Background Behavural surveillance and rearch among gay and other men who have sex wh men (GMSM) monly reli on non-random recment approach. Methodologil challeng lim their abily to accurately reprent the populatn of adult GMSM. We pared the social and behavural profil of GMSM reced via venue-based, onle, and rponnt-driven samplg (RDS) and discsed their utily for behavural surveillance. Methods Data om four studi were selected to reflect each recment method. We pared mographic characteristics and the prevalence of key ditors cludg sexual and HIV ttg practic obtaed om sampl reced through different methods, and populatn timat om rponnt-driven samplg partn analysis. Rults Overall, the soc-mographic profile of GMSM was siar across sampl, wh some differenc observed age and sexual intifitn. Men reced through time-lotn samplg appeared more nnected to the gay muny, reported a greater number of sexual partners, but engaged ls unprotected anal terurse wh regular (UAIR) or sual partners (UAIC). The RDS sample overtimated the proportn of HIV-posive men and appeared to rec men wh an overall higher number of sexual partners. A sgle-webse survey reced a sample wh characteristics which differed nsirably om the populatn timat wh regards to age, ethnilly diversy and behavur. Data acquired through time-lotn samplg unrtimated the rat of UAIR and UAIC, while RDS and onle samplg both generated sampl that unrtimated UAIR. Simulated pose sampl bg recs om time-lotn and multi-webse onle samplg may produce characteristics more nsistent wh the populatn timat, particularly wh regards to sexual practic. Concln Rponnt-driven samplg produced the sample that was most nsistent to populatn timat, but this methodology is plex and logistilly mandg. Time-lotn and onle recment are more st-effective and easier to implement; g the approach batn may offer the potential to rec a more reprentative sample of GMSM.
Contents:
- SAMPLG SURVEYS OF LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
- SAMPLG GAY MEN: RANDOM DIG DIALG VERS SOURC THE GAY COMMUNY
- METHODOLOGIL CHALLENG COLLECTG SOCIAL AND BEHAVURAL DATA REGARDG THE HIV EPIMIC AMONG GAY AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA
- RPONNT-DRIVEN SAMPLG AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: EXPERIENC OM A NEW ZEALAND PILOT STUDY
SAMPLG SURVEYS OF LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE
One purpose of this volume is to provi methodologil tools for nductg public health rearch for lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populatns. Among the most fundamental methodologil nsiratns any kd of rearch is how bt to sample the populatn... * gay sampling technique *
While the field of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) parentg is subject to iologil, polil, and moral bat, is also not immune om methodologil bate. G., “Which bt scrib you: heterosexual/straight, gay or lbian, bisexual, or other?
G., high SES affords gay fathers wh high-stat occupatns the abily to pursue surrogacy) (see chapter “Gay Men and Surrogacy”) or exposg vulnerabili (e.
For example, Schneebm and Badgett’s (2019) explic nsiratn of e, poverty stat, and tn among different- and same-sex upl (both lbian and gay) examed the myth of gay affluence.
SAMPLG GAY MEN: RANDOM DIG DIALG VERS SOURC THE GAY COMMUNY
Joseph Harry, Samplg Gay Men, The Journal of Sex Rearch, Vol. 22, No. 1, Methodology Sex Rearch (Feb., 1986), pp. 21-34 * gay sampling technique *
For example, Goldberg (2012) documented the ways which gay fathers navigated the adoptn system and how teractns wh adoptn agenci shaped their transn to parenthood. Engagg “Hard-to-Reach” PopulatnsHistorilly, LGBTQ populatns were not only hard-to-reach given the geographic dispersn and small numbers, but many dividuals did not sire to be intified; anti-gay stigma and social and legal discrimatn ntributed to people’s unwillgns to participate (Hugh, Emel, Hans, & Zangeneh, 2016; Meyer & Wilson, 2009). While large, urban lol on eher ast of the Uned Stat have served as “gay mecs” (Oswald & Culton, 2003), mographic rearch monstrat LGBTQ-parent fai are more prevalent southern stat, far om the bright lights of astal ci (The Williams Instute, 2014).
METHODOLOGIL CHALLENG COLLECTG SOCIAL AND BEHAVURAL DATA REGARDG THE HIV EPIMIC AMONG GAY AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN ATRALIA
To rce bias imported by samplg highly affiliated rponnts, RDD samplg techniqu should, and n, be ed studi of gay/bisexual men. * gay sampling technique *
E113) is important to regnize, however, the remag polil opposn, anti-gay stigma, and legal discrimatn that ntue to play a role how LGBTQ dividuals and parents n live openly (Goldberg, 2012; Goldberg, Gartrell, & Gat, 2014; Veldorale-Griff, 2014). Rearchers n seek out events hosted by LGBTQ anizatns or centers, gay pri events, or LGBTQ-iendly tablishments (Alimahomed, 2010; Chung et al., 2006; Moore, 2011, 2018a; Orel, 2014; Potter & Allen, 2016). Common outlets for advertisements reported rearch clu Facebook,, Gay Parent Magaze, Human Rights Campaign, CYFER, and Grdr.
(2014) quickly reced participants after postg clear and purposeful ads on gay-specific social media and datg apps. For example, Panozzo (2015) relied on gay father participants to refer or vouch for the study to other gay fathers (though should be noted that this still risks producg a sample posed of very siar participants).
RPONNT-DRIVEN SAMPLG AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: EXPERIENC OM A NEW ZEALAND PILOT STUDY
* gay sampling technique *
Theoretil samplg shaped her targeted recment of 56 gay fathers (i. E., gay fathers of lor, sgle gay fathers, gay fathers not nnected to a parent support group) who would have often been left out of rearch that utilized other samplg methods.
The fai of lbians and gay men: A new ontier fay rearch. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr fai. Gay fathers on the margs: Race, class, maral stat, and pathway to parenthood.