Demographic differences in people living with HIV according to recruitment sources: comparison between health-care systems and social media networks

• Published in: AIDS care Vol. 32; no. 7; pp. 901 - 906
• Main Authors: Hsiao, Yu-Hsiang, Lee, Ing-Kit, Lin, Te-Yu, Liao, Chia-Hung, Lee, Chen-Hsiang, Ku, Wen-Wei, Huang, Shie-Shian, Yu, Chia-Hui, Liu, Zhuo-Hao, Chiu, Yi-Chi, Lin, Yi-Hui, Chen, Nan-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic achievement; AIDS/HIV; Bias; Censuses; Digital media; Disabilities; Discrimination; Disease control; Feasibility; Health care; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Internet; Medical technology; Physical disabilities; Polls & surveys; Recruitment; Sampling; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social media; Social networks; Social organization; STD; Stigma; Taiwan

With the improvement of internet technology in health applications, the utilization of internet and social media as new survey methodologies and recruitment source for research participants have been encouraged, yet evidence of the feasibility in people living with HIV (PLHIV) study is still lacking...