Clicking on the banner took men to the homepage of theonlinesurveyforMSM.Thisprovidedinformation about the study. Men who agreed to complete the ques-onnaire then did so after providing informed consent all online. The online survey was developed by a professional web designer and hosted on Gaydar’s server.
In January 2008 Gaydar also sent a personal online message to its UK subscribers promoting the MESHroject with a direct link to the project’shomepageand online questionnaire. This message was sent to all UK subscribers regardless of ethnic background or nationality.
Several community groups (e.g. LYC, Imaan, THT) had email lists of their members whom they contacted on a regular basis. Early in 2008 we sent a short email