Recruiting rural and urban LGBT populations online: Differences in participant characteristics between email and craigslist approaches

Health and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-114

  Warren, Jacob C ^a   Bryant Smalley, K ^b   Nikki Barefoot, K ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

?Health disparities; LGBT; Online recruitment; Rural; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LGBT PEOPLE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; POPULATION SIZE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84943243774     PISSN: 21907188     EISSN: 21907196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12553-015-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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