Matilda Nadagire Tarsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6694082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matilda Nadagire Tarsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matilda Nadagire |
| FAMILY NAME | Tarsh |
| SIGNATURE | TARSH M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uganda Virus Research Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluation of Respondent-driven Sampling
BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling is a novel variant of link-tracing sampling for estimating the characteristics of hard-to-reach groups, such as HIV prevalence in sex workers. Despite its use by leading health organizations, the performance of this method in realistic situations is still largely unknown. We evaluated respondent-driven sampling by comparing estimates from a respondent-driven sampling survey with total population data. METHOD…
Community understanding of respondent-driven sampling in a medical research setting in Uganda: Importance for the use of RDS for public health research
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a widely-used variant of snowball sampling. Respondents are selected not from a sampling frame, but from a social network of existing members of the sample. Incentives are provided for participation and for the recruitment of others. Ethical and methodological criticisms have been raised about RDS. Our purpose was to evaluate whether these criticisms were justified. In this study RDS was used to recruit male ho…
Community understanding of respondent-driven sampling in a medical research setting in Uganda: Importance for the use of RDS for public health research
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a widely-used variant of snowball sampling. Respondents are selected not from a sampling frame, but from a social network of existing members of the sample. Incentives are provided for participation and for the recruitment of others. Ethical and methodological criticisms have been raised about RDS. Our purpose was to evaluate whether these criticisms were justified. In this study RDS was used to recruit male ho…
Evaluation of Respondent-driven Sampling
BACKGROUND: Respondent-driven sampling is a novel variant of link-tracing sampling for estimating the characteristics of hard-to-reach groups, such as HIV prevalence in sex workers. Despite its use by leading health organizations, the performance of this method in realistic situations is still largely unknown. We evaluated respondent-driven sampling by comparing estimates from a respondent-driven sampling survey with total population data. METHOD…
Community understanding of respondent-driven sampling in a medical research setting in Uganda: Importance for the use of RDS for public health research
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a widely-used variant of snowball sampling. Respondents are selected not from a sampling frame, but from a social network of existing members of the sample. Incentives are provided for participation and for the recruitment of others. Ethical and methodological criticisms have been raised about RDS. Our purpose was to evaluate whether these criticisms were justified. In this study RDS was used to recruit male ho…
Demography (2 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Respondent (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Community health (1 works) · Community-based participatory research (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Demography (1 works)