Encouraging Survey Participation among Individuals Seeking HIV Prevention Services: Does a Community Identity Match Help or Hurt?

Autor/inn/en	Crowley, Jocelyn Elise; Roff, Brian H.; Lynch, Jeneve
Titel	Encouraging Survey Participation among Individuals Seeking HIV Prevention Services: Does a Community Identity Match Help or Hurt?
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 34 (2007) 1, S.55-70 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198105285331
Schlagwörter	Prevention; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); At Risk Persons; Health Behavior; Outreach Programs; Comparative Analysis; Caseworkers; Surveys; Community Organizations; Response Rates (Questionnaires); New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risikogruppe; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Jobcoaching; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Antwortkontrolle
Abstract	Understanding the behaviors and attitudes of at-risk populations is fundamental to controlling the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The problem of nonresponse among these populations, however, plagues survey research designed to address these issues. Previous work undertaken to map out the dynamics of nonresponse--both noncontacts and refusals--have primarily focused on exploring the effectiveness of a single method of outreach. This analysis improves on this prior research by comparing the effectiveness of two types of outreach strategies in a follow-up face-to-face survey of individuals seeking HIV prevention services in New Jersey during the period 1999-2001. Case workers from community-based organizations (CBOs) attempted to contact one set of respondents, whereas "outsider" researchers attempted to contact the second set. In brief, the authors find that in contrast to a CBO research affiliation, an outsider researcher status is associated with higher survey response rates. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10