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Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field
BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is used in a variety of settings to study hard-to-reach populations at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections. However, practices leading to successful recruitment among diverse populations in low-resource settings are seldom reported. We implem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1965-y |
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author | Okal, Jerry Raymond, Henry F. Tun, Waimar Musyoki, Helgar Dadabhai, Sufia Broz, Dita Nyamu, Joan Kuria, David Muraguri, Nicholas Geibel, Scott |
author_facet | Okal, Jerry Raymond, Henry F. Tun, Waimar Musyoki, Helgar Dadabhai, Sufia Broz, Dita Nyamu, Joan Kuria, David Muraguri, Nicholas Geibel, Scott |
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description | BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is used in a variety of settings to study hard-to-reach populations at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections. However, practices leading to successful recruitment among diverse populations in low-resource settings are seldom reported. We implemented the first, integrated, bio-behavioural surveillance survey among men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who injected drugs in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS: The survey period was June 2010 to March 2011, with a target sample size of 600 participants per key populations. Formative research was initially conducted to assess feasibility of the survey. Weekly monitoring reports of respondent characteristics and recruitment chain graphs from NetDraw illustrated patterns and helped to fill recruitment gaps. RESULTS: RDS worked well with men who have sex with men and female sex workers with recruitment initiating at a desirable pace that was maintained throughout the survey. Networks of people who injected drugs were well-integrated, but recruitment was slower than the men who have sex with men and female sex workers surveys. CONCLUSION: By closely monitoring RDS implementation and conducting formative research, RDS studies can effectively develop and adapt strategies to improve recruitment and improve adherence to the underlying RDS theory and assumptions. |
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spelling | pubmed-47888312016-03-13 Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field Okal, Jerry Raymond, Henry F. Tun, Waimar Musyoki, Helgar Dadabhai, Sufia Broz, Dita Nyamu, Joan Kuria, David Muraguri, Nicholas Geibel, Scott BMC Res Notes Project Note BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is used in a variety of settings to study hard-to-reach populations at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections. However, practices leading to successful recruitment among diverse populations in low-resource settings are seldom reported. We implemented the first, integrated, bio-behavioural surveillance survey among men who have sex with men, female sex workers and people who injected drugs in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS: The survey period was June 2010 to March 2011, with a target sample size of 600 participants per key populations. Formative research was initially conducted to assess feasibility of the survey. Weekly monitoring reports of respondent characteristics and recruitment chain graphs from NetDraw illustrated patterns and helped to fill recruitment gaps. RESULTS: RDS worked well with men who have sex with men and female sex workers with recruitment initiating at a desirable pace that was maintained throughout the survey. Networks of people who injected drugs were well-integrated, but recruitment was slower than the men who have sex with men and female sex workers surveys. CONCLUSION: By closely monitoring RDS implementation and conducting formative research, RDS studies can effectively develop and adapt strategies to improve recruitment and improve adherence to the underlying RDS theory and assumptions. BioMed Central 2016-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4788831/ /pubmed/26969505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1965-y Text en © Okal et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Project Note Okal, Jerry Raymond, Henry F. Tun, Waimar Musyoki, Helgar Dadabhai, Sufia Broz, Dita Nyamu, Joan Kuria, David Muraguri, Nicholas Geibel, Scott Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title | Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title_full | Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title_fullStr | Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title_full_unstemmed | Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title_short | Lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field |
title_sort | lessons learned from respondent-driven sampling recruitment in nairobi: experiences from the field |
topic | Project Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1965-y |
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