Telephone peer recruitment and interviewing during a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) survey: feasibility and field experience from the first phone-based RDS survey among men who have sex with men in Côte d’Ivoire

Telephone peer recruitment and interviewing during a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) survey: feasibility and field experience from the first phone-based RDS survey among men who have sex with men in Côte d’Ivoire

Abstract Background Many respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methodologies have been employed to investigate hard-to-reach populations; however, these methodologies present some limits. We describe a minimally investigated RDS methodology in which peer recruitment and interviewing are phone-based. The...

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Main Authors: Maxime Inghels, Arsène Kra Kouassi, Serge Niangoran, Anne Bekelynck, Séverine Carillon, Lazare Sika, Mariatou Koné, Christine Danel, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Joseph Larmarange, for the research team ANRS 12323 DOD-CI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Phone-based survey
Respondent-driven sampling
Men who have sex with men
Côte d’Ivoire
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01208-x

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