Effectiveness of respondent driven sampling to recruit undocumented central American immigrant women in Houston, Texas for an HIV behavioral survey

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 719-727

  Montealegre, Jane R ^a,b   Risser, Jan M ^a   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a   Sabin, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hispanics Latinos; HIV behavioral surveys; HIV AIDS; Migrants and immigrants; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TEXAS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880919511     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0306-y     Document Type: Article

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