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Wilkerson JM, Patankar P, Rawat SM, et al. Recruitment Strategies of Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men in the State of Maharashtra Into an Online Survey. Int J Sex Health. 2016;28(3):221-227doi: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079.
Wilkerson, J. M., Patankar, P., Rawat, S. M., Simon Rosser, B. R., Shukla, K. M., Rhoton, J., & Ekstrand, M. L. (2016). Recruitment Strategies of Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men in the State of Maharashtra Into an Online Survey. International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health, 28(3), 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079
Wilkerson, J Michael, et al. "Recruitment Strategies of Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men in the State of Maharashtra Into an Online Survey." International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health vol. 28,3 (2016): 221-227. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079
Wilkerson JM, Patankar P, Rawat SM, Simon Rosser BR, Shukla KM, Rhoton J, Ekstrand ML. Recruitment Strategies of Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men in the State of Maharashtra Into an Online Survey. Int J Sex Health. 2016;28(3):221-227. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079. Epub 2016 Jun 17. PMID: 27668029; PMCID: PMC5030770.
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Int J Sex Health. 2016;28(3):221-227. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

Recruitment Strategies of Indian Men Who Have Sex with Men in the State of Maharashtra Into an Online Survey.

International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health

J Michael Wilkerson, Pallav Patankar, Shruta Mengle Rawat, B R Simon Rosser, Kanjani M Shukla, Jayson Rhoton, Maria L Ekstrand

Affiliations

  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA.
  2. The Humsafar Trust, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
  3. University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  4. Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  5. University of California San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 27668029 PMCID: PMC5030770 DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1193079

Abstract

In this manuscript, we report lessons learned from our efforts to recruit Indian men and transgender women/hijras who have sex with men into an online cross sectional study. Between September 2013 and May 2014, we implemented a seven-phased recruitment strategy that included the use of online and offline strategies to enroll a total of 449 participants into an online survey about recent sexual behavior and various psychosocial measures. The phases were implemented sequentially and cost-per-eligible participant was calculated. Using social media and collaborating with organizers of community events proved the most effective strategies for recruiting Indian MSM into online research.

Keywords: Gay men; HIV prevention; Internet-based survey; Research methods

Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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