The Internet and HIV study: Design and methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Elford, Jonathan ^a   Bolding, Graham ^a   Davis, Mark ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^b   Hart, Graham ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 5444255627     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-39     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Elford J, Bolding G, Sherr L: Seeking sex on the Internet and sexual risk behaviour among gay men using London gyms. AIDS 2001, 15:1409-15.
2. McFarlane M, Bull SS, Rietmeijer CA: The Internet as a newly emerging risk environment for sexually transmitted diseases. JAMA 2000, 284:443-6.
3. Rietmeijer CA, Bull SS, McFarlane M, Patnaik J, Douglas J: Risks and benefits of the Internet for populations at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs): results of an STI clinic survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2003, 30:15-9.
4. Hospers H, Harterink P, van den Hoek K, Veenstra J: Chatters on the Internet: a special target group for HIV prevention. AIDS Care 2002, 14:539-44.
5. Kim A, Kent C, McFarland W, Klausner J: Cruising on the Internet highway. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2001, 28:89-93.
6. Benotsch E, Kalichman S, Cage M: Men who have met sex partners via the Internet: prevalence, predictors and implications for HIV prevention. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2002, 31:177-84.
7. Elford J: Surfing for sex. Focus: a guide to AIDS research and counselling 2002, 17:1-4.
8. Bolding G, Elford J, Sherr L, Hart G: Behavioural surveillance among gay men using London gyms 2003 preliminary report. London, City University 2003.
9. Little S, Holte S, Routy J, Daar E, Markowitz M, Collier A, et al.: Antiretroviral-drug resistance among patients recently infected with HIV. N Engl J Med 2002, 347:385s-94.
10. Ross M, Tikkanen R, Mansson S-A: Differences between Internet samples and conventional samples of men who have sex with men: implications for research and HIV interventions. Social Science and Medicine 2000, 51:749-58.
11. Health Protection Agency & Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health: AIDS/HIV quarterly surveillance tables, cumulative UK data to end September 2003. London, HPA 2003, 60:03/3.
12. Health Protection Agency: Survey of prevalent HIV infections diagnosed (SOPHID) data for 2002. HPA. HPA Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre UK 2003.
13. Health Protection Agency, SCIEH, ISD, National Public Health Service for Wales, CDSC Northern Ireland, and UASSG. Renewing the focus. HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom in 2002. London, Health Protection Agency 2003.
14. McGarrigle C, Fenton K, Gill O, Hughes G, Morgan D, Evans B: Behavioural surveillance: the value of national coordination. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2002, 78:398-405.
15. Dodds J, Mercey D: Sexual health survey of gay men London 2002. London, Royal Free and University College Medical School 2003.
16. Reid D, Weatherburn P, Hickson F, Stephens M: Know the score: findings from the national gay men's sex survey 2001. London, Sigma Research 2002.
17. Elford J, Bolding G, Sherr L: High risk sexual behaviour increases among London gay men: what is the role of HIV optimism? AIDS 2002, 16:1537-44.
18. Johnson A, Mercer C, Erens B, Copas A, McManus S, Wellings K, et al.: Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices and HIV risk behaviours. Lancet 2001, 358:1835-42.
19. Kalichman S, Kelly J, Rompa D: Continued high-risk among HIV seropositive gay and bisexual men seeking HIV prevention services. Health Psychology 1997, 16:369-73.
20. Kalichman S: HIV transmission risk behaviors of men and women living with HIV-AIDS: prevalence, predictors and emerging clinical interventions. Clinical Psychology Scientific Practice 2000, 7:32-47.
21. Crepaz N, Marks G: Towards an understanding of sexual risk behaviour in people living with HIV: a review of social, psychological and medical findings. AIDS 2002, 16:135-49.
22. Leaity S, Sherr L, Wells H, Evans A, Miller R, Johnson M, et al.: Repeat HIV testing: high risk behaviour or risk reduction strategy. AIDS 2000, 14:547-52.
23. Elford J: Behavioral surveillance in London gyms: Trends, comparisons and methodological strengths. Paper poresented at the Behavioral Surveillance Collaborator's Meeting, PHLS Communicable Disease Sruveillance Centre, London 2002.
24. Elford J, Sherr L, Bolding G, Maguire M, Serle F: Peer-led HIV prevention among gay men in London (the 4 gym project). Intervention and evaluation. In: Researching health promotion Edited by: Watson J, Platt S. London: Routledge; 2000.
25. Barak A, Fisher W: Toward an Internet-driven, theoreticallybased, innovative approach to sex education. The Journal of Sex Research 2001, 38(4):324-32.
26. Elford J, Bolding G, Maguire M, Sherr L: Sexual risk behavior among gay men in a relationship. AIDS 1999, 13:1407-11.
27. Rhodes S, Bowie D, Hergenrather K: Collecting behavioural data using the world wide web: considerations for researchers. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003, 57:68-73.
28. Couper MP: The promises and perils of web surveys. London, Association for Survey Computing 2001.
29. Fricker R, Schonlau M: Advantages and disadvantages of Internet research surveys: evidence from the literature. Field Methods 2002, 14(4):347-67.
30. Barbour R: Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog? British Medical Journal 2001, 322:1115-7.
31. Kvale S: InterViews: an introduction to qualitative research interviewing. Thousand Oaks: Sage 1996.
32. Popay J, Williams I: Qualitative research and evidence-based health care. J R Soc Med 1998, 91(suppl 35):32-7.
33. Davis M, Bolding G, Hart G, Sherr L, Elford J: Reflecting on the experience of interviewing online: perspectives from the Internet and HIV study in London. AIDS Care 2004 in press.
34. Ross M: The Internet as a medium for HIV prevention and counselling. Focus: a guide to AIDS research and counselling 2002, 17:4-6.
35. Elford J: Treatments optimism, the Internet and risk: an update on HIV prevention research among gay men. AIDS and Hepatitis Digest 2003, 97:2-5.
36. Bull S, Lloyd L, Rietmeijer C, McFarlane M: Recruitment and retention of an online sample for an HIV prevention intervention targeting men who have sex with men: the Smart Sex Quest project. AIDS Care 2004 in press.