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Salud colectiva
Print version ISSN 1669-2381On-line version ISSN 1851-8265
Abstract
VALOIS-SANTOS, Naide Teodósio et al. Reassessing geographic bottlenecks in a respondent-driven sampling based multicity study in Brazil. Salud colect. [online]. 2020, vol.16, e2524. ISSN 1669-2381. http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2020.2524.
This study analyzes the spatial dynamics of drug users’ recruitment chains in the context of a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) study in the city of Recife, Brazil. The purpose is to understand the geographic bottlenecks, influenced by social geography, which have been a major challenge for RDS-based studies. Temporo-spatial analysis was used. Sequential maps depicted the dynamics of the recruiting process, considering neighborhood of residence and/or places of drug use. Poisson regression was fitted to model the recruiting rate by neighborhood or residence and/or pace of drug use, and the different neighborhoods’ demographics. The distance between neighborhood of residence and/or place of drug use and the assessment center was negatively associated with recruitment. There was a positive association between the proportion of the population living in informal settings and the recruiting rate per neighborhood of residence and/or place of drug use. Recruitment chains depend on the social geography and demographics of the population. Studies should incorporate seeds from as many neighborhoods as possible, and more than one assessment center should be utilized.
Keywords : Drug Users; Vulnerable Populations; Social Networks; Geographic Information Systems; Brazil.