@article{inghels_telephone_2021, title = {Telephone peer recruitment and interviewing during a respondent-driven sampling ({RDS}) survey: feasibility and field experience from the first phone-based {RDS} survey among men who have sex with men in {Côte} d’{Ivoire}}, volume = {21}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {1471-2288}, shorttitle = {Telephone peer recruitment and interviewing during a respondent-driven sampling ({RDS}) survey}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01208-x}, doi = {10.1186/s12874-021-01208-x}, abstract = {Many respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methodologies have been employed to investigate hard-to-reach populations; however, these methodologies present some limits. We describe a minimally investigated RDS methodology in which peer recruitment and interviewing are phone-based. The feasibility of the methodology, field experiences, validity of RDS assumptions and characteristics of the sample obtained are discussed.}, number = {1}, urldate = {2021-02-08}, journal = {BMC Medical Research Methodology}, author = {Inghels, Maxime and Kouassi, Arsène Kra and Niangoran, Serge and Bekelynck, Anne and Carillon, Séverine and Sika, Lazare and Koné, Mariatou and Danel, Christine and Desgrées du Loû, Annabel and Larmarange, Joseph and {for the research team ANRS 12323 DOD-CI}}, month = feb, year = {2021}, keywords = {Côte d’Ivoire, Men who have sex with men, Phone-based survey, Respondent-driven sampling}, pages = {25}, }