Recruiting vulnerable populations to participate in HIV prevention research : findings from the Together 5000 cohort study

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PURPOSE: The aim of the article was to examine factors associated with completing enrollment milestones in the Together 5000 cohort of at-risk men (n = 8661), transmen (n = 53), and transwomen (n = 63) who have sex with men.

METHODS: Between 2017 and 2018, participants completed an online enrollment survey and were offered opportunities to complete an incentivized secondary online survey as well as self-administered at-home HIV testing (OraSure). We explored factors associated with completing each study component.

RESULTS: In total, 8777 individuals completed our enrollment survey, 6166 (70.3%) completed the secondary survey, and 5010 returned the at-home HIV test kit that was mailed to them (81.3% of those mailed a kit). In our multivariable models, those who were White, with more years of education, were more likely to complete study components, although the magnitude of these associations was small. For example, 50.9% of those enrolled, 47.9% of those completing the secondary survey, and 46.8% of those completing HIV testing were persons of color-a statistically significant, but meaningfully insignificant decline.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for researchers to identify barriers that may prevent persons of color and younger individuals from participating in research studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Annals of epidemiology - 35(2019) vom: 09. Juli, Seite 4-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grov, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Westmoreland, Drew A [VerfasserIn]
Carneiro, Pedro B [VerfasserIn]
Stief, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
MacCrate, Caitlin [VerfasserIn]
Mirzayi, Chloe [VerfasserIn]
Pantalone, David W [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Viraj V [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Denis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Attrition
Gay and bisexual men
HIV testing
Journal Article
Men who have sex with men
Recruitment
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.02.2020

Date Revised 07.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.05.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297994492