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Encouraging Survey Participation Among Individuals Seeking HIV Prevention Services: Does a Community Identity Match Help or Hurt?

Jocelyn Elise Crowley, MPP, PhD1*, Brian H. Roff, MA2, Jeneve Lynch, MPAP3

1 Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Public Policy Program, New Brunswick.
2 Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey.
3 Ocean City Fine Arts League, Ocean City, New Jersey.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jocelync{at}rci.rutgers.edu.


  Abstract

Understanding the behaviors and attitudes of at-risk populations is fundamental to controlling the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The problem of nonresponse among these populations, however, plagues survey research designed to address these issues. Previous work undertaken to map out the dynamics of nonresponse--both noncontacts and refusals--have primarily focused on exploring the effectiveness of a single method of outreach. This analysis improves on this prior research by comparing the effectiveness of two types of outreach strategies in a follow-up face-to-face survey of individuals seeking HIV prevention services in New Jersey during the period 1999-2001. Caseworkers from community-based organizations (CBOs) attempted to contact one set of respondents, whereas "outsider" researchers attempted to contact the second set. In brief, the authors find that in contrast to a CBO research affiliation, an outsider researcher status is associated with higher survey response rates.

Key Words: survey nonresponse, AIDS, community-based organizations

First published on May 31, 2006, doi:10.1177/1090198105285331

Health Education & Behavior 2007;34:55.

A more recent version of this article appeared on February 1, 2007

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