Respondent Driven Sampling
Lessons learned from respondent driven sampling recruitment in Nairobi: experiences from the field
... snowball sampling, targeted sam- pling, time-location sampling and from incidence mod- eling data [3, 5, 9, ...alternative sampling methods such as respondent driven sampling ...
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Sample Size Calculations for Population Size Estimation Studies Using Multiplier Methods With Respondent Driven Sampling Surveys
... in respondent-driven sampling surveys to estimate the size of hidden and hard-to-reach populations: case studies from around the ...of respondent-driven sampling: point ...
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Respondent driven sampling on the Thailand Cambodia border I Can malaria cases be contained in mobile migrant workers?
... a sampling frame, traditional sam- pling techniques such as cross sectional community- based surveys or time-location sampling are unable to produce an adequate and statistically valid ...sample. ...
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Sexual violence and sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco: a community-based participatory assessment using respondent driven sampling
... the Respondent Driven Sampling rules. As Respondent Driven Sampling is specifically designed to research hidden networks of at risk populations in precarious situations [51-55] ...
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Sample Size Calculations for Population Size Estimation Studies Using Multiplier Methods With Respondent Driven Sampling Surveys
... a sampling frame is challenging, but there has been guidance published on adapting one of the methods commonly in use, respondent-driven sampling (RDS) [3], for use with the service multiplier ...
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An analysis of respondent-driven sampling with injecting drug users in a high HIV prevalent state of India
... using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) from Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts of Manipur; data on demographic characteristics, HIV risk behaviors, and network size were collected from ...
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Prevalence of HIV and other infections and correlates of needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Podgorica, Montenegro: a respondent-driven sampling survey
... using Respondent-Driven Sampling Analyst (RDS-A) statistical software that provides weighted population estimates with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of the variables of interests ...
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HIV risk among young women who sell sex by whether they identify as sex workers: analysis of respondent‐driven sampling surveys, Zimbabwe, 2017
... conducted respondent-driven sampling (RDS) surveys in six sites across Zimbabwe, two sites where DREAMS was implemented and four non- DREAMS sites selected for ...
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Unweighted regression models perform better than weighted regression techniques for respondent-driven sampling data: results from a simulation study
... random sampling of recruits remains ...‘respondent driven sampling’ and ‘regression’ over the years 1997 to 2017 indicated that the first RDS paper to use regression techniques was published ...
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Sexual mixing and the risk environment of sexually active transgender women: data from a respondent driven sampling study of HIV risk among transwomen in San Francisco, 2010
... Respondent-level variables - transwomen participants Data for this analysis are taken from a study of transgender women that took place in 2010 (TEACH- the Transgender Empowerment and Community Health study). ...
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Whither RDS? An investigation of Respondent Driven Sampling as a method of recruiting mainstream marijuana users
... study, respondent driven sampling, of one form or another, is a cost-effec- tive way of gathering respondents who are otherwise invisible consumers of these ...
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Does size really matter? A sensitivity analysis of number of seeds in a respondent-driven sampling study of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada
... complete sampling frame or list of sampling units does not exist for this ...success sampling most at-risk pop- ulations through time-location sampling [6], previous research among Vancouver ’ ...
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Assessment of Random Recruitment Assumption in Respondent Driven Sampling in Egocentric Network Data*
... Before the assessment of the random recruitment as- sumption, we checked whether the RDS sample reached equilibrium. Two criteria were used to check the status of equilibrium: the number of recruitment waves and toler- ...
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Protocol for a Respondent Driven Sampling Study Exploring the Roles of Peer Norms in HIV Related Practices of Gay Men
... Introduction: Sexual behaviour among gay and other men who have sex with men (GMSM) is influenced by the shared understanding of HIV/STI risk and peer norms regarding sexual behaviour. However, there is little research ...
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Unequal Edge Inclusion Probabilities in Link-Tracing Network Sampling With Implications for Respondent-Driven Sampling
... work sampling result in a non-uniform distribution of sampling probabilities of network ...widely-used respondent-driven sampling (RDS, [9]) method rely on the as- sumption of equal ...
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Multi dimensional factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse with regular partners among Chinese men who have sex with men in Hong Kong: a respondent driven sampling survey
... Respondent driven sampling (RDS) is a relatively new research method designed for collecting data from hard- to-reach populations ...probability sampling would be obtained ...based ...
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Respondent driven sampling on the Thailand Cambodia border II Knowledge, perception, practice and treatment seeking behaviour of migrants in malaria endemic zones
... a sampling frame, thus a respondent- driven sampling (RDS) methodology was ...dent-driven sampling was developed for hidden and hard to reach populations; the method relies on ...
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Innovative recruitment using online networks: Lessons learned from an online study of alcohol and other drug use utilizing a web based Respondent Driven Sampling (webRDS) strategy
... population. Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS; Heckathorn, 1997) may improve sample recruitment and generalizability, particularly among hidden or stigma- tized ...random sampling, RDS may not ...
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Assessing Respondent Driven Sampling for Network Studies in Ethnographic Contexts
... Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) is generally considered a methodology for recruiting “hard-to-reach” populations for social science ...RDS sampling used in Nain was able to provide a useful ...
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High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio behavioral survey using respondent driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique
... From October 2013 to March 2014, we conducted a cross-sectional biobehavioral survey using respondent- driven sampling (RDS) methodology in Maputo and Nampula/Nacala. Maputo, the capital city, is ...
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