Reproducibility of Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS) in Repeat Surveys of Men Who have Sex with Men, Unguja, Zanzibar

To assess the reproducibility of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in obtaining comparable samples across two survey rounds, we conducted integrated bio-behavioral surveillance surveys (IBBSS) using RDS in 2007 and 2011 among men who have sex with men (MSM) on Unguja island in Zanzibar. Differences i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS and behavior 2017-07, Vol.21 (7), p.2180-2187
Hauptverfasser:	Khatib, Ahmed, Haji, Shaaban, Khamis, Maryam, Said, Christen, Khalid, Farhat, Dahoma, Mohammed, Ali, Ameir, Othman, Asha, Welty, Susie, McFarland, Willi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS Behavioral Surveillance Drugs Epidemics Estimates Evidence-based practice Gays & lesbians Health Psychology HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infectious Diseases Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Men Men who have sex with men Mens health Middle Aged Patient Selection Polls & surveys Population statistics Prevalence Public Health Recruitment Reproducibility Reproducibility of Results Sampling Sampling methods Sampling Studies Sex differences Sexual and Gender Minorities Sexually transmitted diseases Social behavior Social interactions Social networks Social organization Social Support STD Surveillance Surveys and Questionnaires Tanzania - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	To assess the reproducibility of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in obtaining comparable samples across two survey rounds, we conducted integrated bio-behavioral surveillance surveys (IBBSS) using RDS in 2007 and 2011 among men who have sex with men (MSM) on Unguja island in Zanzibar. Differences in the two rounds were assessed by comparing RDS-adjusted population estimates, stratified estimates, and bottleneck plots. Participants in the 2011 survey round were younger (31.4 vs. 9.9% under 19 years old, p
ISSN:	1090-7165 1573-3254
DOI:	10.1007/s10461-016-1632-2