Data collection
Socio‐demographic and health information were obtained from all HIV‐positive inmates enrolled as index participants prior to randomized group assignment. Using code numbers instead of personal identifiers, research staff recorded group assignment for each index participant, the number and characteristics of partners named (gender, approximate age and mode of exposure) and Impart participants’ preference per partner for self‐tell versus APN notification. Although no compensation was given for agreeing to name or contact partners, all participants received a snack and basic toiletry kit as thanks for their time in being interviewed, even if they chose not to name or contact partners.Six weeks after the initial naming session, participants were reinterviewed about their notification experience. Participants in both arms who intended to inform one or more partners were asked to report on which (if any) they had informed. All self‐reported outcomes, including results from their verification, were entered into the project database to supplement information drawn from the logs that Impart notifiers kept recording the details and outcome of each successful and unsuccessful notification. After 6 weeks, APN was offered to notify any partner previously tried as self‐tell; however, those results are not reported here.