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- Title
Comparing Study Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men: Evaluating Consistency Within Repeat Studies and Across Studies in the Seattle Area Using Different Recruitment Methodologies.
- Authors
Burt, Richard; Oster, Alexandra; Golden, Mathew; Thiede, Hanne
- Abstract
There is no gold standard for recruiting unbiased samples of men who have sex with men (MSM). To assess differing recruitment methods, we compared Seattle-area MSM samples from: venue-day-time sampling-based National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) surveys in 2008 and 2011, random-digit-dialed (RDD) surveys in 2003 and 2006, and STD clinic patient data 2001-2011. We compared sociodemographics, sexual and drug-associated behavior, and HIV status and testing. There was generally good consistency between the two NHBS surveys and within STD clinic data across time. NHBS participants reported higher levels of drug-associated and lower levels of sexual risk than STD clinic patients. RDD participants differed from the other study populations in sociodemographics and some risk behaviors. While neither NHBS nor the STD clinic study populations may be representative of all MSM, both appear to provide consistent samples of MSM subpopulations across time that can provide useful information to guide HIV prevention.
- Subjects
WASHINGTON (State); HIV prevention; PATIENT selection; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAY men; INTERVIEWING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; RISK-taking behavior; STATISTICAL sampling; HUMAN sexuality; SUBSTANCE abuse; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HUMAN research subjects; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; AIDS serodiagnosis
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2014, Vol 18, p370
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-013-0568-z