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ArticleAIDS and behavior2014

A new approach to measuring partnership concurrency and its association with HIV risk in couples.

Stéphane Helleringer, James Mkandawire, Hans-Peter Kohler

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Article in AIDS and behavior, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Developing HIV risk prediction tools in four African settings.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stéphane HelleringerColumbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 60 Haven Avenue, New York, NY, USA, sh2813@columbia.edu.
James Mkandawire
Hans-Peter Kohler

Funding

STATISTICAL DATA ENCLAVE COREP30AG012836 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KOHLER, HANS-PETER · 1999 to 2024
$14.0M
Population Science Research Center Development CoreR24HD044964 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SMITH, HERBERT L. · 2003 to 2017
$9.8M
Sci-Tech Core-Population Dynamics Research CenterP2CHD044964 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EMILIO ALBERTO PARRADO · 2018 to 2026
$5.3M
Gender, Conversationsal Networks and Dealing with STD'sR01HD041713 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WATKINS, SUSAN C · 2001 to 2005
$2.1M
AIDS/HIV RISK, Marriage and Sexual Relations in MalawiR01HD044228 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KOHLER, HANS-PETER · 2003 to 2006
$1.6M
Sexual behaviors, sexual networks and reproductive health in MalawiR03HD071122 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HELLERINGER, STEPHANE · 2012 to 2013
$171k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empirical estimates of the association between concurrent partnerships (CP) and HIV risk are affected by non-sampling errors in survey data on CPs, e.g., because respondents misreport the extent of their CPs. We propose a new approach to measuring CPs in couples, which permits assessing how respondent errors affect estimates of the association between CPs and HIV risk. Each couple member is asked (1) to report whether s/he has engaged in CPs and (2) to assess whether his/her partner has engaged in CPs, since their couple started. Cross-tabulating these data yields multiple classifications (with varying combinations of sensitivity/specificity) of the CPs of each couple member. We then measure the association between CPs and HIV outcomes according to each classification. The resulting range of estimates is an indicator of the uncertainty associated with respondent errors. We tested this approach using data on 520 matched couples drawn from the Likoma Network Study. Results suggest that existing tests of the concurrency hypothesis are affected by significant uncertainty.

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Family CharacteristicsSexual BehaviorSexual PartnersAdultAfrica South of the SaharaFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsUnsafe Sex

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PMCPMC4496791

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