Individual, study, and neighborhood level characteristics associated with peer recruitment of young illicit drug users in New York City: Optimizing respondent driven sampling

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1097-1104

  Rudolph, Abby E ^a   Crawford, Natalie D ^b,c   Latkin, Carl ^a   White, Kellee ^d   Benjamin, Ebele O ^c   Jones, Kandice ^c   Fuller, Crystal M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Illicit drug users; Neighborhood; Peer recruitment; Peer driven intervention; Respondent driven sampling; USA

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

DRUG USER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PEER GROUP; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052664690     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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