TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Respondent-driven sampling in the recruitment of illicit stimulant drug users in a rural setting: findings and technical issues
JO  - Addictive behaviors
A1  - Wang, Jichuan
A1  - Falck, Russel S.
A1  - Li, Linna
A1  - Rahman, Ahmmed
A1  - Carlson, Robert G.
SP  - 924
EP  - 937
VL  - 32
IS  - 5
N2  - Increasingly, respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is being applied to study not-in-treatment users of illicit drugs. Although RDS has been successfully applied in recruiting active users in densely-populated, metropolitan areas, its utility with hidden populations in rural areas has yet to be determined. This study critically evaluates the sample of not-in-treatment, illicit stimulant drug users (n=249) recruited from the application of RDS in three rural counties in west-central Ohio. The findings of this study largely support the results of earlier studies in urban areas and suggest that RDS is a useful method of sampling hidden drug using populations in less densely populated rural areas. Some limitations of RDS are also discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-4603
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.031
ID  - ref1
ER  -