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22 recherche sur le mot-clé 'RDS'
Article : Périodique
AIMS Injection drug users (IDU) are the second most affected population by HIV in San Francisco and the United Stated after men who have sex with men (MSM). Behavioral surveillance data that include the diversity of the population at risk are ne[...]Article : Périodique
L. REMY ; L. VON DIEMEN ; H. L. SURRATT ; S. P. KURTZ ; F. PECHANSKY |Objective: To describe the problems encountered and resolved in the course of using respondent-driven sampling (RDS), targeted canvassing (TARC), and ethnographic fieldwork (EFW) to recruit ecstasy and/or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) users. [...]Article : Périodique
H. DONNADIEU ; C. QUILLET ; M. D'OTTAVI ; J. CASTELLANI ; A. DEBELLEFONTAINE ; S. GUICHARD ; R. BAGLIONI ; N. LANGENDORFER ; V. FAUCHERRE ; B. HANSLIK ; E. TUAILLON ; D. LAUREILLARD ; N. NAGOT |BACKGROUND: Understanding drug use and behavior within the PWUD population is crucial to adapt harm reduction and prevention strategies, and provide improved addiction and medical treatment. However, in most countries such as France, the knowled[...]Article : Périodique
D. M. PAQUETTE ; J. BRYANT ; J. DE WIT |Aims: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is increasingly being used to sample hidden populations, such as people who inject drugs (PWIDs). This study compared samples of PWID recruited from RDS and service-based sampling methods to explore whether[...]Article : Périodique
Background: In Belgium, people who inject drugs (PWID) are at a high risk of being infected by hepatitis C (HCV) as injecting drug use is the main mode for transmission of HCV in Europe. Estimates about the number of people living with HCV in Be[...]Article : Périodique
N. NAGOT ; M. D'OTTAVI ; C. QUILLET ; A. DEBELLEFONTAINE ; J. CASTELLANI ; N. LANGENDORFER ; B. HANSLIK ; S. GUICHARD ; R. BAGLIONI ; V. FAUCHERRE ; E. TUAILLON ; G. P. PAGEAUX ; D. LAUREILLARD ; H. DONNADIEU-RIGOLE |BACKGROUND: Elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who use drugs (PWUD) remains a challenge even in countries in which HCV care is provided free of cost. We assessed whether an innovative community-based, respondent-driven sampling [...]Article : Périodique
R. S. BROADHEAD ; C. A. BORCH ; Y. VAN HULST ; G. GAUCHAT ; S. TEHRANI ; K. L. STRINGER ; D. D. HECKATHORN ; F. L. ALTICE |Results are presented of enrolling HIV+ active-injection drug users (IDUs) into a peer-driven intervention (PDI) to improve their adherence to medical care. Using respondent-driven sampling (RDS), which evolved out of the PDI model, the authors [...]Article : Périodique
H. L. MILLS ; C. COLIJN ; P. VICKERMAN ; D. LESLIE ; V. HOPE ; M. HICKMAN |Background: A 2006 respondent driven sampling (RDS) survey of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Bristol, UK, estimated 40 per 100 person years HCV incidence but in 2009 another RDS survey estimated only 10 per 100 person years incidence amongst the[...]Article : Périodique
R. DANIULAITYTE ; R. FALCK ; L. LI ; R. W. NAHHAS ; R. G. CARLSON |Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has been promoted as a superior method in recruiting hard-to-reach and hidden populations. Although its application has expanded enormously, there remains a need for empirical data evaluating the performance of R[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Respondent driven sampling (RDS) and incentivized snowball sampling (ISS) are two sampling methods that are commonly used to reach people who inject drugs (PWID). METHODS: We generated a set of simulated RDS samples on an actual so[...]Article : Périodique
M. F. BOIDI ; R. QUEIROLO ; J. M. CRUZ |Background: In 2013, Uruguay became the first country to fully regulate the cannabis market, which now operates under state control. Cannabis can be legally acquired in three ways: growing it for personal use (self-cultivation), cannabis club me[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
N. LIEBREGTS ; A. BENSCHOP ; P. VAN DER POL ; M. VAN LAAR ; R. DE GRAAF ; W. VAN DEN BRINK ; D. J. KORF |In a Dutch longitudinal study on the dynamics of cannabis dependence, at baseline 600 frequent cannabis users (> = 3 days cannabis use per week in past 12 months) aged 18-30 years were interviewed. Nearly half of all participants (42%) met DSM-I[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relationship of gender with cocaine use in rural areas. This study describes these relationships among stimulant users residing in rural areas of Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio. OBJECTIVES: Understanding the[...]Article : Périodique
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of crack dependence in the three largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague), stratified by gender and age. Three-sample capture-recapture, using data (collected between 2009 and 20[...]Rapport
HA-REACT | 2018The sole objective of this guideline is to summarize and educate about highly useful concepts for scaling up harm reduction in any country. The Joint Action on HIV and Co-Infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) is addressing the gaps[...]Article : Périodique
P. MATEU-GELABERT ; S. HARRIS ; D. BERBESI ; A. M. SEGURA CARDONA ; L. P. MONTOYA VELEZ ; I. E. MEJIA MOTTA ; L. JESSELL ; H. GUARINO ; S. R. FRIEDMAN |Background: Heroin production in Colombia has increased dramatically in recent decades, and some studies point to an increase in local heroin use since the mid-1990s. Despite this rapid increase, little is known about the effects of these activi[...]Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVE: We used a web version of Respondent-Driven Sampling (webRDS) to recruit a sample of young adults (ages 18-24) and examined whether this strategy would result in alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevalence estimates comparable to national [...]Article : Périodique
V. D. HOPE ; J. V. PARRY ; F. NCUBE ; M. HICKMAN |Background: The extent of intentional or accidental subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and the factors associated with these have rarely been studied among people who inject drugs, yet these may play an important role in the acquisition b[...]Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVE: Young adults are increasingly interacting with their peer groups online through social networking sites. These online interactions may reinforce or escalate alcohol and other drug (AOD) use as a result of more frequent and continuous [...]Article : Périodique
Background: Studies of individuals in treatment for substance use have found high rates of psychiatric disorders, however little is known about the mental health of drug users not in treatment. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of lifeti[...]