Methods for inference from respondent-driven sampling data

KJ Gile, IS Beaudry, MS Handcock… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Respondent-driven sampling is a commonly used method for sampling from hard-to-reach
human populations connected by an underlying social network of relations. Beginning with a …

Diagnostics for respondent-driven sampling

KJ Gile, LG Johnston, MJ Salganik - Journal of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a widely used method for sampling from hard-to-
reach human populations, especially populations at higher risk for human immunodeficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) to optimize an HIV care continuum intervention for vulnerable populations: a study protocol

MV Gwadz, LM Collins, CM Cleland, NR Leonard… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background More than half of persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States are
insufficiently engaged in HIV primary care and not taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), mainly …

Network-based research on rural opioid use: an overview of methods and lessons learned

AM Young, AE Rudolph, JR Havens - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough overview of
methods used for recruitment, network data collection, and network data management in a …

Heroin-related overdose: The unexplored influences of markets, marketing and source-types in the United States

SG Mars, JN Fessel, P Bourgois, F Montero… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heroin overdose, more accurately termed 'heroin-related overdose'due to the frequent
involvement of other drugs, is the leading cause of mortality among regular heroin …

Respondent driven sampling—where we are and where should we be going?

RG White, A Lansky, S Goel, D Wilson… - Sexually transmitted …, 2012 - sti.bmj.com
Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) is a novel variant of link tracing sampling that has
primarily been used to estimate the characteristics of hard-to-reach groups, such as the HIV …

Identification of homophily and preferential recruitment in respondent-driven sampling

FW Crawford, PM Aronow, L Zeng… - American journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a link-tracing procedure used in epidemiologic
research on hidden or hard-to-reach populations in which subjects recruit others via their …

Spatial, temporal and relational patterns in respondent-driven sampling: evidence from a social network study of rural drug users

AM Young, AE Rudolph, D Quillen… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2014 - jech.bmj.com
Background Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has become a common tool for recruiting
high-risk populations for HIV research. However, few studies have explored the influence of …

The importance of measuring and accounting for potential biases in respondent-driven samples

AE Rudolph, CM Fuller, C Latkin - AIDS and Behavior, 2013 - Springer
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is often viewed as a superior method for recruiting hard-
to-reach populations disproportionately burdened with poor health outcomes. As an analytic …

Quality-of-life measurement: assessing the WHOQOL-BREF scale in a sample of high-HIV-risk transgender women in San Francisco, California

HM Thompson, SL Reisner, N VanKim… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We assess the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief
Version (WHOQOL-BREF) with a sample of 312 transgender women in San Francisco …