ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2014
Spatial, temporal and relational patterns in respondent-driven sampling: evidence from a social network study of rural drug users.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Suboptimal HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Willingness to Use Among Women Who Use Drugs in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
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- Medications for opioid use disorder, recovery supports, and overdose risk -- a database linkage study of a rural cohort of people who inject drugs and use opioids.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs in rural United States: mathematical modeling study using stochastic agent-based network simulation.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Genomic surveillance uncovers regional variation in HCV transmission networks in rural United States.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Changing Trends in Nonmedical Gabapentin Use Among a Cohort of Rural Appalachian People Who Use Drugs: A Longitudinal Study Over the Time Period of Scheduling Changes in Kentucky.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Health and Economic Impact of Periodic Hepatitis C Virus Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Measuring Network Sizes in the Context of Respondent Driven Sampling: Evidence from Two Independent Surveys.Survey research methods · 2025Article
- Evaluation of respondent-driven sampling in seven studies of people who use drugs from rural populations: findings from the Rural Opioid Initiative.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- Extent and implications of omitted ties on network measures in a longitudinal social network survey of people who use drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
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- Opioid-related overdose deaths among African Americans: Implications for research, practice and policy.Drug and alcohol review · 2020Article
- Understanding rural risk environments for drug-related harms: Progress, challenges, and steps forward.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Longitudinal trends in nonmedical prescription opioid use in a cohort of rural Appalachian people who use drugs.Preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Peer influence of injection drug use cessation among dyads in rural eastern Kentucky.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Privacy, Confidentiality, and Safety Considerations for Conducting Geographic Momentary Assessment Studies Among Persons Who Use Drugs and Men Who Have Sex with Men.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Motivation to Change and Treatment Participation Among Syringe Service Program Utilizers in Rural Kentucky.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2020Article
- Social Networks of Substance-Using Populations: Key Issues and Promising New Approaches for HIV.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Using Network and Spatial Data to Better Target Overdose Prevention Strategies in Rural Appalachia.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2019Article
- Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundRespondent-driven sampling (RDS) has become a common tool for recruiting high-risk populations for HIV research. However, few studies have explored the influence of geospatial proximity and relationship-level characteristics on RDS recruitment, particularly among high-risk individuals residing in rural areas of the US.
methodsIn a social network study of 503 drug users in rural Central Appalachia, interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect relationship-level data (eg, duration of relationship, frequency of communication, kinship, social/financial support, trust, drug use and sex) and residential location. Demographic and drug-use similarity were also evaluated. Residential data were geocoded and road distance (km) between participants and (1) their network members and (2) the study site were computed. Seasonal patterns were assessed using node-level analysis, and dyadic analyses were conducted using generalised linear mixed models. Adjusted ORs (AORs) and 95% CIs are reported.
resultsDifferences in distance to the study office by season and order of study entry were not observed (F=1.49, p=0.209 and β=0.074, p=0.050, respectively). Participants with transportation lived significantly further from the interview site than their counterparts (p<0.001). Dyadic analyses revealed no association between RDS recruitment likelihood and geographic proximity. However, kinship (AOR 1.62; CI 1.02 to 2.58) and frequency of communication (AOR 1.63; CI 1.25 to 2.13) were significantly associated with RDS recruitment.
conclusionsIn this sample, recruitment from one's network was likely non-random, contradicting a core RDS assumption. These data underscore the importance of formative research to elucidate potential recruitment preferences and of quantifying recruitment preferences for use in analysis.
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