ArticleAIDS and behavior2018
Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption.
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- The Development and the Assessment of Sampling Methods for Hard-to-Reach Populations in HIV Surveillance.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Review
- Assessing reliability of naïve respondent-driven sampling samples by using repeated surveys among people who inject drugs (PWID) in New Jersey.Annals of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Using the network scale-up method to characterise kidney trafficking in Kalai Upazila, Bangladesh.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Incidence of and Experiences with Abortion Attempts in Soweto, South Africa: Respondent-Driven Sampling Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- HIV prevalence, engagement in care, and risk behavior among trans women, San Francisco: Evidence of recent successes and remaining challenges.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2022Article
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- Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Stigma, discrimination, violence, and HIV testing among men who have sex with men in four major cities in Ghana.AIDS care · 2020Article
- HIV Prevalence and Associated Risks in a Respondent-Driven Sample of Illicit Stimulant Users in a Southern United States City.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Exploring Mechanisms of Recruitment and Recruitment Cooperation in Respondent Driven Sampling.Journal of official statistics · 2020Article
- Divergent estimates of HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Ukraine.The International journal on drug policy · 2019Article
- Intervention Reach and Sexual Risk Reduction of a Multi-level, Community-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Crack Users in San Salvador, El Salvador.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Optimizing HIV prevention and care for transgender adults.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Review
- Empirical evidence of recruitment bias in a network study of people who inject drugs.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2019Article
- Statistical adjustment of network degree in respondent-driven sampling estimators: venue attendance as a proxy for network size among young MSM.Social networks · 2018Article
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Abstract
Intensive sociometric network data were collected from a typical respondent driven sample (RDS) of 528 people who inject drugs residing in Hartford, Connecticut in 2012-2013. This rich dataset enabled us to analyze a large number of unobserved network nodes and ties for the purpose of assessing common assumptions underlying RDS estimators. Results show that several assumptions central to RDS estimators, such as random selection, enrollment probability proportional to degree, and recruitment occurring over recruiter's network ties, were violated. These problems stem from an overly simplistic conceptualization of peer recruitment processes and dynamics. We found nearly half of participants were recruited via coupon redistribution on the street. Non-uniform patterns occurred in multiple recruitment stages related to both recruiter behavior (choosing and reaching alters, passing coupons, etc.) and recruit behavior (accepting/rejecting coupons, failing to enter study, passing coupons to others). Some factors associated with these patterns were also associated with HIV risk.
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