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Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users
Several assumptions determine whether respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is an appropriate sampling method to use with a particular group, including the population being recruited must know one another as members of the group (i.e., injection drug users [IDUs] must know each other as IDUs) and be netw...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049656 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601206010077 |
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author | Lansky, Amy Drake, Amy Wejnert, Cyprian Pham, Huong Cribbin, Melissa Heckathorn, Douglas D |
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description | Several assumptions determine whether respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is an appropriate sampling method to use with a particular group, including the population being recruited must know one another as members of the group (i.e., injection drug users [IDUs] must know each other as IDUs) and be networked and that the sample size is small relative to the overall size of the group. To assess these three assumptions, we analyzed city-specific data collected using RDS through the US National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among IDUs in 23 cities. Overall, 5% of non-seed participants reported that their recruiter was “a stranger.” 20 cities with multiple field sites had ≥1 cross-recruitment, a proxy for linked networks. Sample sizes were small in relation to the IDU population size (median = 2.3%; range: 0.6%- 8.0%). Researchers must evaluate whether these three assumptions were met to justify the basis for using RDS to sample specific populations. |
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spelling | pubmed-34623322012-10-04 Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users Lansky, Amy Drake, Amy Wejnert, Cyprian Pham, Huong Cribbin, Melissa Heckathorn, Douglas D Open AIDS J Article Several assumptions determine whether respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is an appropriate sampling method to use with a particular group, including the population being recruited must know one another as members of the group (i.e., injection drug users [IDUs] must know each other as IDUs) and be networked and that the sample size is small relative to the overall size of the group. To assess these three assumptions, we analyzed city-specific data collected using RDS through the US National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among IDUs in 23 cities. Overall, 5% of non-seed participants reported that their recruiter was “a stranger.” 20 cities with multiple field sites had ≥1 cross-recruitment, a proxy for linked networks. Sample sizes were small in relation to the IDU population size (median = 2.3%; range: 0.6%- 8.0%). Researchers must evaluate whether these three assumptions were met to justify the basis for using RDS to sample specific populations. Bentham Open 2012-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3462332/ /pubmed/23049656 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601206010077 Text en © Lansky et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Lansky, Amy Drake, Amy Wejnert, Cyprian Pham, Huong Cribbin, Melissa Heckathorn, Douglas D Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title | Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title_full | Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title_fullStr | Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title_short | Assessing the Assumptions of Respondent-Driven Sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among Injecting Drug Users |
title_sort | assessing the assumptions of respondent-driven sampling in the national hiv behavioral surveillance system among injecting drug users |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049656 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601206010077 |
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