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Sampling hard to reach populations

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ID23325459
AuthorsJean Faugier (Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Mary Sargeant
Year1997
Volume26
Issue4
Pages790-797
Publication date1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Advanced Nursing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-2402 • E-ISSN: 1365-2648
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00371.x
PMID9354993
OpenAlexW2066277932
LanguageEN
Citations received269
References cited19

Studies on ‘hidden populations’, such as homeless people, prostitutes and drug addicts, raise a number of specific methodological questions usually absent from research involving known populations and less sensitive subjects. This paper examines the advantages and limitations of nonrandom methods of data collection such as snowball sampling. It reviews the currently available literature on sampling hard to reach populations and highlights the dearth of material currently available on this subject. The paper also assesses the potential for using these methods in nursing research. The sampling methodology used by Faugier (1996) in her study of prostitutes, HIV and drugs is used as a current example within this context.

Context (archaeology) · Data collection · Family medicine · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Sampling (signal processing) · Snowball sampling · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology

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