Ethical Considerations in HIV/AIDS Biobehavioral Surveys That Use Respondent-Driven Sampling: Illustrations From Lebanon

Jocelyn DEJONG; Ziyad MAHFOUD; Danielle KHOURY; Farah BARBIR; Rema Adel Afifi

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.144832

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Ethical Considerations in HIV/AIDS Biobehavioral Surveys That Use Respondent-Driven Sampling: Illustrations From Lebanon

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Ethical Considerations in HIV/AIDS Biobehavioral Surveys That Use Respondent-Driven Sampling: Illustrations From Lebanon

Jocelyn DEJONG, Ziyad MAHFOUD, Danielle KHOURY, Farah BARBIR and Rema Adel Afifi

American journal of public health (1971), Vol.99(9), pp.1562-1567

2009

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144832

PMCID: PMC2724443

PMID: 19608961

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Abstract

Respondent-driven sampling is especially useful for reaching hidden populations and is increasingly used internationally in public health research, particularly on HIV. Respondent-driven sampling involves peer recruitment and has a dual-incentive structure: both recruiters and their peer recruits are paid. Recent literature focusing on the ethical dimensions of this method in the US context has identified integral safeguards that protect against ethical violations. We analyzed a study of 3 groups in Lebanon who are at risk for HIV (injection drug users, men who have sex with men, female sex workers) and the ethical issues that arose. More explicit attention should be given to ethical issues involved in research implementing respondent-driven sampling of at-risk populations in developing countries, where ethical review mechanisms may be weak.

Ethics

Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine

Public health. Hygiene

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Biological and medical sciences

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Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation

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Title: Subtitle: Ethical Considerations in HIV/AIDS Biobehavioral Surveys That Use Respondent-Driven Sampling: Illustrations From Lebanon
Creators: Jocelyn DEJONG - Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Ziyad MAHFOUD - Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Danielle KHOURY - National AIDS Programme, Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon
Farah BARBIR - Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirat, Beirut, Lebanon
Rema Adel Afifi - Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirat, Beirut, Lebanon
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of public health (1971), Vol.99(9), pp.1562-1567
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144832
PMID: 19608961
PMCID: PMC2724443
NLM abbreviation: Am J Public Health
ISSN: 0090-0036
eISSN: 1541-0048
Publisher: American Public Health Association; Washington, DC
Language: English
Date published: 2009
Academic Unit: Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984063200802771

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