Hard-to-reach repairs

Sampling hard to reach populations.

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 samp...

Cancer Screening in Hard-to-Reach Populations

Cervical cancer: screening hard-to-reach groups.

MALGRÉ L’IMPORTANCE INDISCUTABLE du dépistage du cancer du col utérin, une proportion importante de Canadiennes ne passent pas, ou pas assez souvent, de tests de dépistage. Il est vraisemblable que certaines de ces femmes répondront à de simples stratégies de promotion du dépistage, mais ces stratégies pourraient se révéler inefficaces pour les groupes difficiles à joindre celles les femmes âgé...

Delivering diabetes care to people in hard- to-reach groups

358 Diabetes & Primary Care Vol 13 No 6 2011 The prevalence of diabetes has almost doubled over the past few years and is expected to rise further (Diabetes UK, 2010). In parallel with the growing challenge of diabetes and its complications, the past few decades have witnessed several advances in the field of diabetes. Better insights into the pathogenesis of diabetes, availability of new thera...

Utilizing Smartphones to Study Disadvantaged and Hard - to - Reach Groups

Melissa Barragan, Nicole Sherman, Keramet Reiter, & George Tita Page 2 “Damned If You do, Damned If You Don’t”: Perceptions of Guns, Safety and Legitimacy Among Detained Gun Offenders Naomi Sugie Page 3 Utilizing Smartphones to Study Disadvantaged and Hard-to-Reach Groups Charis Kubrin & Carroll Seron Page 4 The Great Experiment: Realigning Criminal Justice in California and Beyond Richard McCl...