Implementation challenges to using respondent-driven sampling methodology for HIV biological and behavioral surveillance: field experiences in international settingsLisa Grazina Johnston
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
AIDS Behav 12:S131-41. 2008
..As RDS is increasingly used for HIV surveillance, it is important to learn from past practical, theoretical and analytical challenges to maximize the utility of this method...
- Incorporating the service multiplier method in respondent-driven sampling surveys to estimate the size of hidden and hard-to-reach populations: case studies from around the world
Lisa G Johnston
Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sex Transm Dis 40:304-10. 2013
..We provide several country examples of how service multiplier methods have been used in respondent-driven sampling surveys and provide guidance on how to maximize this method's use...
- Unexpectedly high injection drug use, HIV and hepatitis C prevalence among female sex workers in the Republic of Mauritius
Lisa Grazina Johnston
University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences, USA
AIDS Behav 17:574-84. 2013
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Evaluation of the role of location and distance in recruitment in respondent-driven samplingNicky McCreesh
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Int J Health Geogr 10:56. 2011
..The role of the spatial distribution of the target population has not been robustly examined for RDS. We examine patterns of recruitment by location, and how they may have biased an RDS study findings...
- High HIV and hepatitis C prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Mauritius: findings from a population size estimation and respondent driven sampling survey
Lisa Johnston
Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Drug Policy 22:252-8. 2011
..In 2009, the government of Mauritius conducted a survey to estimate the infection prevalence and risk factors and to estimate the population size of IDUs in order to more effectively expand programmes...
- HIV risk and the overlap of injecting drug use and high-risk sexual behaviours among men who have sex with men in Zanzibar (Unguja), Tanzania
Lisa G Johnston
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of International Health and Development, Center for Global Health Equity, New Orleans, LA, USA
Int J Drug Policy 21:485-92. 2010
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- Formative research to optimize respondent-driven sampling surveys among hard-to-reach populations in HIV behavioral and biological surveillance: lessons learned from four case studies
Lisa Grazina Johnston
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
AIDS Care 22:784-92. 2010
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- Efficacy of convenience sampling through the internet versus respondent driven sampling among males who have sex with males in Tallinn and Harju County, Estonia: challenges reaching a hidden population
Lisa Grazina Johnston
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
AIDS Care 21:1195-202. 2009
..The findings and observations presented in this paper could inform researchers in Estonia, and the region, about the efficacy of and socio-cultural challenges to sampling MSM to collect HIV biological and/or behavioral data...
- The associations of voluntary counseling and testing acceptance and the perceived likelihood of being HIV-infected among men with multiple sex partners in a South African township
Lisa Johnston
Department of International Health and Development, Center for Global Health Equity, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
AIDS Behav 14:922-31. 2010
..Further investigation into the psychological and cultural barriers to reducing risky sexual behaviors and accessing VCT and other HIV services is recommended...
- Using respondent-driven sampling methodology for HIV biological and behavioral surveillance in international settings: a systematic review
Mohsen Malekinejad
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
AIDS Behav 12:S105-30. 2008
..This review has shown that RDS is an effective technique, when designed and implemented appropriately, to sample most-at-risk populations for HIV biological and behavioral surveys...
The effectiveness of respondent driven sampling for recruiting males who have sex with males in Dhaka, BangladeshLisa Grazina Johnston
Family Health International, Dhaka, Bangladesh
AIDS Behav 12:294-304. 2008
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- Exploring barriers to 'respondent driven sampling' in sex worker and drug-injecting sex worker populations in Eastern Europe
Milena Simic
The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
J Urban Health 83:i6-15. 2006
..We discuss the implications of these findings for recruitment and the use of monetary and non-monetary incentives in future RDS studies of SW populations in Eastern Europe...
- Assessment of respondent driven sampling for recruiting female sex workers in two Vietnamese cities: reaching the unseen sex worker
Lisa Grazina Johnston
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
J Urban Health 83:i16-28. 2006
..g., more visible types of FSWs) then this analysis indicates that a significant proportion of the FSW population at risk for HIV may not be receiving optimal HIV information and services...
