Process, efficacy and sample demographics of three approaches to behavioural surveillance for gonorrhoea: case interviews, place surveys, and network studies

Process, efficacy and sample demographics of three approaches to behavioural surveillance for gonorrhoea: case interviews, place surveys, and network studies

We investigated the process and time required to collect 450 interviews in a project to determine the most efficacious behavioural surveillance approaches to detect changes in gonorrhoea prevalence. In total, 150 respondents were recruited in each method. For each of place surveys (bars), gonorrhoea...

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Published in:International journal of STD & AIDS Vol. 18; no. 12; p. 846
Main Authors: Ross, Michael W, Berman, S M, Aral, S O, Courtney, P E, Dennison, J M, Klovdahl, A S, Williams, M L, St Lawrence, J S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 01-12-2007
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
Behavior Therapy
Contact Tracing
Demography
Female
Gonorrhea - epidemiology
Gonorrhea - prevention & control
Gonorrhea - transmission
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Selection
Population Surveillance - methods
Prevalence
Selection Bias
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Surveys and Questionnaires
Texas - epidemiology
Texas
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Summary:We investigated the process and time required to collect 450 interviews in a project to determine the most efficacious behavioural surveillance approaches to detect changes in gonorrhoea prevalence. In total, 150 respondents were recruited in each method. For each of place surveys (bars), gonorrhoea case interviews, and network studies based on seeds from the case and place interviews, we determined the recruitment rate and process. Urine testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia took place in the place interviews. We present data from Houston, Texas that illustrate the sample characteristics, recruitment rates, and, where appropriate, infection rates. Data indicate that there was high uptake and a rapid recruitment rate from the place surveys, an intermediate rate from the network studies, and that the gonorrhoea case interviews were the most inefficient accrual method for behavioural surveillance. Sample characteristics and biases in each method are described, and conclusions drawn for the relative efficacy of each method for gonorrhoea behavioural surveillance.
ISSN:0956-4624
DOI:10.1258/095646207782716947