Identifying groups of people with similar sociobehavioural characteristics in Malawi to inform HIV interventions: a latent class analysis

Merzouki, Fatma Aziza; Styles, Amanda; Estill, Janne Anton Markus; Orel, Erol; Baranczuk-Turska, Zofia; Petrie, Karen; Keiser, Olivia

doi:10.1002/jia2.25615

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English

Identifying groups of people with similar sociobehavioural characteristics in Malawi to inform HIV interventions: a latent class analysis

ContributorsMerzouki, Fatma Aziza; Styles, Amanda; Estill, Janne Anton Markus; Orel, Erol; Baranczuk-Turska, Zofia; Petrie, Karen; Keiser, Olivia

Published inJournal of the International AIDS society, vol. 23, no. 9, e25615

Publication date2020

Abstract

Within many sub-Saharan African countries including Malawi, HIV prevalence varies widely between regions.This variability may be related to the distribution of population groups with specific sociobehavioural characteristics that influ-ence the transmission of HIV and the uptake of prevention. In this study, we intended to identify groups of people in Malawiwith similar risk profiles.

Keywords

Latent class analysis
HIV prevalence
HIV testing
Risk groups
Spatial distribution
Malawi

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale

Research group

Maladies infectieuses et modèles mathématiques (988)

Citation (ISO format)

MERZOUKI, Fatma Aziza et al. Identifying groups of people with similar sociobehavioural characteristics in Malawi to inform HIV interventions: a latent class analysis. In: Journal of the International AIDS society, 2020, vol. 23, n° 9, p. e25615. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25615