ReviewAIMS public health2017
HIV Research with Men who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Advantages and Challenges of Different Methods for Most Appropriately Targeting a Key Population.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Men who have sex with men perceiving that sex with women carries the greatest risk of HIV acquisition: results from a mixed-methods systematic review in sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Pooled it
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- Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 infection among men who have sex with men in Taiwan from 2013 to 2015.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling of Belgian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Process Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- The Longitudinal Impact of Psychosocial Syndemic Variables on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People With HIV in Brazil, Thailand, and Zambia: An Analysis by HIV Transmission Groups in HPTN 063.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2025Article
- 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
- Sexting Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Roles of Sensation-Seeking, Gay Identity, and Muscularity Ideal.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- The use of online social media for the recruitment of people living with HIV in Spain and Latin America: Lessons from two studies.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Narratives of Change From Gay and Bisexual Men Living With HIV in an Emotional Well-Being Intervention.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2022Article
- Design, analysis, and reporting of pilot studies in HIV: a systematic review and methodological study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Review
- Sexual Behaviors and Factors Associated with Condomless Sexual Practice in Colombian Men Who Have Sex with Men at High Risk of HIV Transmission.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Sex, Drugs, and Impulse Regulation: A Perspective on Reducing Transmission Risk Behavior and Improving Mental Health Among MSM Living With HIV.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Four Decades of Epidemiologic Science on HIV Infection and Disease, and Its Impact on Public Health Practice and Policy for Sexual and Gender Minority Persons.Delaware journal of public health · 2019Article
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for MSM in low HIV incidence places: should high risk individuals be targeted?Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Dynamic Characteristics and HIV Infection of Men who have Sex with Men from 2011 to 2017 in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.Current HIV research · 2018Article
- Knowledge and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Berlin - A multicentre, cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2018Article
- Perceptions of HIV Research Participation Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who Have Sex with Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Adults: Results From a Midwest Pride Event.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHREArticle
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Abstract
The difficulty in accessing hard-to-reach populations as men who have sex with men presents a dilemma for HIV surveillance as their omission from surveillance systems leaves significant gaps in our understanding of HIV/AIDS epidemics. Several methods for recruiting difficult-to-access populations and collecting data on trends of HIV prevalence and behavioural factors for surveillance and research purposes have emerged. This paper aims to critically review different sampling approaches, from chain-referral and venue-based to respondent-driven, time-location and internet sampling methods, focusing on its main advantages and challenges for conducting HIV research among key populations, such as men who have sex with men. The benefits of using these approaches to recruit participants must be weighed against privacy concerns inherent in any social situation or health condition. Nevertheless, the methods discussed in this paper represent some of the best efforts to effectively reach most-at-risk subgroups of men who have sex with men, contributing to obtain unbiased trends of HIV prevalence and HIV-related risk behaviours among this population group.
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