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Effects of recruitment method on study demographics, psychosocial variables, and drug use among a sample of men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China
Monday, November 17, 2014
Jessica Harnisch, MPH
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Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Eric Nehl, PhD
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Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Zheng Ning, MD
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Department of HIV/AIDS control and prevention, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China
Yingying Ding
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Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai, China
Tony Zheng
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Shanghai Piaoxue Cultural Media Limited, Shanghai, China
Na He
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Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai, China
Frank Wong, Ph.D.
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Dept of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Hubert Department of Global Health (Joint Appointment), Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Men who have sex with men (MSM) in China remain a stigmatized and hidden population; therefore convenience sampling is typically used to study the MSM population, even though the generalizability to the larger MSM population is compromised. Therefore, three recruitment methods were used in this study; respondent-driven sampling (RDS), community partner opinion leader (CPOL), and venue-based sampling (VBS). The aim of this study was to compare the sample demographics, the rates of psychosocial variables and drug use. The sample consisted of 1,352 MSM in Shanghai and each completed a cross-sectional behavioral survey. Comparisons were made between recruitment methods for all study variables. The following demographics were significantly different between the three recruitment methods; participant’s age, age at first sexual contact with men and women, ethnicity, education level, income, sexual orientation, and marital status (p<.05). The 12-item CES-D summary score was also significantly different between all three recruitment methods (F=5.1, p=.006). The lifetime prevalence of male-on-male intimate partner violence was 51% for RDS, 38.6% for CPOL, and 49.5% VBS (X2=29.95, p=.008). Stimulant use was highest among VBS, with 32.1% of the participants having used stimulants over the course of their life, and significantly higher than both RDS (6.9%) and CPOL (13.9%) recruitment methods (p=.000). The significant differences between demographic characteristics, psychosocial variables, and drug use indicate that these recruitment methods result in different behavioral profiles. These findings support the utilization of multiple recruitment methods in order to improve the representativeness of the MSM population in Shanghai, China.
Learning Areas:
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe the demographic characteristics, rates of depression, male-on-male intimate partner violence, and lifetime drug use among men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China recruited by three different recruitment methods.
Compare the effects of three different recruitment methods on the sample demographics, and the rates of depression, male-on-male intimate partner violence, and lifetime drug use among men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China.
Keyword(s): Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT), Methodology
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have completed a master thesis describing and analyzing the rates of depression, psychosocial variables, and drug use among 1,352 men who have sex with men and money boys, men who sell sex to other men, recruited by three different recruitment methods in Shanghai, China. I have been mentored by Dr. Frank Wong, an associated professor at Emory University, and social and behavioral researcher that has been consistently funded by the NIH for 12 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
