A Systematic Review of Published Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys Collecting Behavioral and Biologic Data

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Johnston, Lisa G. ; Hakim, Avi J. ; Dittrich, Samantha ; Burnett, Janet ; Kim, Evelyn ; White, Richard G.
• Description:
  Reporting key details of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) survey implementation and analysis is essential for assessing the quality of RDS surveys. RDS is both a recruitment and analytic method and, as such, it is important to adequately describe both aspects in publications. We extracted data from peer-reviewed literature published through September, 2013 that reported collected biological specimens using RDS. We identified 151 eligible peer-reviewed articles describing 222 surveys conducted in seven regions throughout the world. Most published surveys reported basic implementation information such as survey city, country, year, population sampled, interview method, and final sample size. However, many surveys did not report essential methodological and analytical information for assessing RDS survey quality, including number of recruitment sites, seeds at start and end, maximum number of waves, and whether data were adjusted for network size. Understanding the quality of data collection and analysis in RDS is useful for effectively planning public health service delivery and funding priorities.
• Subjects:
  Biological Products Data Collection HIV Infections Homosexuality, Male Humans Male Population Surveillance Sample Size Sampling Studies Sexual Behavior Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Biological And Behavioral Surveillance HIV/AIDS Key Populations RDS Respondent Driven Sampling
• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 20(8):1754-1776
• Pubmed ID:
  26992395
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6620785
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; G0802414/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/ ; PEPFAR/PEPFARUnited States/
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d6b4655bc5df8b353fccbff7cc7951406f0a8324d1801828f9c5e26aa316f86a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79773/cdc_79773_DS1.pdf
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