Journal
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
Volume 45, Issue 5, Pages 700-716Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003591282
Keywords
noninjecting heroin; hidden populations; retention; contextual factors; cross sectional research designs; health risk behaviors; longitudinal panel designs; tracking strategies
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- NIDA NIH HHS [R01 DA013560, R01 DA013560-02] Funding Source: Medline
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The article presents practical and methodological strategies in the tracking and retention of a longitudinal community-based sample of 300 Mexican American noninjecting users of heroin. Presented are the ethnographic strategies the research team utilized to maintain high retention rates among this highly marginalized and hidden population. Findings indicate that these ethnographic strategies are the basis for a reliable method for subject retention among drug-using populations. Further, the strategies illustrate how qualitative methods can complement the collection of quantitative data. Discussed is how these strategies can be used to identify and engage similar populations in research studies.
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