Model-Based Evaluation of Hiv Prevention Interventions

Steven D. Pinkerton, David R. Holtgrave, Laura C. Leviton, David A. Wagstaff and Paul R. Abramson
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Steven D. Pinkerton: Medical College of Wisconsin
David R. Holtgrave: Medical College of Wisconsin
Laura C. Leviton: University of Alabama School of Public Health
David A. Wagstaff: Medical College of Wisconsin
Paul R. Abramson: University of California, Los Angeles

Evaluation Review, 1998, vol. 22, issue 2, 155-174

Abstract: The ultimate goal of HIV prevention interventions is to reduce the spread of HIV; however, the effectiveness of these programs is seldom assessed directly. Although direct measurement of an intervention's impact via HIV seroincidence monitoring is usually unfeasible, mathematical models can be used to estimate the number of infections averted by the intervention. This article describes three model-based summary measures of sexually transmitted HIV risk and discusses their relevance to HIV program evaluation m general and economic efficiency analyses in particular. The calculation of these measures is demonstrated with an illustrative application to previously published data from an HIV prevention intervention for gay men.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200201

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