Engage Cohort Study
The Engage Cohort Study follows over 2,000 gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men across 3 sites in Canada: Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver. Eligible participants were 16 years of age or more, gender-identified as a man (including trans men), reported sexual activity with a man in the previous 6 months, and were able to read English or French. Participants were recruited using respondent-driven sampling; nonrandomly selected initial participants recruit other eligible participants through their social networks.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,008 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 16 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
McGill University
Toronto Metropolitan University
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
CIHR Canadian HIV/AIDS Trials Network (CTN)
Canadian Association for HIV/AIDS Research
Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (Fondation Canadienne De Recherche Sur Le SIDA, CANFAR)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Health Canada
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
