Respondent driven sampling is an effective method for engaging methamphetamine users in HIV prevention research in South Africa

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-140

  Kimani, Stephen M ^a   Watt, Melissa H ^a   Merli, M Giovanna ^a,b   Skinner, Donald ^c   Myers, Bronwyn ^d   Pieterse, Desiree ^c   MacFarlane, Jessica C ^a   Meade, Christina S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; Methamphetamine; Respondent driven sampling (RDS); South Africa

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPONDENT DRIVEN SAMPLING; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPLICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922399433     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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