Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-6488
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2329-6488
+44 1223 790975
Fisher H Raymond
Tanzania
Research Article
Characteristics and Health Service Utilization in Two Samples of Young Injection Drug Users Recruited Using Direct and Referral Methods in San Francisco, California
Author(s): Alya Briceno, Meghan D Morris, Jennifer Evans, Fisher H Raymond and Kimberly PageAlya Briceno, Meghan D Morris, Jennifer Evans, Fisher H Raymond and Kimberly Page
Background: Targeted sampling (TS) and respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methods are methods used to recruit ‘hard-to-reach’ populations. We examine similarities and differences in population characteristics and health service utilization, in two independent samples of young adult injection drug users (IDU).
Methods: Data from two samples of young adult (18-29 years) IDU sampled using RDS (N=31) and TS (N=97) in San Francisco, California were compared: (1) a cross-sectional study of IDU using RDS as part of the National HIV Behavioral Survey (NHBS) IDU-2 Study conducted by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, from May 2009 to December 2009; and (2) the UFO Study, an ongoing prospective study of young IDU that used TS methods to sample young IDU (<30 years) from May 2010 to December 2010.
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DOI:
10.4172/2329-6488.1000126