Charles F Turner
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 253607 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Charles F Turner |
| PRENOMES | Charles F |
| SOBRENOME | Turner |
| ASSINATURA | TURNER C F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | RTI International |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7798-1770 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 190 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1975 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Investigating Sociological Theory
Introduction Classic and Canon Description Categories Metaphors Diagrams Cynicism and Scepticism: Two Intellectual Styles Sociological Theory and the Art of Living Conclusion
Impact of T-Acasi on Survey Measurements of Subjective Phenomena
Numerous studies have shown that audio-computer-assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) and telephone audio-CASI (T-ACASI) technologies yield increased reporting of sensitive and stigmatized objective phenomena such as sexual and drug use behaviors. Little attention has been given, however, to the impact of these technologies on the measurement of subjective phenomena (attitudes, opinions, feelings, etc.). This article reports results for the sev…
Same-Gender Sex in the United States
Well-conducted telephone surveys provide an economical means of estimating the prevalence of sexual and reproductive behaviors in a population. There is, however, a nontrivial potential for bias since respondents must report sensitive information to a human interviewer. The National STD and Behavior Measurement Experiment (NSBME) evaluates a new survey technology-telephone audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (T-ACASI)-that eliminates this r…
Same-Gender Sex Among U.S. Adults
Trends in reporting of same-gender sex are assessed using data from the 1988-2002 General Social Surveys (Ns = 9,487 males and 12,336 females). Analyses indicate that the reported prevalence of female-female sexual contact increased substantially and monotonically across twentieth-century birth cohorts, rising from 1.6 percent (Standard error [SE] = 0.60) for the cohort of U.S. women born prior to 1920 to 6.9 percent (SE = 0.81) for women born in…
Audio‐computerized self‐interviewing versus face‐to‐face interviewing for research data collection at drug abuse treatment programs
Aims To assess audio computer‐assisted self‐interviewing (A‐CASI) as a mode of data collection with injecting drug users (IDUs) entering two drug treatment programs in New York City. A‐CASI has been found to increase reporting of sensitive items among a variety of population subgroups. Design A field test of A‐CASI data collection conducted within an ongoing cross‐sectional study of drug use and HIV risk behaviors among IDUs entering drug treatme…
Risk Behaviors, Medical Care, and Chlamydial Infection Among Young Men in the United States
Objectives. This study assessed factors related to chlamydial infection among young men in the United States. Methods. Data were from interviews of nationally representative samples of 470 men aged 18 to 19 years (teenagers) and 995 men aged 22 to 26 years (young adults) and from urine specimens tested by means of polymerase chain reaction. Results. Although a majority of the men reported occasional unprotected intercourse, only a minority percei…
The Differential Effects of Face-to-Face and Computer Interview Modes
Objectives. This study assessed the differential effects of face-to-face interviewing and audio-computer assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) on categories of questions. Methods. Syringe exchange program participants (n = 1417) completed face-to-face interviews or audio-CASI. The questionnaire was categorized into the groups “stigmatized behaviors,” “neutral behaviors,” and “psychological distress.” Interview modes were compared for questions …
Effect of Low Medical Literacy on Health Survey Measurements
Paper self-administered questionnaires (SAQs) are a standard interviewing technique for surveys of sensitive topics. Although SAQs afford respondents greater privacy than face-to-face interviews, they have several limitations. First, they require literate respondents. Second, they require forms literacy—the ability to select consistent responses, implement general survey instructions, and correctly follow branching or skip instructions. Survey re…
Randomized Controlled Trial of Audio Computer-assisted Self-Interviewing
Recent studies have reported on the utility of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) in surveys of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors that involve a single assessment. This paper reports the results of a test of ACASI within a longitudinal study of HIV risk behavior and infection. Study participants (gay men (n = 1,974) and injection drug users (n = 903)) were randomly assigned to either ACASI or interviewer-administere…
Audio-computer interviewing to measure risk behaviour for HIV among injecting drug users
Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors
Studies of sexual and other sensitive behaviors are often fraught with a variety of reporting biases. When IAQs are used to collect data, respondents may underreport certain sensitive behaviors and overreport normative behaviors. SAQs can also pose problems: requiring that respondents be literate and able to follow skip patterns. In recent years, the development of computerized technologies--audio-CASI and T-ACASI--have begun to overcome some of …
Monitoring the Health Status and Impact of Treatment on Americans
OBJECTIVE: A major new survey program, the Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR), has been proposed to improve the monitoring of the health status of Medicare beneficiaries. The MBHSR would collect data by mail with telephone follow up of nonrespondents to permit economical assessment of a total Registry of approximately 200,000 Medicare beneficiaries, approximately 54,000 of whom would be surveyed in any given year. (Surveys would …
Entretiens autoadministres sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles
Rogers Susan M., Gribble James N., Turner Charles F., Miller Heather G. Entretiens autoadministrés sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles. In: Population, 54e année, n°2, 1999. pp. 231-250
Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males
OBJECTIVES: This study examines shifts in sexual experience and condom use among US teenaged males. METHODS: Results from the 1988 and 1995 National Surveys of Adolescent Males were compared. RESULTS: The proportion of never-married 15- to 19-year-old males who had had sex with a female declined from 60% to 55% (P = .06). The share of those sexually active using a condom at last intercourse rose from 57% to 67% (P
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Audio-Casi
This article reviews a multimedia application in the area of survey measurement research: adding audio capabilities to a computer-assisted interviewing system. Hardware and software issues are discussed, and potential hardware devices that operate from DOS platforms are reviewed. Three types of hardware devices are considered: PCMCIA devices, parallel port attachments, and laptops with built-in sound
Male‐male sexual contact in the U.S.A
Estimates of the prevalence of male‐male sexual contact are derived using data from five probability surveys conducted between 1970 and 1990. Estimated minimums of 5 to 7 percent of U.S. men report some same‐gender sexual contact during adulthood. Because of the likelihood of underreporting, these estimates might be considered lower bounds on the actual prevalence of such contact. Estimates show relatively little variation across social and demog…
Aids
Social Science, Human Behavior, and the Aids Epidemic
Aids
Expanding on the 1989 National Research Council volume AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use, this book reports on changing patterns in the distribution of cases and the results of intervention efforts under way. It focuses on two important subpopulations that are becoming more and more at risk: adolescents and women. The committee also reviews strategies to protect blood supplies and to improve the quality of surveys used in AIDS resea…
Prevalence and Patterns of Same-Gender Sexual Contact Among Men
The prevalence and patterns of same-gender sexual contact among men are key components of models of the spread of HIV infection and AIDS in the U.S. population. Previous estimates by Kinsey et al. from data collected between 1938 and 1948 have been widely criticized for inadequacies of sample design. New lower-bound estimates of prevalence developed from data from a national sample survey conducted in 1970 indicate that minimums of 20.3 percent o…
Aids
Since the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic is partly a social phenomenon changes in the social behaviors that spread the disease are as necessary as the development of vaccines and other therapies. To help in the design implementation and evaluation of programs to curb the spread of AIDS there is a need for greater understanding of the human behaviors that transmit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as well as the soci…
Key Variables In Social Investigation
Racism, Police Brutality and the Trial of Terrence Johnson
Fallible indicators of the subjective state of the nation
Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors
Studies of sexual and other sensitive behaviors are often fraught with a variety of reporting biases. When IAQs are used to collect data, respondents may underreport certain sensitive behaviors and overreport normative behaviors. SAQs can also pose problems: requiring that respondents be literate and able to follow skip patterns. In recent years, the development of computerized technologies--audio-CASI and T-ACASI--have begun to overcome some of …
The Differential Effects of Face-to-Face and Computer Interview Modes
Objectives. This study assessed the differential effects of face-to-face interviewing and audio-computer assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) on categories of questions. Methods. Syringe exchange program participants (n = 1417) completed face-to-face interviews or audio-CASI. The questionnaire was categorized into the groups “stigmatized behaviors,” “neutral behaviors,” and “psychological distress.” Interview modes were compared for questions …
Investigating Sociological Theory
Introduction Classic and Canon Description Categories Metaphors Diagrams Cynicism and Scepticism: Two Intellectual Styles Sociological Theory and the Art of Living Conclusion
Same-Gender Sex in the United States
Well-conducted telephone surveys provide an economical means of estimating the prevalence of sexual and reproductive behaviors in a population. There is, however, a nontrivial potential for bias since respondents must report sensitive information to a human interviewer. The National STD and Behavior Measurement Experiment (NSBME) evaluates a new survey technology-telephone audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (T-ACASI)-that eliminates this r…
Impact of T-Acasi on Survey Measurements of Subjective Phenomena
Numerous studies have shown that audio-computer-assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) and telephone audio-CASI (T-ACASI) technologies yield increased reporting of sensitive and stigmatized objective phenomena such as sexual and drug use behaviors. Little attention has been given, however, to the impact of these technologies on the measurement of subjective phenomena (attitudes, opinions, feelings, etc.). This article reports results for the sev…
Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males
OBJECTIVES: This study examines shifts in sexual experience and condom use among US teenaged males. METHODS: Results from the 1988 and 1995 National Surveys of Adolescent Males were compared. RESULTS: The proportion of never-married 15- to 19-year-old males who had had sex with a female declined from 60% to 55% (P = .06). The share of those sexually active using a condom at last intercourse rose from 57% to 67% (P
Socioeconomic Achievement and the Machiavellian Personality
To test the hypothesis that education moderates the relationship between interpersonal manipulativeness (Machiavellianism) and social attainment, data from a national sample (N = 1482) were reanalyzed. The results indicated that, for men with above-average educations, Machiavellianism is associated with higher levels of occupational prestige and larger incomes. However, for men with below-average educations, Machiavellianism is inversely related …
Same-Gender Sex Among U.S. Adults
Trends in reporting of same-gender sex are assessed using data from the 1988-2002 General Social Surveys (Ns = 9,487 males and 12,336 females). Analyses indicate that the reported prevalence of female-female sexual contact increased substantially and monotonically across twentieth-century birth cohorts, rising from 1.6 percent (Standard error [SE] = 0.60) for the cohort of U.S. women born prior to 1920 to 6.9 percent (SE = 0.81) for women born in…
Entretiens autoadministres sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles
Rogers Susan M., Gribble James N., Turner Charles F., Miller Heather G. Entretiens autoadministrés sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles. In: Population, 54e année, n°2, 1999. pp. 231-250
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Aids
Effect of Low Medical Literacy on Health Survey Measurements
Paper self-administered questionnaires (SAQs) are a standard interviewing technique for surveys of sensitive topics. Although SAQs afford respondents greater privacy than face-to-face interviews, they have several limitations. First, they require literate respondents. Second, they require forms literacy—the ability to select consistent responses, implement general survey instructions, and correctly follow branching or skip instructions. Survey re…
Risk Behaviors, Medical Care, and Chlamydial Infection Among Young Men in the United States
Objectives. This study assessed factors related to chlamydial infection among young men in the United States. Methods. Data were from interviews of nationally representative samples of 470 men aged 18 to 19 years (teenagers) and 995 men aged 22 to 26 years (young adults) and from urine specimens tested by means of polymerase chain reaction. Results. Although a majority of the men reported occasional unprotected intercourse, only a minority percei…
Racism, Police Brutality and the Trial of Terrence Johnson
The Path Analysis of Complex Recursive Systems
Methods for the path analysis of complex (i.e., not fully recursive) causal models are briefly discussed. A computer program which simplifies analysis of such models and provides an option for automatically deleting marginal paths is described
Socioeconomic Achievement and the Machiavellian Personality
To test the hypothesis that education moderates the relationship between interpersonal manipulativeness (Machiavellianism) and social attainment, data from a national sample (N = 1482) were reanalyzed. The results indicated that, for men with above-average educations, Machiavellianism is associated with higher levels of occupational prestige and larger incomes. However, for men with below-average educations, Machiavellianism is inversely related …
Fallible indicators of the subjective state of the nation
Fallible indicators of the subjective state of the nation
Racism, Police Brutality and the Trial of Terrence Johnson
Key Variables In Social Investigation
Prevalence and Patterns of Same-Gender Sexual Contact Among Men
The prevalence and patterns of same-gender sexual contact among men are key components of models of the spread of HIV infection and AIDS in the U.S. population. Previous estimates by Kinsey et al. from data collected between 1938 and 1948 have been widely criticized for inadequacies of sample design. New lower-bound estimates of prevalence developed from data from a national sample survey conducted in 1970 indicate that minimums of 20.3 percent o…
Aids
Since the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic is partly a social phenomenon changes in the social behaviors that spread the disease are as necessary as the development of vaccines and other therapies. To help in the design implementation and evaluation of programs to curb the spread of AIDS there is a need for greater understanding of the human behaviors that transmit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as well as the soci…
Social Science, Human Behavior, and the Aids Epidemic
Aids
Expanding on the 1989 National Research Council volume AIDS, Sexual Behavior, and Intravenous Drug Use, this book reports on changing patterns in the distribution of cases and the results of intervention efforts under way. It focuses on two important subpopulations that are becoming more and more at risk: adolescents and women. The committee also reviews strategies to protect blood supplies and to improve the quality of surveys used in AIDS resea…
Male‐male sexual contact in the U.S.A
Estimates of the prevalence of male‐male sexual contact are derived using data from five probability surveys conducted between 1970 and 1990. Estimated minimums of 5 to 7 percent of U.S. men report some same‐gender sexual contact during adulthood. Because of the likelihood of underreporting, these estimates might be considered lower bounds on the actual prevalence of such contact. Estimates show relatively little variation across social and demog…
Aids
Audio-Casi
This article reviews a multimedia application in the area of survey measurement research: adding audio capabilities to a computer-assisted interviewing system. Hardware and software issues are discussed, and potential hardware devices that operate from DOS platforms are reviewed. Three types of hardware devices are considered: PCMCIA devices, parallel port attachments, and laptops with built-in sound
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males
OBJECTIVES: This study examines shifts in sexual experience and condom use among US teenaged males. METHODS: Results from the 1988 and 1995 National Surveys of Adolescent Males were compared. RESULTS: The proportion of never-married 15- to 19-year-old males who had had sex with a female declined from 60% to 55% (P = .06). The share of those sexually active using a condom at last intercourse rose from 57% to 67% (P
Audio-computer interviewing to measure risk behaviour for HIV among injecting drug users
Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors
Studies of sexual and other sensitive behaviors are often fraught with a variety of reporting biases. When IAQs are used to collect data, respondents may underreport certain sensitive behaviors and overreport normative behaviors. SAQs can also pose problems: requiring that respondents be literate and able to follow skip patterns. In recent years, the development of computerized technologies--audio-CASI and T-ACASI--have begun to overcome some of …
Monitoring the Health Status and Impact of Treatment on Americans
OBJECTIVE: A major new survey program, the Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR), has been proposed to improve the monitoring of the health status of Medicare beneficiaries. The MBHSR would collect data by mail with telephone follow up of nonrespondents to permit economical assessment of a total Registry of approximately 200,000 Medicare beneficiaries, approximately 54,000 of whom would be surveyed in any given year. (Surveys would …
Entretiens autoadministres sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles
Rogers Susan M., Gribble James N., Turner Charles F., Miller Heather G. Entretiens autoadministrés sur ordinateur et mesure des comportements sensibles. In: Population, 54e année, n°2, 1999. pp. 231-250
Randomized Controlled Trial of Audio Computer-assisted Self-Interviewing
Recent studies have reported on the utility of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) in surveys of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors that involve a single assessment. This paper reports the results of a test of ACASI within a longitudinal study of HIV risk behavior and infection. Study participants (gay men (n = 1,974) and injection drug users (n = 903)) were randomly assigned to either ACASI or interviewer-administere…
Risk Behaviors, Medical Care, and Chlamydial Infection Among Young Men in the United States
Objectives. This study assessed factors related to chlamydial infection among young men in the United States. Methods. Data were from interviews of nationally representative samples of 470 men aged 18 to 19 years (teenagers) and 995 men aged 22 to 26 years (young adults) and from urine specimens tested by means of polymerase chain reaction. Results. Although a majority of the men reported occasional unprotected intercourse, only a minority percei…
The Differential Effects of Face-to-Face and Computer Interview Modes
Objectives. This study assessed the differential effects of face-to-face interviewing and audio-computer assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) on categories of questions. Methods. Syringe exchange program participants (n = 1417) completed face-to-face interviews or audio-CASI. The questionnaire was categorized into the groups “stigmatized behaviors,” “neutral behaviors,” and “psychological distress.” Interview modes were compared for questions …
Effect of Low Medical Literacy on Health Survey Measurements
Paper self-administered questionnaires (SAQs) are a standard interviewing technique for surveys of sensitive topics. Although SAQs afford respondents greater privacy than face-to-face interviews, they have several limitations. First, they require literate respondents. Second, they require forms literacy—the ability to select consistent responses, implement general survey instructions, and correctly follow branching or skip instructions. Survey re…
Audio‐computerized self‐interviewing versus face‐to‐face interviewing for research data collection at drug abuse treatment programs
Aims To assess audio computer‐assisted self‐interviewing (A‐CASI) as a mode of data collection with injecting drug users (IDUs) entering two drug treatment programs in New York City. A‐CASI has been found to increase reporting of sensitive items among a variety of population subgroups. Design A field test of A‐CASI data collection conducted within an ongoing cross‐sectional study of drug use and HIV risk behaviors among IDUs entering drug treatme…
Same-Gender Sex Among U.S. Adults
Trends in reporting of same-gender sex are assessed using data from the 1988-2002 General Social Surveys (Ns = 9,487 males and 12,336 females). Analyses indicate that the reported prevalence of female-female sexual contact increased substantially and monotonically across twentieth-century birth cohorts, rising from 1.6 percent (Standard error [SE] = 0.60) for the cohort of U.S. women born prior to 1920 to 6.9 percent (SE = 0.81) for women born in…
Psychology (16 obras) · Medicine (15 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (13 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (8 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · Interview (7 obras) · Family medicine (6 obras) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (6 obras)