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USING SOCIAL NETWORKS TO RECRUIT AN HIV VACCINE
PREPAREDNESS COHORT
by
Shawna Betty Christensen
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF SCIENCE
(APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY)
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Shawna Betty Christensen
Object Description
| Title | Using social networks to recruit an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort |
| Author | Christensen, Shawna Betty |
| Author email | sbchrist@usc.edu; sbchristensen@roadrunner.com |
| Degree | Master of Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Applied Biostatistics & Epidemiology |
| School | Keck School of Medicine |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-09-04 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-10-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Valente, Thomas |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Mack, Wendy Operskalski, Eva |
| Abstract | Objectives: To evaluate a social network approach to develop an adolescent cohort for HIV vaccine preparedness and investigate characteristics that influence recruitment. Methods: Fifty-nine adolescent and adult HIV-infected patients of a family-based HIV clinic and their sixty-two significant others were enrolled. These participants named social network members and indicated willingness to involve them in this study. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with willingness. Results: Network members’ awareness of the index member’s HIV-positivity and older age affected respondents’ willingness to engage their network members in this study. Respondents were less willing to invite drug-risk alters. HIV-infected patients are willing to recruit their social network members, provided concerns about disclosure of HIV status are addressed. Conclusions: Using social networks to recruit adolescent populations is appropriate and feasible for vaccine preparedness activities, future vaccine trials, and other prevention programs, but procedures are needed to selectively identify and retain high-risk youth. |
| Keyword | social networks; HIV vaccines; HIV vaccine preparedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2632 |
| Rights | Christensen, Shawna Betty |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Christensen-3250 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Christensen-3250-0.pdf |
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| Full text | USING SOCIAL NETWORKS TO RECRUIT AN HIV VACCINE PREPAREDNESS COHORT by Shawna Betty Christensen A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Shawna Betty Christensen |
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