RESPONDENT DRIVEN BLOG

Respondent Driven Sampling Blog has been setup for researchers using respondent driven sampling methods for their research projects. To create a platform to share their experience or needs to setup a research surveillance site and what systems to put in place to:

• Recruit Participants
• Barcode Invite Coupon Generator
• E-Invites
• Screen Participants
• Manage Research
• Data Collection Methods
• Electronic Questionnaires
• Audio Questionnaires
• Incentive Management

There are many researchers who have used this method over the years since RDS was developed by Douglas Heckathorn more than a decade ago, in 1997, as part of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded HIV-prevention research project targeting drug injectors in several Connecticut cities. RDS served as the recruitment mechanism for an intervention design developed with Robert Broadhead termed “peer-driven intervention” (PDI).

So we are putting together a database of RDS related publications as a reference tool for researchers. If you would like to share yours, please submit them to the Blog.

for more information on a site management system.