P159 On the road: delivering sexual health services to vulnerable populations in hard-to-reach areas

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...

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...

Cancer Screening in Hard-to-Reach Populations

Management of Hiv Care in Hard-to-reach Patient Populations*

People who inject drugs face stigmatization by society in general, and also by healthcare workers. This creates incentives for individuals with addiction to conceal their drug use, which can interfere with optimal medical care. There are several common misconceptions about individuals who use injection drugs, including the belief that they do not care about their health. The reality is that sub...

Determinants of influenza vaccination in hard-to-reach urban populations.

OBJECTIVE Influenza vaccination rates among disadvantaged minority and hard-to-reach populations are lower than in other groups. We assessed the barriers to influenza vaccination in disadvantaged urban areas. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study, using venue-based sampling, collecting data on residents of eight neighborhoods throughout East Harlem and the Bronx, New York City. RESUL...