ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2012
Respondent-driven sampling to recruit young adult non-medical users of pharmaceutical opioids: problems and solutions.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups.BMC medical research methodology · 2014Pooled it
- "I don't know how you can overdose smoking them:" Perceptions of overdose risks among persons who use illicit fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of the Utilization of Opioid Use Treatment, Harm Reduction, and Culturally Tailored Interventions Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities in the United States.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
- Trajectories of non-prescribed buprenorphine and other opioid use: A multi-trajectory latent class growth analysis.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- "My Friends Would Believe My Word": Appropriateness and Acceptability of Respondent-Driven Sampling in Recruiting Young Tertiary Student Men Who Have Sex with Men for HIV/STI Research in Nairobi, Kenya.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Unintentional drug overdose: Is more frequent use of non-prescribed buprenorphine associated with lower risk of overdose?The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Implementing Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit Women Who Exchange Sex in New York City: Factors Associated with Recruitment and Lessons Learned.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Methamphetamine Use and Its Correlates among Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder in a Midwestern U.S. City.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Web-Based Eligibility Quizzes to Verify Opioid Use and County Residence Among Rural Young Adults: Eligibility Screening Results from a Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- The Effectiveness of Internet- and Field-Based Methods to Recruit Young Adults Who Use Prescription Opioids Nonmedically.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Sexual Risk and Transmission Behaviors, Partnerships and Settings Among Young Adult Nonmedical Opioid Users in New York City.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Predictors of transition to heroin use among initially non-opioid dependent illicit pharmaceutical opioid users: A natural history study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
- Latent class analysis of non-opioid dependent illegal pharmaceutical opioid users in Ohio.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Article
- Understanding recruitment: outcomes associated with alternate methods for seed selection in respondent driven sampling.BMC medical research methodology · 2013Article
- "I'm not afraid of those ones just 'cause they've been prescribed": perceptions of risk among illicit users of pharmaceutical opioids.The International journal on drug policy · 2012Article
- Illicit use of buprenorphine in a community sample of young adult non-medical users of pharmaceutical opioids.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2012Article
- Sources of pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical use among young adults.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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Abstract
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has been promoted as a superior method in recruiting hard-to-reach and hidden populations. Although its application has expanded enormously, there remains a need for empirical data evaluating the performance of RDS in different settings. This study describes the application of RDS to recruit a community sample (N=396) of young adults (18-23 years old) into a natural history study of non-medical pharmaceutical opioid use. Since recruitment targeted non-dependent pharmaceutical opioid users, and applied other eligibility restrictions, several modifications had to be made to make RDS work with this narrowly defined target population. RDS recruitment was less efficient than expected, and produced greater numbers of African American recruits than anticipated. Although the sampling quota was met, sample analysis revealed a lack of equilibrium in terms of ethnic composition and very strong in-group recruitment tendencies among White and African American respondents. This study contributes potentially helpful insights into the strengths and limitations of using RDS which may benefit future studies.
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