Number of respondents varies in the regions depending on desire, interest, availability of time and finally consent of potential respondents to participate in the survey (table 1). Number of respondents by groups is presented in table 2. Table 1. Number of interviews per region
City Kazan Vologda Pskov Tver Voronezh Balakovo Total
Number of interviews 14 7 11 5 11 9 57
Table 2. Number or respondents from six regions by groups
Group State Drug Control Service HR project leaders
Number of respondents 3 6 (two of them were leaders of HR projects and chief doctors of AIDS centers at the same time) HR projects managers and 18 outreach workers Trusted doctors of HR 5 projects (medical consultants) AIDS Center 2 (plus two more counted in HR leaders column) Narcological dispensaries 4 HR project clients 8 Peer educators in prison 3 projects Leaders of prison projects 4 Heads of medical 4 departments of prisons TOTAL 57 The average number of respondents in each of the key regions selected for the study was ten. Besides interviews conducted in the key regions, several additional interviews were conducted in Mytichi with outreach manager of local HR project and head of narcological dispenser and in Moscow with representatives of the Research Institute on Drug Addiction of the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development, Federal Service for Surveillance of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Wellbeing, NGOs.
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