The Grant announcement states “A brief evaluation of the counseling methods for the self-sampling among a subset of men would be additionally useful”. What is meant be counseling for self-sampling?
A brief education on how to do the self-sampling will be necessary so that the self-sampling is done appropriately. Optimally, this would include a succinct overview by a clinician, and a one page easy to read instruction pamphlet to be given to the man prior to taking the sample. An evaluation of the utility and comprehension of the clinician education and/or pamphlet would be useful. Question: The announcement asks for use of dry swabs to compare two methods. How does the sponsor wish 2 dry swab methods to be compared (different length of time for swabbing, different types of swabs, different method of transport?). The areas to be swabbed are clearly specified already, so we assume that you are not seeking comparison of different genital sites.
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