Using a 2-Stage Strategy with Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit a Hard-to-Reach Population for a Placebo Microbicide Gel Clinical Trial in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh (India) - Tun, Waimar; Katzen, Lauren L.; Abbott, Sharon A.; Srikrishnan, Aylur K.; Kelly, Christine A.; Sarna, Avina; Friedland, Barbara A.; Solomon, Suniti; Mensch, Barbara S. (AIDS and behavior, 2015)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Infective Agents, Local - administration & dosage; Clinical trials; Female; Females; Health Psychology; Health Surveys - methods; HIV; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV Infections - psychology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Patient Selection; Peers; Pharmaceuticals; Preventive medicine; Prostitution; Public Health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Recruitment; Risk; Risk groups; Sampling; Sampling Studies; Sex Work; Sex Workers - psychology; Sex Workers - statistics & numerical data; Time Factors; Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies - administration & dosage; Workers; Andhra Pradesh India; Nellore India; India; Female sex workers; Microbicides; HIV prevention trial; Research subject recruitment; Respondent-driven sampling