ArticleJMIR public health and surveillance2020
Population Size Estimation Methods: Searching for the Holy Grail.
Article in JMIR public health and surveillance, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Programmatic mapping and population size estimation of key population in India: Method and findings.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Population size, HIV prevalence, and antiretroviral therapy coverage among key populations in sub-Saharan Africa: collation and synthesis of survey data, 2010-23.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Article
- Size estimation of key populations and 'bridge populations' based on the network scale-up method in Ukraine.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Evaluating a Targeted Minimum Loss-Based Estimator for Capture-Recapture Analysis: An Application to HIV Surveillance in San Francisco, California.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Leveraging Routinely Collected Program Data to Inform Extrapolated Size Estimates for Key Populations in Namibia: Small Area Estimation Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Estimating the size of populations at risk for malaria: a case study in cattle herders and agricultural workers in Northern Namibia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Triangulating Truth and Reaching Consensus on Population Size, Prevalence, and More: Modeling Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Comparison of Empirically Derived and Model-Based Estimates of Key Population HIV Incidence and the Distribution of New Infections by Population Group in Sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2024Article
- Evaluating tools for capture-recapture model selection to estimate the size of hidden populations: it works in practice, but does it work in theory?Annals of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Key Population Size Estimation to Guide HIV Epidemic Responses in Nigeria: Bayesian Analysis of 3-Source Capture-Recapture Data.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
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Abstract
Accurate size estimates of key populations (eg, sex workers, people who inject drugs, transgender people, and men who have sex with men) can help to ensure adequate availability of services to prevent or treat HIV infection; inform HIV response planning, target setting, and resource allocation; and provide data for monitoring and evaluating program outcomes and impact. A gold standard method for population size estimation does not exist, but quality of estimates could be improved by using empirical methods, multiple data sources, and sound statistical concepts. To highlight such methods, a special collection of papers in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance has been released under the title "Key Population Size Estimations." We provide a summary of these papers to highlight advances in the use of empirical methods and call attention to persistent gaps in information.
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