Recruiting hard-to-reach drug-using men who have sexwith men into an intervention study: Lessons learned and implications for applied research

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1855-1871

  Grov, Christian ^a,b   Bux Jr , Donald ^c   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,d   Morgenstern, Jon ^c  

^a Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc ^*  (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Gay and bisexual men; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Recruitment; Target based sampling

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG USERS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 72849142412     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080802501570     Document Type: Article

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