Challenges to recruiting population representative samples of female sex workers in China using Respondent Driven Sampling
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Challenges to Recruiting Representative Samples of Female Sex Workers in China using Respondent Driven Sampling: How Much of the Network Do We See?
Short Abstract: We explore the network coverage of a Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) sample of female sex workers (FSW) in China as part of an effort to evaluate RDS' claim of population representation with empirical data. We take advantage of unique information on the social networks of FSW obtained from two overlapping studies of FSWs --RDS and a venuebased sampling approach (PLACE) -and use...
متن کاملFrom theoretical to real-world networks: Using Empirical Samples of Female Sex Workers in China to Evaluate Respondent Driven Sampling
RDS is an increasingly popular chain-referral sampling method used to recruit samples of hidden and hard-to-reach populations. It seeks to provide a probability-based inferential structure for representations of population groups with status characteristics that are not likely to be revealed by omnibus survey research because they are rare and socially stigmatized and/or illegal. In RDS the tar...
متن کاملA comparison of respondent-driven and venue-based sampling of female sex workers in Liuzhou, China
OBJECTIVES To compare two methods for sampling female sex workers (FSWs) for bio-behavioural surveillance. We compared the populations of sex workers recruited by the venue-based Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) method and a concurrently implemented network-based sampling method, respondent-driven sampling (RDS), in Liuzhou, China. METHODS For the PLACE protocol, all female w...
متن کاملhiv, hsv2 and syphilis prevalence in female sex workers in kerman, south-east iran; using respondent-driven sampling.
we estimated the prevalence of hiv, sexually transmitted infections (stis), and risky behaviors among female sex workers (fsw) in kerman city, iran.women, 18 years or older, who reported selling sex for at least 6 months during their lifetime and had at least one sexual contact with a client in the recent 12 months were sampled using responding driven sampling (rds). participants were interview...
متن کاملViral hepatitis in female sex workers using the Respondent-Driven Sampling
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and C virus infections and their genotypes and analyze the risk factors for the markers of exposure to hepatitis B virus in female sex workers in a region of intense sex trade. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed with four hundred and two female sex workers in Goiânia, Brazil. Data have been collected using the Respondent...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Science & Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0277-9536
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.022