Recruiting men who have sex with men on craigslist.org for face-to-face assessments: Implications for research

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 773-778

  Grov, Christian ^a,b,c   Ventuneac, Ana ^b   Rendina, H Jonathon ^b,d   Jimenez, Ruben H ^b   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST)   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Craigslist.org; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Recruitment; Time space sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880916983     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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