Social networks and HIV/AIDS risk perceptions

HP Kohler, JR Behrman, SC Watkins - Demography, 2007 - Springer
Understanding the determinants of individuals' perceptions of their risk of becoming infected
with HIV and their perceptions of acceptable strategies of prevention is an essential step …

Correcting HIV prevalence estimates for survey nonparticipation using Heckman-type selection models

T Bärnighausen, J Bor, S Wandira-Kazibwe… - …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: HIV prevalence estimates from population-based surveys are vulnerable to
selection bias if HIV status is missing for a proportion of the eligible population. Standard …

Evaluation of bias in HIV seroprevalence estimates from national household surveys

V Mishra, B Barrere, R Hong, S Khan - Sexually transmitted infections, 2008 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives: To evaluate HIV seroprevalence estimates from demographic and health
surveys (DHS) and AIDS indicator surveys (AIS) for potential bias because of non-response …

Implications of the HIV testing protocol for refusal bias in seroprevalence surveys

G Reniers, T Araya, Y Berhane, G Davey, EJ Sanders - BMC Public Health, 2009 - Springer
Background HIV serosurveys have become important sources of HIV prevalence estimates,
but these estimates may be biased because of refusals and other forms of non-response …

The HIV/AIDS epidemic, kin relations, living arrangements, and the African elderly in South Africa

MG Merli, A Palloni - Aging in sub-Saharan Africa …, 2006 - books.google.com
Although the effects of HIV/AIDS on individuals who contract it have been relatively well
known for sometime (Quinn, Mann, Curran, and Piot, 1986), the understanding of the …

Nonresponse in repeat population-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in rural Malawi

F Obare - Demography, 2010 - Springer
Despite the increasing number of population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa that
provide testing and counseling for HIV over the past decade, understanding the nature of …

Using panel data for partial identification of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence when infection status is missing not at random

B Arpino, E De Cao, F Peracchi - Journal of the Royal Statistical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Population-based surveys are often considered the 'gold standard'to estimate the
prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but typically suffer from serious missing …

HIV prevalence estimates: the new deal in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000

J Larmarange - The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing …, 2008 - elgaronline.com
HIV prevalence and incidence data are necessary at different levels, for monitoring the
epidemics, understanding their dynamics, determining priorities of actions, modelling AIDS …

[PDF][PDF] Décrire les épidémies, Comprendre les populations: une démographie du VIH en Afrique subsaharienne

J Larmarange - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Implémentation pilote d'une délivrance d'autotests VIH par un réseau de pharmacies privées
et d'une méthode boule de neige basée sur une application mobile pour améliorer la …

Estimating effect of non response on HIV prevalence estimates from Demographic and Health Surveys

J Larmarange, R Vallo, S Yaro, P Msellati, N Méda… - 2009 - ird.hal.science
Résumé In most countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
with HIV testing became the only measure of HIV prevalence in general population …