Network-Based Research on Rural Opioid Use: an Overview of Methods and Lessons Learned

April M. Young; Abby E. Rudolph; Jennifer R. Havens

doi:10.1007/s11904-018-0391-2

Network-Based Research on Rural Opioid Use: an Overview of Methods and Lessons Learned

April M. Young, Abby E. Rudolph, Jennifer R. Havens

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Abstract

Purpose of Review: The purpose of this paper is to provide a thorough overview of methods used for recruitment, network data collection, and network data management in a network-based study of rural people who use drugs (PWUD) and to offer methodological recommendations for future research on rural drug use. Recent Findings: The Social Networks among Appalachian People (SNAP) study recruited a cohort of 503 rural PWUD via respondent-driven sampling (RDS) and has retained more than 80% of eligible participants over 7–9 years. SNAP has yielded important methodological insights, including that (1) RDS referral was non-random and disproportionately involved kin and (2) interviewer-administered questionnaires were successful in eliciting accurate name and age information about network members. Summary: The SNAP experience suggests that RDS was a successful recruitment strategy for rural PWUD and questionnaires administered by community-based interviewers in the context of a Certificate of Confidentiality could elicit detailed data on PWUD risk networks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-119
Number of pages	7
Journal	Current HIV/AIDS Reports
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-018-0391-2
State	Published - Apr 1 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The qualitative ethics research was funded in part by the Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute and National Institutes of Drug Abuse (Grant R25 DA031608).

Funding Information:
Funding The Social Networks among Appalachian People (SNAP) study described in this review was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant R01 DA024598 and R01 DA033862).

Funding Information:
Abby E. Rudolph reports a grant from National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01 DA033879). Jennifer R. Havens declares that she has no conflict of interest.

Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the community-based study staff for the critical role they have played in the success of the project. This article is part of the Topical Collection on The Global Epidemic April M. Young reports grants from National Institute on Drug Abuse and from National Institute of Mental Health. Abby E. Rudolph reports a grant from National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01 DA033879). Jennifer R. Havens declares that she has no conflict of interest.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

Appalachia
HIV
Hepatitis C
Opioid
Rural
Social networks
Substance use

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Virology
Infectious Diseases

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