sexual health promotion staff in the same 15 towns and cities.
In all four samples, those who agreed to participate completed an online questionnaire. A sub-sample of ethnic minority MSM who completed the online questionnaire were invited to take part in an online qualitative interview.
The research received Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) approval from South West MREC in January 2007 (ref: 06/MRE06/71)
In describing the design and methods of the MESH project, we focus on the sampling strategy, recruitment, data collection and data analysis.