IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v17y2020i16p5630-d394583.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Covariates and Spatial Interpolation of HIV Screening in Mozambique: Insight from the 2015 AIDS Indicator Survey

Author

Listed:
  • Pascal Agbadi

    (Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)

  • Jerry John Nutor

    (Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Suite N431G, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA)

  • Ernest Darkwah

    (Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 84, Legon, Ghana)

  • Henry Ofori Duah

    (Research Department, FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Accra, Ghana)

  • Precious Adade Duodu

    (East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5RH, England, UK)

  • Robert Kaba Alhassan

    (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana)

  • Kimberly Baltzell

    (Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Suite N431G, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA)

Abstract

We examined the factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and developed a HIV screening prevalence surface map using spatial interpolation techniques to identify the geographical areas with the highest and lowest rates of HIV screening in Mozambique. We analyzed the cross-sectional 2015 Mozambique AIDS Indicator Surveys with an analytic sample of 12,995 participants. Analyses were conducted on SPSS-21, STATA-14, and R freeware 3.5.3. We adjusted for the sample design and population weights. Results indicated that 52.5% of Mozambicans had undergone HIV screening. Mozambicans with these characteristics have a higher probability of undergoing HIV screening: females, those with a primary education or higher, urban dwellers, residents of wealthy households, having at least one lifetime sexual partner, and dwelling in these provinces—Niassa, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Inhambane, Gaza, Maputo Provincia, and Maputo Cidade. The spatial map revealed that the national and regional estimates mask sub-regional level estimates. Generally, zones with the highest HIV screening prevalence are found in southern provinces while the lowest prevalence was found in the northern provinces. The map further revealed intraregional differences in HIV screening estimates. We recommend that HIV screening be expanded, with equitable screening resource allocations that target more nuanced areas within provinces which have a low HIV screening prevalence.

Suggested Citation

  • Pascal Agbadi & Jerry John Nutor & Ernest Darkwah & Henry Ofori Duah & Precious Adade Duodu & Robert Kaba Alhassan & Kimberly Baltzell, 2020. "Covariates and Spatial Interpolation of HIV Screening in Mozambique: Insight from the 2015 AIDS Indicator Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:16:p:5630-:d:394583
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/16/5630/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/16/5630/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Freya M Shearer & Robert Moss & Jodie McVernon & Joshua V Ross & James M McCaw, 2020. "Infectious disease pandemic planning and response: Incorporating decision analysis," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-12, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Carlos-María Alcover & Fernando Rodríguez & Yolanda Pastor & Helena Thomas & Mayelin Rey & José Luis del Barrio, 2020. "Group Membership and Social and Personal Identities as Psychosocial Coping Resources to Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 Confinement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-19, October.
    2. Robin L. Dillon & Vicki M. Bier & Richard Sheffield John & Abdullah Althenayyan, 2023. "Closing the Gap Between Decision Analysis and Policy Analysts Before the Next Pandemic," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 20(2), pages 109-132, June.
    3. Tianyi Li & Jiawen Luo & Cunrui Huang, 2021. "Urban Epidemic Hazard Index for Chinese Cities: Why Did Small Cities Become Epidemic Hotspots?," Papers 2103.05189, arXiv.org.
    4. Tiziana Di Palma & Luca Fusco & Luigia Simona Sica & Laura Aleni Sestito, 2022. "Experiencing the COVID-19 Emergency: Age-Related Disequilibrating Event for Identity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-9, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:16:p:5630-:d:394583. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.