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The Comparability Of Men Who Have Sex With Men Recruited From Venue-Time-Space Sampling And Facebook: A Cohort Study, Alfonso C. Hernandez-Romieu, Patrick S. Sullivan, Travis H. Sanchez, Colleen F. Kelley, John L. Peterson, Carlos Del Rio, Laura F. Salazar, Paula M. Frew, Eli S. Rosenberg
The Comparability Of Men Who Have Sex With Men Recruited From Venue-Time-Space Sampling And Facebook: A Cohort Study, Alfonso C. Hernandez-Romieu, Patrick S. Sullivan, Travis H. Sanchez, Colleen F. Kelley, John L. Peterson, Carlos Del Rio, Laura F. Salazar, Paula M. Frew, Eli S. Rosenberg
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications
Background: Recruiting valid samples of men who have sex with men (MSM) is a key component of the US human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance and of research studies seeking to improve HIV prevention for MSM. Social media, such as Facebook, may present an opportunity to reach broad samples of MSM, but the extent to which those samples are comparable with men recruited from venue-based, time-space sampling (VBTS) is unknown. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the comparability of MSM recruited via VBTS and Facebook. Methods: HIV-negative and HIV-positive black and white MSM were recruited from June 2010 …