was meant to assess interviewer performance and respondent understanding of the statement. Interviewers observed the use of the consent statement for 196 respondents and interviewed them right after they were asked to give blood. The study found that most interviewers explained the consent statement rather than reading it, that the majority of respondents understood their participation was voluntary, and that few respondents understood much about HIV or AIDS. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. This report presents findings from a qualitative research study conducted in Mali in 2001 as part of the MEASURE DHS+ project. ORC Macro coordinated this activity and provided technical assistance. Funding was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through a subcontract with Marikani and Castle, Ltd. in Bamako, Mali. This publication was made possible through support provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development under the terms of Contract No. HRN-C-00-97-00019-00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development. ER -