Beyond Surveillance: A Role for Respondent-driven Sampling in Implementation Science.
We are now in the fourth decade of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. Several novel prevention tools have been identified, and prevalence and incidence have declined in many settings. A remaining challenge is the delivery of preventive interventions to hard-to-reach populations, includ...
| Published in: | American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 178; no. 2; pp. 260 - 268 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2013
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