ReviewAmerican journal of public health2009
Ethical considerations in HIV/AIDS biobehavioral surveys that use respondent-driven sampling: illustrations from Lebanon.
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- HIV incidence and impact of interventions among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and north Africa: a modelling study.The lancet. HIV · 2022Pooled it
- Epidemiology ofJournal of global health · 2019Pooled it
- HIV epidemiology among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions.BMC medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Candidate change agent identification among men at risk for HIV infection.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2012Trial
- Recruiting people who inject drugs (PWID) into research: benefits and challenges of respondent driven sampling (RDS) in a sample in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- Identifying the Hidden Population: Former Intravenous Drug Users Who Are No Longer in Contact with Services. "Ask a Friend".Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Participatory praxis as an imperative for health-related stigma research.BMC medicine · 2019Article
- Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- A qualitative analysis of peer recruitment pressures in respondent driven sampling: Are risks above the ethical limit?The International journal on drug policy · 2015Article
- Prevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection and harm reduction program use among male injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional assessment.Harm reduction journal · 2011Article
- Ethical considerations in surveys employing respondent-driven sampling.American journal of public health · 2010Article
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Abstract
Respondent-driven sampling is especially useful for reaching hidden populations and is increasingly used internationally in public health research, particularly on HIV. Respondent-driven sampling involves peer recruitment and has a dual-incentive structure: both recruiters and their peer recruits are paid. Recent literature focusing on the ethical dimensions of this method in the US context has identified integral safeguards that protect against ethical violations. We analyzed a study of 3 groups in Lebanon who are at risk for HIV (injection drug users, men who have sex with men, female sex workers) and the ethical issues that arose. More explicit attention should be given to ethical issues involved in research implementing respondent-driven sampling of at-risk populations in developing countries, where ethical review mechanisms may be weak.
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