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ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2021

Improving Underestimation of HIV Prevalence in Surveys Using Time-Location Sampling.

Ana B Barros, Maria Rosario O Martins

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Article in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Ana B BarrosGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008, Lisbon, Portugal. anabdebarros@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4035-7149
Maria Rosario O MartinsGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008, Lisbon, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to find a method that improves HIV estimates obtained through time-location sampling (TLS) used to recruit most-at-risk populations (MARPs). The calibration on residuals (CARES) method attributes weights to TLS sampled individuals depending on the percentile to which their logistic regression residues belong. Using a real country database, provided by EMIS-2010, with 9591 men who have sex with men (MSM) and an HIV prevalence of 12.1%, we simulated three populations (termed "pseudo-populations") with different levels of HIV. From each pseudo-population, 1000 TLS samples were drawn, and the HIV prevalence estimated by the TLS method and by the CARES method were recorded and compared with the HIV prevalence of the 9591 men. Results showed that the CARES method improves estimates given by the TLS method by getting closer to the real HIV prevalence.

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HIV InfectionsSexual and Gender MinoritiesHomosexuality, MaleHumansMalePrevalenceSurveys and QuestionnairesCAREShidden populationsHIVkey populationsmost-at-risk populationsTime-location samplingweight

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PMID31898200
PMCPMC8382794

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