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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 4/2007

01-07-2007 | Review Paper

Conducting Internet-Based HIV/STD Prevention Survey Research: Considerations in Design and Evaluation

Authors: Willo Pequegnat, B. R. Simon Rosser, Anne M. Bowen, Sheana S. Bull, Ralph J. DiClemente, Walter O. Bockting, Jonathan Elford, Martin Fishbein, Laura Gurak, Keith Horvath, Joseph Konstan, Seth M. Noar, Michael W. Ross, Lorraine Sherr, David Spiegel, Rick Zimmerman

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 4/2007

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to advance rigorous Internet-based HIV/STD Prevention quantitative research by providing guidance to fellow researchers, faculty supervising graduates, human subjects’ committees, and review groups about some of the most common and challenging questions about Internet-based HIV prevention quantitative research. The authors represent several research groups who have gained experience conducting some of the first Internet-based HIV/STD prevention quantitative surveys in the US and elsewhere. Sixteen questions specific to Internet-based HIV prevention survey research are identified. To aid rigorous development and review of applications, these questions are organized around six common criteria used in federal review groups in the US: significance, innovation, approach (broken down further by research design, formative development, procedures, sampling considerations, and data collection); investigator, environment and human subjects’ issues. Strategies promoting minority participant recruitment, minimizing attrition, validating participants, and compensating participants are discussed. Throughout, the implications on budget and realistic timetabling are identified.
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Metadata
Title
Conducting Internet-Based HIV/STD Prevention Survey Research: Considerations in Design and Evaluation
Authors
Willo Pequegnat
B. R. Simon Rosser
Anne M. Bowen
Sheana S. Bull
Ralph J. DiClemente
Walter O. Bockting
Jonathan Elford
Martin Fishbein
Laura Gurak
Keith Horvath
Joseph Konstan
Seth M. Noar
Michael W. Ross
Lorraine Sherr
David Spiegel
Rick Zimmerman
Publication date
01-07-2007
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-006-9172-9

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