Transfer of sampling methods for studies on most-at-risk populations (MARPs) in Brazil Transferência de métodos de amostragem para estudos em populações sob maior risco à infecção pelo HIV no Brasil

• Main Authors: Aristides Barbosa Júnior (Author), Ana Roberta Pati Pascom (Author), Célia Landmann Szwarcwald (Author), Carl Kendall (Author), Willi McFarland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this paper was to describe the process of transferring two methods for sampling most-at-risk populations: respondent-driven sampling (RDS) and time-space sampling (TSS). The article describes steps in the process, the methods used in the 10 pilot studies, and lessons learned. The pr...