Beyond surveillance: A role for respondent-driven sampling in implementation science

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 260-267

  Solomon, Sunil S ^a,b,d   Lucas, Gregory M ^a   Celentano, David D ^b   Sifakis, Frangiscos ^b,c   Mehta, Shruti H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^d YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; implementation science; men who have sex with men; randomized controlled trial; respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG USER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH MONITORING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRUG USE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PANDEMIC; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; ROLE PLAYING; SAMPLING; SEXUAL DEVIATION; WELLBEING;

HIV; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONDENT-DRIVEN SAMPLING;

HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

INDIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84880546484     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws432     Document Type: Article

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