Title
Barriers and Opportunities for Recruitment for Nonintervention Studies on HIV Risk: Perspectives of Street Drug Users
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-28-2009
Abstract
This study used focus-group discussions in response to a video vignette to examine attitudes toward recruitment for nonintervention research involving HIV testing. Participants were 100 ethnically diverse, economically disadvantaged urban drug users, who were recruited from New York City and Hartford, Connecticut in the spring and summer of 2006. Content analyses revealed themes including (1) fears of stigma and legal trouble balanced by trustworthiness of the recruiter; (2) fears of learning one's HIV status balanced by prospects for health benefits, and (3) the right to receive fair monetary compensation balanced by risks of coercion during periods of cravings. Limitations and implications for recruitment practices have been discussed here.
DOI
10.3109/10826080802543671
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Oransky, Matthew; Fisher, Celia B.; Mahadevan, Meena; and Singer, Merrill, "Barriers and Opportunities for Recruitment for Nonintervention Studies on HIV Risk: Perspectives of Street Drug Users" (2009). Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works. 24.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nutr-foodstudies-facpubs/24