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Table 1 Recruitment sources for HIV-positive and HIV-negative PP1 participants stratified by relationship type (N = 613)

From: A national recruitment strategy for HIV-serodiscordant partners living in Canada for the Positive Plus One study: a mixed-methods study

Recruitment Source

All Participants

Participants in Current HIV-Serodiscordant Relationships

Participants in Past HIV-Serodiscordant Relationships

Total (N = 613)

Total (n = 540)

HIV-Positive (n = 312)

HIV-Negative (n = 228)

p-value

Total (n = 73)

HIV-Positive (n = 43)

HIV-Negative (n = 30)

p-value

ASO staff member

185 (30.2%)

159 (29.4%)

113 (36.2%)

46 (20.2%)

< 0.001

26 (35.6%)

14 (32.6%)

12 (40.0%)

0.561

ASO listserv/newsletter

56 (9.1%)

47 (8.7%)

36 (11.5%)

11 (4.8%)

0.007

9 (12.3%)

5 (11.6%)

4 (13.3%)

0.857

Physician/staff at clinic

96 (15.7%)

87 (16.1%)

62 (19.9%)

25 (11.0%)

0.006

9 (12.3%)

4 (9.3%)

5 (16.7%)

0.366

Poster, pamphlet, card

140 (22.8%)

122 (22.6%)

76 (24.4%)

46 (20.2%)

0.277

18 (24.7%)

8 (18.6%)

10 (33.3%)

0.168

Blog/website

43 (7.0%)

35 (6.5%)

19 (6.1%)

16 (7.0%)

0.643

8 (11.0%)

2 (4.7%)

6 (20.0%)

0.060

Online ad

45 (7.3%)

38 (7.0%)

26 (8.3%)

12 (5.3%)

0.178

7 (9.6%)

5 (11.6%)

2 (6.7%)

0.692

Heard from friend

57 (9.3%)

42 (7.8%)

27 (8.7%)

15 (6.6%)

0.392

15 (20.6%)

8 (18.6%)

7 (23.3%)

0.659

From partner

132 (21.5%)

129 (23.9%)

25 (8.0%)

104 (45.6%)

< 0.001

3 (4.1%)

1 (2.3%)

2 (6.7%)

0.567

Through news

16 (2.6%)

15 (2.8%)

7 (2.2%)

8 (3.5%)

0.366

1 (1.4%)

0

1 (3.3%)

0.431

Othera

30 (4.9%)

21 (3.9%)

13 (4.2%)

8 (3.5%)

0.696

9 (12.3%)

3 (7.0%)

6 (20.0%)

0.096

Don’t know

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

0

1 (0.4%)

0.420

0

0

0

No response

5 (0.8%)

4 (0.7%)

1 (0.3%)

3 (1.3%)

0.315

1 (1.4%)

1 (2.3%)

0

0.411

  1. Abbreviations: PP1 Positive Plus One Study, ASO AIDS Services Organization
  2. Note: Since participants can check more than one response, percentages may add to more than 100%. Additionally, participants who checked the poster, pamphlet, or card option may have gotten these materials from different locations. It was not possible to distinguish between the different locations
  3. a This category includes community health centers, methadone clinics, investigators/conferences, pharmacies, and emails