Including online-recruited seeds: A respondent-driven sample of men who have sex with men

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Lachowsky, Nathan John ^a,b   Lal, Allan ^a   Forrest, Jamie I ^b   Card, Kiffer George ^a,c   Cui, Zishan ^a   Sereda, Paul ^a   Rich, Ashleigh ^c   Raymond, Henry Fisher ^d,e   Roth, Eric A ^f,g   Moore, David M ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Internet; Men who have sex with men; Online recruitment; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PLANT SEED; SAMPLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962124120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5258     Document Type: Article

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