Acknowledgement - ISSTDR/BASHH 1581422
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Abstract title (max 150 characters):
IMPROVING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR CONDUCTED BY TELEPHONE
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Objective: This study assesses the impact of Telephone Audio Computer-Assisted Self Interviewing (T-ACASI) on the reporting
of sensitive (mainly heterosexual) behaviors. Methods: A randomized experiment was embedded in a telephone survey that drew
probability samples of the populations of the United States (N = 1543) and Baltimore city (N = 744). Respondents were randomly
assigned to have questions asked either by a T-ACASI computer or by a human telephone interviewer. Results: Compared to
interviewer-administered telephone surveys, T-ACASI obtained more frequent reporting of a range of mainly heterosexual behaviors
that were presumed to be sensitive including recency of: anal sex (adjusted odds ratio [A-OR] = 2.00, p < 0.001), sex during
menstrual period (A-OR = 1.49, p < 0.001), giving oral sex (A-OR = 1.40, p = 0.001), receiving oral sex (A-OR = 1.36, p =
0.002); and sexual difficulties for the respondent (A-OR = 1.45, p = 0.034) and their main sex partner (A-OR = 1.48, p = 0.05).
T-ACASI also obtained less frequent reporting that respondent had a “main sex partner” (A-OR = 0.56, p = 0.011) and had
discussed contraception prior to first sex with that sex partner (A-OR = 0.82, p = 0.094). For both males and females, T-ACASI
obtained more frequent reports of first vaginal sex occurring at early ages (before ages 12 through 15). For males only, T-ACASI
also elicited more frequent reports that first vaginal sex had not occurred at later ages (i.e., by ages 20 through 24). Conclusion:
Compared to traditional, interviewer-administered telephone surveys, T-ACASI increases the likelihood that survey respondents will
report sensitive heterosexual behaviors.
Mode of presentation (Abstract topics)
22 Track D: 33-Methodological issues and capacity-building in epidemiological and prevention research
16 Track C: 23-Observational epidemiological & socio-behavioural studies
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Oral presentation preferred
Abstract Authors
CF Turner, City University of New York, (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY, USA, CFTurner2@gmail.com
(Presenting); AA Al-Tayyib, Denver Public Health, Denver, CO, USA; SM Rogers, Program in Health and Behavior Measurement,
Research Triangle Institute, Washington, DC, USA; E Eggleston, Program in Health and Behavior Measurement, Research Triangle
Institute, Washington, DC, USA; MA Villarroel, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, USA; AM Roman, Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA,
USA; JR Chromy, Statistics and Epidemiology Division, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; PC
Cooley, Research Computing Division, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA